The Queen made no mention of Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK in her speech to Parliament amid suggestions it might have been postponed.
The Queen’s Speech, which marks the State Opening of Parliament and sets out the Government's plans for the next two years, was delivered to MPs and peers on Wednesday.
The address usually mentions all foreign visits the monarch is planning to make as well as state visits to the UK.
But a controversial visit by US President Donald Trump to the UK did not feature in the Parliament address.
The speech only contained a reference to welcoming King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain in July, despite Theresa May extending an invitation to the United States' president just a week after his inauguration.
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It comes after the White House denied reports that President Trump told the Prime Minister he does not want to go ahead with the trip if it is going to lead to large-scale demonstrations.
His comments were reportedly made in a telephone call in "recent weeks" but a White House spokeswoman said the state visit "never came up on the call".
Downing Street said the visit's omission from the speech was because a date has not been confirmed.
A Number 10 spokesman said: "An invitation has been extended and accepted. The visit wasn't mentioned in the Queen's Speech because a date hasn't been fixed yet."
The decision to accord such a controversial president the honour of a state visit so soon after taking office was widely criticised at the time and sparked a large protest on London's streets.
There was further criticism after Mr Trump attacked London Mayor Sadiq Khan over his response to the latest terror attacks on the capital.
When Mr Khan's office said he had simply been saying people should not be alarmed by the additional police presence on the streets, Mr Trump accused him of making "pathetic excuses", prompting the mayor to call for the visit to be dropped.
