{"id":96296,"date":"2026-03-18T19:21:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T19:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/?p=96296"},"modified":"2026-03-18T19:21:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T19:21:58","slug":"tinubu-receives-royal-welcome-at-windsor-castle-in-historic-uk-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/?p=96296","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Receives Royal Welcome at Windsor Castle in Historic UK Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has received a ceremonial welcome at Windsor Castle, marking the start of his state visit to the United Kingdom \u2014 the first by a Nigerian leader in 37 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President, accompanied by First Lady Oluremi Tinubu, was honoured with a 41-gun salute by the King\u2019s Troop Royal Horse Artillery, underscoring the significance of the visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, the Nigerian delegation was received by Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales, who escorted them to meet King Charles III and Queen Camilla at the historic residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scheduled to last two days, the visit will feature a series of high-level engagements, including a private viewing of Nigeria-related artefacts from the Royal Collection and an exchange of official gifts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A state banquet is also expected to be held at St George\u2019s Hall, highlighting the diplomatic and cultural ties between Nigeria and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has received a ceremonial welcome at Windsor Castle, marking the start of his state visit to the United Kingdom \u2014 the first by a Nigerian leader in 37 years. The President, accompanied by First Lady Oluremi Tinubu, was honoured with a 41-gun salute by the King\u2019s Troop Royal Horse Artillery, underscoring<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":96297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-96296","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96296"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96298,"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96296\/revisions\/96298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/96297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datelineafro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}