Look back at President Eisenhower's visit to Balmoral

US president Donald Trump has been invited to meet King Charles in Scotland to discuss an unprecedented second state visit to the UK.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer used a trip to the White House on Thursday to present the president with an official letter from the monarch offering a meeting at either Dumfries House or Balmoral Castle to discuss the logistics.

A meeting in Scotland would be Trump's first return to the country, where he has family and business connections, since 2023.

The only previous occasion a sitting president has visited Balmoral was Dwight D Eisenhower in 1959, when he described it as his "Scottish White House".

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