First Lady Pool Reports of September 18, 2025

FLOTUS pool 1

Good morning from Windsor Castle.

Pool has been swept and we are holding at Windsor Castle while POTUS departs for Chequers.

FLOTUS and POTUS pool will separate after POTUS departs

First Lady Melania Trump and Her Majesty Queen Camilla plan to tour the Queen Mary's Dolls' House separate from the pool.

The Dolls' House originally built for Queen Mary, consort of King George V, is 100 years old and the largest and most famous doll house in the world.

They will then meet the pool at the Royal Library and interact with local school children.

The schedule is as follows, but subject to change.

• 10.45 First Lady Melania Trump and Queen Camilla tour the Royal Library in Windsor

• 11.30 am: First Lady Melania and Princess Catherine tour Frogmore House and Gardens and visit with a group of 4-to 6-year-old Squirrel Scouts

FLOTUS pool 2: Royal library

First Lady Melania Trump and Queen Camilla arrived at the Royal Library at Windsor at 10:35am

FLOTUS wearing a tan leather jacket and skirt.

The Queen wearing a white dress with vertical stripes

The room's walls are lined bookshelves up to the ceiling deep red patterned carpets. By the fireplace looking into the library is a bust of William Shakespeare

They first stopped at a table of tiny books.

Table 1: display of miniature books made especially for the Queen Mary doll house

1922 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: How Watson Learned the Trick

AA Milane's: Winnie the Pooh 1922

The Gruffalo: Julia Donaldson 2023

A Recipe Fit for a Queen: Tom Parker Bowles 2023

FLOTUS marveled at the small size of the volumes and intricate details

"That's incredible," she said. "That's beautiful ."

She noted the writing was very small, requiring "Very steady hands" to create them.

The Queen lifted one up to show it to FLOTUS.

"It's beautiful," she said.

"They're brilliant aren't they," the queen replied.

They then stopped at Table 2: A very large book - John J. Audubon's Birds of America 1827-1838 — original

FLOTUS noted that the book was "Very delicate."

Also on the table:

Washington Irving, the sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon 1823 - collection including Rip Van Winkle and the Legends of Sleepy Hollow

They are Queen Victoria's copies, as Washington Irving was one of her favorite authors

The pair then moved to a table of six schoolchildren who were writing and drawing pictures of animals.

"You need to have very small writing to fit on a very small book," she commented to one child who showed FLOTUS the illustrations.

"This is beautiful is that a fox?" she asked

They were.

Another child showed the Queen drawings of a Polar bear and a penguin.

They were accompanied by Elizabeth Ashby curator of books and manuscripts
Dr Stella Panayatova the Royal librarian and Mr Tim Knox - Director of the Royal Collection

This Children are from the Eton Porny Church of England primary. School children age is 8 to 9 accompanied by two teachers Sophie Jones and Helen Dewar.

They later moved further into the library to examine more of the artifacts.

More TK

FLOTUS pool 3: more library

The pool watched as FLOTUS walked further into the library.

Rotating display case on the right featuring master drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Holdein

Near the bust of Queen Elizabeth facing the fireplace a collection was Queen Elizabeth I's poem and drawings penned by the young princess in a prayer book circa 1525 - 1530 and a copy of Charles I's copy of Shakespeare's Second Folio circus 1632 and it was read by the king before his execution in 1649.

Pool loaded up left at 11:08 for Frogmore Gardens

FLOTUS pool 4: Frogmore Gardens

First Lady Melania Trump arrived with Princess Catherine at Frogmore Gardens at 11:48 am. The weather is cloudy and 67 degrees with a stiff breeze.

They spoke together for a minute before they were welcomed by TV personality Dwayne Fields, who serves as Chief Scout for the Scout Association. He hosts nature TV shows.

They moved to greet four tables of children with volunteers participating in The Scouts division of "Squirrels" for children ages 4-6.

The activity of two tables was putting ink on leaves and pressing them on paper and adding illustrations.

"This is beautiful!" FLOTUS exclaimed as she sat in a chair and examined their art.

One small boy showed the first lady how to do a leaf pressing and two other children joined them.

Using a brown marker FLOTUS filled in an outline of a bear

"He's a happy bear, right?" She asked.

The boys showed her where to put paste and where to put the leaves.

FLOTUS also took a yellow marker and drew a sun and a green marker to draw some grass. The boy added a pink flower to the drawing using a pink marker.

Princess Kate sat on the grass and spoke with some of the children as well about their art.

A small girl took the First Lady's hand and led her to another table with a hop-skip.

The girl sat on her lap as she spoke to the children

"Nice to meet you all. What are you doing? It's so beautiful. It's so nice." She said.

The children were building "bug hotels" out of bits of cardboard and cardboard tubes.

"Show me how, what I should do," she said.

The children obliged.

"Oh yes, fun!" She replied.

The children showed her an outline of what they were working on and one child showed her a note on the back of the cardboard.

When one child asked the first lady what her favorite bug was, she replied, "A ladybug."

Event is ongoing

FLOTUS Pool report 5: more Frogmore Gardens - badge ceremony

Princess Kate and First Lady Melania Trump gathered with the children to shake a parachute filled with balls much to the children's delight.

At one point, the children started going underneath the parachute to push the balls out.

The children then gathered on a ring of straw bales and sat as FLOTUS and Princess Kate spoke with the Scoutmaster.

The Scoutmaster spoke to the Squirrels about the day's activities.

"We all earned a badge today!" He said.

They then participated in presentation as the Squirrels were given their "Go Wild" badges

FLOTUS and the Princess presented the badges to the children in groups of three and shook their hands.

"Congratulations!" FLOTUS said and applauded.

The scoutmaster also called up two children to present badges to FLOTUS and the princess.

They then moved to a celebration picnic as cartons of food and juice were handed out to the children.
"They're quite taken with you, remarked a volunteer to FLOTUS as she handed the children some food.

FLOTUS and the princess spoke briefly to the children and waved goodbye.

The Scoutmaster presented the First Lady his neck scarf.

FLOTUS and Kate as spoke together as they slowly walked out and left the garden at 12:29.

That is the conclusion of today's events.

Pool report 6 : FLOTUS nature painting and a message from the children

After the event pooler caught an image of FLOTUS drawing she made with the children and the note from the children.