Melania Trump visits Royal Hospital Chelsea with Theresa May's husband

Robin de Peyer13 July 2018

First Lady Melania Trump has arrived at the Royal Hospital Chelsea where she will meet Chelsea pensioners and local school children.

She is joined at the hospital by the Prime Minister's husband Philip May.

The hospital was founded as a retirement home for soldiers by King Charles II in 1682, and the Chelsea pensioners are famous for their distinctive scarlet coats.

Mrs Trump is wearing a sleeveless dress with wide coloured panels, and towering heels with a red sole which appear to be by Christian Louboutin.

Melania Trump and Philip May, right arrive at the hospital in central London
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Accredited members of the press were advised to wear flat shoes to the event.

Melania Trump helps a schoolgirl with a poppy during her visit to the Royal Hospital Chelsea
AP

Today senior medics hit back over a claim made by Donald Trump that a London hospital has "blood all over the walls and floors."

U.S. First Lady Melania Trump during a visit to The Royal Hospital Chelsea
AP

Donald Trump is believed to have been referring to the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel - which treated 702 stabbing victims last year - saying it is “worse than any hospital in a war zone” in a newspaper interview.

Melania Trump talks to veterans and schoolchildren during a visit to the Royal Hospital Chelsea
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A London-based consultant, who is also on the council for the British Medical Association, said Mr Trump should focus on US healthcare before criticising the NHS.

Kevin O’Kane said: “I don’t think Donald Trump knows much about the NHS or healthcare in general. Maybe he should concentrate on violent crime and gun crime in the USA instead.

“The Royal London is a world-leading hospital. Perhaps instead of knocking the NHS he should concentrate on affordable healthcare in America.”

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