Marcoses meet Charles at Buckingham...

delegation were welcomed by Richard Kleinwort, special representative of King Charles, and Georgina Butler, special representative of the foreign secretary, at the airport.

“Honored to have been greeted by a representative of the royal court upon our arrival in the UK for the coronation of King Charles III,” the president said in a post on Twitter.

The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) also shared on Facebook photos of

Marcos’ arrival as well as his meeting with airport officials.

According to reports, Marcos’ children, Ilocos Norte Rep. Sandro Marcos, Simon and Vincent were also in London.

Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, the president’s cousin, and Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista were among the officials in the president’s delegation to the UK.

The president and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak were expected to have a “very casual” meeting on the sidelines of Charles’ coronation as part of efforts to deepen Manila and London’s trade partnership.

“I can’t think of a single instance where the Philippines and the UK ever disagreed. It’s been a continuing friendship and now I hope under a president, who to some extent had his character formed with the British experience, will go deeper,”

Philippine Ambassador to the UK and Northern Ireland Teodoro Locsin Jr. said in a media interview in London on Friday.

Marcos received a special diploma in social studies from the Oxford University in England in 1978. He also went to Worth School, also in England, from 1970 to 1974.

On Twitter, British Ambassador Laure Beaufils posted a photo of the First Couple chatting with Charles during a dinner at the Buckingham Palace on Friday for overseas representatives. The president wore a barong, while the First Lady donned a Filipiniana outfit.

“Deeply honored to attend the royal reception with First Lady Liza Marcos at Buckingham Palace,” Marcos tweeted on Saturday, May 6.

“We underscore the thriving relationship between the Philippines and the United Kingdom, which has been promising in increasing trade, investment and cultural exchanges for the Filipino people,” he said.

Marcos’ visit to the UK followed a fiveday official visit to the U.S., where he met with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and top military officials.

In an interview in Washington on Thursday, May 4, Marcos said he personally knows Charles. The King is the UK head of state although his powers are symbolic and ceremonial.

The president failed to attend the funeral of Charles’ mother, Queen Elizabeth, in September last year and was represented by his sister Irene. n