With presidents, cowboys and A-listers - King Charles in US over the years
Prince Charles, seen here with his father and sister, took a moment to speak to reporters at New York's Kennedy airport during a stopover on their way back to London after attending the Commonwealth Games in JamaicaGetty Images
King Charles III has been making official visits to the US throughout his adult life, but his first trip since being crowned monarch may be his most interesting yet.
On Monday, he will arrive for an official state visit where he will travel to Washington DC, Virginia and New York before departing for Bermuda.
The US trip is the first by a reigning British monarch in almost 20 years, since Queen Elizabeth II accepted an invitation from President George W Bush in 2007.
His past trips have included playing polo in Florida, chatting to presidents as far back as Richard Nixon and meeting American A-list celebrities.
In 1970, Charles was 21 years old when he sat in the White House Oval Office with President Richard Nixon for his first official visit to the USGetty Images
Prince Charles and his sister, Princess Anne, attended a baseball game at Washington DC's RFK stadium, alongside the children of the US president and vice-president, during his 1970 tripGetty Images
The future king met California governor Ronald Regan in Palm Springs 1974 while on a naval deployment to San Diego - six years before the actor-turned-Republican politician would be elected presidentGetty Images
During a trip to Los Angeles in 1974, the prince met American actress Barbara Streisand on the Warner Bros set of the film Funny Lady. The two then developed a decades-long friendshipGetty Images
Mounted police patrol outside a university in Cleveland, Ohio, as protesters demonstrate against British involvement in North Ireland during a 1977 visit to the campus by Prince CharlesGetty Images
The prince was greeted by actors during a visit to a department store in Los Angeles in 1977. The encounter appears to have elicited laughter from both the royal and from the men playing the King's Guard.Getty Images
During a 1980 trip to Florida, Charles played in a polo match at the Palm Beach Polo Club. Later that day he was taken to hospital and treated for heat exhaustion and dehydrationGetty Images
Charles chats with a sales clerk at a department store in Springfield, Virginia, in 1985 as his wife Princess Diana browses the jewelleryAP
Charles dons a cowboy hat given to him by the mayor of Austin, Texas, during a visit to the city in 1986AP
In 2005, Charles visited the White House where he met President George W Bush for an official dinner. It was the first official trip by Charles since his divorce and re-marriage to the future Queen CamillaGetty Images
In 2005, on that same visit the to US, Charles met Donald Trump and his wife Melania during a reception at the Museum of Modern Art in New York CityGetty Images
The prince also took a moment during that trip to greet students at Georgetown University in Washington DCAP
Charles met in the White House Oval Office with President Barack Obama during his 2015 trip to the USGetty Images