By MIKE CORDER
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump has a sleepover this week within the Netherlands that’s, fairly actually, match for a king.
Trump is visiting The Hague for a summit of the 32 leaders of NATO on Wednesday, and his sleeping preparations have acquired a big improve.
He’s scheduled to reach Tuesday evening and be whisked by motorcade alongside closed-off highways to the Huis Ten Bosch palace, nestled in a forest on the sting of The Hague, for a dinner with different alliance leaders hosted by Dutch King Willem-Alexander.
Trump had been anticipated to remain at a swanky lodge within the city of Noordwijk on the Dutch North Coastline, however not anymore.
“President Trump has accepted King Willem-Alexander’s invitation to spend the evening at Huis ten Bosch in The Hague,” stated a White Home official granted anonymity to debate plans not but made public. “It is a historic occasion – marking the primary time an American President will keep on the King’s residence.”
A spokesperson for the Dutch authorities info service, Anna Sophia Posthumus, instructed The Related Press that the president can be sleeping on the palace that’s residence to Willem-Alexander, his Argentine-born spouse, Queen Maxima, and their three daughters, although the princesses have largely flown the royal nest to pursue research.
Elements of Huis Ten Bosch palace date again to the seventeenth century. It has a Wassenaar Wing, the place the royal household stay, and a Hague Wing that’s utilized by company. The centerpiece of the palace is the ornate Orange Corridor, named for the Dutch Royal Home of Orange.
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NATO heads of state and authorities pose for a gaggle photograph previous to a proper dinner on the Paleis Huis ten Bosch on the sidelines of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (Christian Hartmann, Pool Picture through AP)
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NATO heads of state and authorities pose for a gaggle photograph previous to a proper dinner on the Paleis Huis ten Bosch on the sidelines of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (Christian Hartmann, Pool Picture through AP)
The palace can also be near the brand new U.S. Embassy within the Netherlands.
Trump is not any stranger to royal visits. In 2019, he dropped in to Windsor Fortress for tea with Queen Elizabeth II throughout a tumultuous go to to the UK.
Related Press writers Seung Min Kim in Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands, Molly Quell in The Hague and Danica Kirka in London contributed to this report.
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