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During the State Banquet to mark Donald Trump’s unprecedented second State visit, the US President branded it ‘truly one of the highest honours of my life’.
Royal experts on the latest episode of Palace Confidential, the Daily Mail’s popular YouTube panel show, explained just how King Charles ‘paved the way’ for the £250billion tech deal that was announced at Chequers on Thursday.
While Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that £250billion would be ‘flowing both ways across the Atlantic’, he confirmed that US companies have pledged £150billion worth of investment in the UK, which is set to create 7,600 jobs.
Richard Eden, the Daily Mail’s Diary Editor, said: ‘I think visits like this just show the willingness, the keenness to do deals. That’s the whole point of it. It oils those wheels of trade.’
Rebecca English, the Daily Mail’s Royal Editor, also stars on Palace Confidential. She confirmed that the royal element of the visit has been hailed as an ‘absolute triumph’.
Having rushed back from her ringside seat at Windsor, she said: ‘These State Banquets are designed to flatter and to foster good relations.
‘There was definitely an element from the moment he arrived, from the carriage rides to the Beating the Retreat to the amount of military and colours on display to the little details at the State Banquet – all of that was just slightly above and beyond what we have seen in previous years.
‘That was a very deliberate message by Buckingham Palace: “We value this relationship with you and your country”.’
Richard Eden, the Daily Mail’s Diary Editor, said State visits ‘oils those wheels of trade’
King Charles and Queen Camilla are joined by President Donald Trump and Melania Trump for the State Banquet at Windsor Castle on September 17
The cognac served at the banquet had been chosen from 1912, the year of Mr Trump’s mother’s birth, while the port was from 1945, a nod to his election as America’s 45th President
The royal household certainly went all out to impress the Trumps.
Praising the ‘attention to detail’ at the State Banquet, Rebecca referenced the specially selected drinks that were served at the end of the evening.
The cognac had been chosen from 1912, the year of Mr Trump’s mother’s birth, while the port was from 1945, a nod to his election as America’s 45th President.
And although Rebecca pointed that he is teetotal, she said these little details would ‘wouldn’t be lost on President Trump’.
‘You could genuinely see how moved President Trump was by it,’ she said.
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