Queen invited Trump for state visit: May

US President Donald Trump is headed to Buckingham Palace, after accepting a state visit invitation from Queen Elizabeth.

Queen Elizabeth II

Donald Trump is headed to Buckingham Palace after accepting an invitation from Queen Elizabeth. (AAP)

Britain's Queen Elizabeth has invited US President Donald Trump for a state visit later this year and he has accepted, British Prime Minister Theresa May says.

May was speaking at a news conference in Washington on Friday during the first visit to the White House by a foreign leader since Trump's inauguration a week ago.


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