When King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrived at the White House in Washington, D.C., on the second day of their historic four-day state visit to the United States, second lady Usha Vance was spotted in the crowd.
Wearing a long light pastel blue outfit with cutwork near the hem, Usha Vance walked down the South Lawn on Tuesday, April 28, with her husband, Vice President J.D. Vance, to attend the arrival ceremony for the King and Queen of England, before taking a seat between her husband and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Business Secretary Howard Lutnick, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent were also seated in the same row as Mr. and Mrs. Vance.
The second woman styled her hair in her signature style and accessorized her look with small drop earrings.
See photos of Usha Vance attending King Charles III and Queen Camilla’s arrival ceremony at the White House
Children of Usha and JD Vance
Usha Vance and the vice president announced the pregnancy in a statement posted to X on January 20th.
“Usha and the baby are doing well and we look forward to welcoming them in July,” the statement said.
The Vance family currently has three children: Ewan, 8, Vivek, 5, and Mirabel, 3. The couple are known for keeping their children away from the public eye.
rumors of divorce
The announcement comes after a flurry of divorce rumors, which first surfaced before the pair moved to the Naval Observatory, culminated in November 2025.
Usha Vance caused a stir when she visited Camp Lejeune with First Lady Melania Trump in late fall. The second woman was seen talking to troops while out without her wedding ring. The second woman has been photographed numerous times with and without her wedding ring, despite rampant online discussions.
A spokesperson for the second woman told USA TODAY at the time that Vance “is a mother of three young children, cooks a lot, takes a lot of baths and sometimes forgets her ring.”
“Sometimes I wear it, but sometimes I just go to the gym and take a shower and don’t wear it,” Usha Vance previously told USA TODAY.
She said that while she and her husband “think it’s kind of funny” when people talk about them, they “don’t think it’s helpful” to pursue rumors.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla visit the United States
King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrived in the United States on April 27th to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary. The royal couple’s four-day trip began in Washington and included a speech by Prince Charles to the US Congress and a meeting with President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump.
The visit will be the couple’s first visit to the United States since Charles III ascended the British throne in 2022, shortly after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.
President Trump made his second state visit to the UK in September, several years after his last state visit in 2019 during his first term in the White House.
The palace said in a statement that Charles III “celebrates the historic links between Britain and the United States and the modern bilateral relationship”. The British royal couple will be in the United States until April 30th to celebrate the 250th anniversary of America’s independence from Britain.
According to Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth made four official visits to the United States during her reign: in 1957, 1976, 1991 and 2007. As Prince Charles, he also visited the United States 19 times.
Contributed by: Jay Stahl, Taijuan Moorman, Brendan Morrow, Anthony Robledo / USA TODAY
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