King and Donald Trump will no longer hold private meeting before state visit
A private meeting between Donald Trump and the King will not take place before a full state visit, as was initially proposed in a letter of invitation from the monarch, Sky News understands.
It's understood this has been accepted and appreciated by all parties.
It has been suggested the complexities of both principals' diaries has meant a private meeting is not possible over the course of the summer months, and thus the formal planning for an official state visit has begun.
It appears the visit is likely to take place in September, as mentioned previously by Mr Trump, but this has not been officially confirmed by Buckingham Palace.
The palace has confirmed that last week the "manu regia" was hand-delivered by representatives from the UK's Washington embassy to the White House.
This is the hand-signed formal invitation from the King to President Trump for a second state visit.
This follows the initial correspondence from His Majesty, which outlined one way in which a visit or visits might be arranged would be through an initial private meeting.