Good morning, and welcome to our reside protection of Donald Trump’s go to to Windsor Castle, the place King Charles will host a state banquet within the US president’s honour this night. I’m David Crowe, the Europe Correspondent, submitting from London on the ceremonial and the strategic points of this state go to.
Trump and his spouse, Melania, arrived at Windsor Castle at about midday on Wednesday, native time, and have been met by the Prince and Princess of Wales earlier than the formal greeting from King Charles and Queen Camilla. We’re beginning this protection at about 5pm in London – or 2am on Thursday, AEST – simply as we head in direction of the state banquet.
The climate is windy and cloudy, and it has already compelled a change to this system: a fly-past by F-35 jet fighters from each the US and the UK has been cancelled. However, this has not stopped the fly-past by the Red Arrows, the Royal Air Force acrobatic plane workforce.
The excessive ceremony has a deep impression on Trump – there isn’t any doubt about that. His mom was born in Scotland and adored the royal household, and he seems to have inherited a few of that emotional attachment. Upon his arrival, he informed reporters he liked Britain. “It’s a really particular place,” he mentioned.
We are about to learn the way particular this go to could also be. There is quite a bit to return.
