The historic town of Windsor braced Tuesday for a return to the global spotlight, as its world-famous castle prepared to host Donald Trump amid pomp, protests, support and mammoth security.
All were on display as the American president landed late Tuesday at London's Stansted airport for an unprecedented second UK state visit, with King Charles III to welcome him in Windsor, west of London, on Wednesday.
Beneath British and American flags decked out along the town's main street, several dozen anti-Trump demonstrators rallied Tuesday evening, chanting slogans and waving placards, ahead of a larger planned protest in London Wednesday.
"I am beyond disappointed," Michelle, 32, a marketing executive who declined to give her surname, told AFP of Britain rolling out the red carpet.
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