Kate Middleton stuns in a deep red Catherine Walker coat with a statement bow as she and William arrive at the Horse Guards Parade to welcome the South Korean president and his wife to Britain

Kate Middleton looked chic in a £3,000 red coat from Catherine Walker as she met the President of South Korea with her husband Prince William today.

The 41-year-old Princess of Wales looked typically chic, wearing her hair up and down and opting for a natural makeup look as she headed to the Horse Guards Parade after meeting Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee.

Opting to complement Gianvito Rossi shoes and a matching hat, Kate paid subtle tribute to the late queen, who was also a fan of color blocking.

The royal debuted the coat dress at her Christmas Carol concert at Westminster Abbey in 2021. She wore a black version of the same dress to Prince Philip’s funeral.

The King and Queen officially welcomed the President of South Korea to Great Britain today.

Tonight they will host a glittering state banquet in his honor at Buckingham Palace.

Charles and Camilla receive Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee for the first state visit since the king’s coronation and the second of his reign.

The Prince and Princess of Wales played a key role by greeting the President and First Lady at their hotel on Tuesday morning.

William and Kate will travel with Mr Yoon and Ms Kim to the ceremonial welcome at the Horse Guards Parade in central London, where the King and Queen will be waiting.

A guard of honor formed by F Company Scots Guards will give a royal salute amid traditional pomp and ceremony and the King and Mr Yoon will inspect the troops on the parade ground.

Charles, Camilla, William and Kate and their guests then travel in a carriage procession through The Mall to the Palace, before a private lunch and a visit to the Royal Collection exhibitions in the Picture Gallery.

Later, Mr Yoon will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey and deliver a speech at the Royal Gallery at the Palace of Westminster to members of both Houses of Parliament.

In the evening, 170 guests gather for the banquet, usually white tie and tiara, in the opulent Palace ballroom.

The King and Queen are expected to be joined by William, Kate and other members of the royal family, while Charles and Mr Yoon will deliver speeches.

Foreign secretaries are also usually invited, meaning Chipping Norton’s newly appointed Lord Cameron is likely to return to dinner at the royal residence, harking back to his days as prime minister.

Yoon, 62, is a well-known fan of karaoke and sang a verse of one of his favorite songs, American Pie, during a dinner at the White House in April at the request of President Joe Biden during a state visit to the US.

Mr Yoon and Ms Kim arrived quietly at Stansted Airport on Monday.

Before his trip, Mr. Yoon said the world is facing a “polycrisis” of multiple conflicts and threats to humanity.

He told The Daily Telegraph that the wars in Ukraine and Israel, and rising tensions with Russia, North Korea and in the South China Sea, have forced him to seek “very close security cooperation” with the West.

He signed a landmark deal with the US earlier this year to counter the North Korean nuclear threat.

Yoon previously warned fellow world leaders about possible cooperation between North Korea and Russia following North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s personal meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The king and the South Korean president met last year during the reception for heads of state and official foreign guests at the palace, on the eve of the late queen’s funeral.

Mr Yoon’s opponents accused him of being disrespectful during his trip to London after he missed the chance to view the late queen’s lying coffin – which he blamed on heavy traffic.

He was also caught swearing into the microphone after speaking to Mr Biden at the UN General Assembly the following week, with the footage going viral in his home country.

The king visited South Korea in November 1992.

As Prince of Wales, he performed the tour with his then wife, Diana, Princess of Wales, but the pair were branded ‘The Glums’ because they looked uncomfortable together and a month later it was announced that Charles and Diana were dating went together. .

On Wednesday, Yoon will hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Downing Street and will also meet Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer.

The state visit follows the first upcoming government visit by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa last autumn.