leaders, the the chinese leaders, the japanese leader, he's played his base very well. when you see an american president meeting with the queen who has met the last seven or eight us presidents, i think it dispels some of that negative stereotyping that democrats like to use that president trump is incapable of being presidential. the protests are as presidential. the protests are as presidential as one can be. president bush was protested heavily, president reagan of course, even president clinton in 1994 after having been a protest to himself in 1969. thank you. we are joined by oui’ 1969. thank you. we are joined by our royal correspondent. i think just over half an hour. yes, it's 45 minutes since they arrived. quite a cordial tea party going on, hopefully no copies of the sun lying

around! you wonder whether a raised eyebrow or cold stare, he's the one person who could do that. i doubt she would! laughter just in the degree of displeasure in the alleged discourtesy to my prime minister. we're watching earlier pictures as they inspected the guard. this is they inspected the guard. this is the 1st battalion coldstream guards assembled in the quadrangle as they inspected the front line. you made the points that it is quite extraordinary watching the queen without a stick walking alongside the president, still doing her duties, ten of 11 presidents she's met since her coronation in 1953. yes, and she was out for the 100th anniversary of the royal air force on tuesday. still going through the

boxes, the state papers which come relentlessly everyday. as she said herself, fortunately she's a quick reader. she needs to be because they arejust coming from reader. she needs to be because they are just coming from the uk, they are just coming from the uk, they are coming from the realms. australia, canada. she is signing off on any number of different things. it takes time, and when you're 92 it must be an intrusion into her day. but she takes it and she does it because above all she is led by her sense of duty. i keep at this a few times, donald trump. he was bastille day in france watching the parade. he had a very special welcome in beijing. where will this rank? this will rank high for him. he went to military school, he went toa he went to military school, he went to a military academy for high school. he's interested in the pomp and circumstance. when we talk about the special relationship between the

uk and america, so much of that is the prime minister dealing with the president. the other manifestation is what we are seeing on the screen, the queen and the president of the usa. it's important donald trump as he heads home at the end of this long trip to show the american people he has maintained this relationship, still a strong one, notwithstanding similar controversy that has dogged him in the uk. one of the interesting things now is whether there is still a suggestion that there will be a full state visit. you still think that is possible? still talked about. personally, i think it's unlikely. i think there is a view government circles that it was a misjudgement to offer him a full state visit. there have only been two previous ones by american presidents and yet there was theresa may offering it within weeks of donald trump entering the white house. i think in retrospect they may regret and feel that was a mis—judgement. instead,

we have this pseudo— state visit, official visit with the bells and whistles. windsor castle, tea with the queen, the military ceremony, the queen, the military ceremony, the dinner at blenheim palace, not a state banquet at buckingham palace but a dinner at blenheim palace. it allows the american president to relate to the audience back home that he's been received with due honour and dignity. it's not a full state visit. .. honour and dignity. it's not a full state visit... he was supposed to come here to see nine elms and the new american embassy but he doesn't like that and thought it was a waste of money. perhaps it gave the government an excuse of money. perhaps it gave the government an excuse for him not to come. as you say, the choice of blenheim palace and the history, the links to sir winston churchill. and then of course a visit to windsor, where barack then of course a visit to windsor, where ba rack obama then of course a visit to windsor, where barack obama had been. we know

the rivalry between obama and trump, thatis the rivalry between obama and trump, that is important. if he hadn't got this he would have seen himself lower down the pecking order. anything on a domestic bases that barack obama accomplished, donald trump wanted to dismantle it. on the foreign stage, anything obama had done, trump wants to do bigger and better. it is you look at the theresa may government, if her government falls the question comes that if a new coalition is formed, will a new invitation be extended to donald trump, based on what happened in the meeting behind us? if they got on well i think there might be a state visit for him in the offing. for the praise given at the press conference today, he clearly doesn't think she's going to be around for much longer. this wasn't fulsome backing. no, and i've long thought that donald trump viewed theresa may asa that donald trump viewed theresa may as a temporary occupant of number 10. ithink

as a temporary occupant of number 10. i think he thinks someone like borisjohnson or 10. i think he thinks someone like boris johnson or perhaps another individual might step forward. yes, he wanted his pomp and circumstance, he wanted his pomp and circumstance, he wanted his pomp and circumstance, he wanted to go through the motion ofa he wanted to go through the motion of a state visit. i think he's got his eye on who has successor might be. it's getting far too political for me! part of the equation for the british will be the number of people who have come at the protest. they have been significant, the biggest protests for a visit of an american president, some of the visit by chinese presidents also brought out large numbers. when you look at those pictures of regent street and trafalgar square, that is something one imagines the foreign office and so on one imagines the foreign office and so on will factor into their consideration as to whether we want donald trump, for all that he is a hugely important ally, do we want him back soon with all of the

implications of that in terms of security? maybe they will. maybe if there were to be another prime minister, particularly one of those figures you mentioned, he might be keen to do that. this is all hypothetical. a lot of people have spoken of the sensitivities, the fa ct spoken of the sensitivities, the fact he is thin—skinned. i wonder whether this is grist for the mill. his base will say yes, here's the liberal left playing up against many of the things that should have been said before by previous presidents. i think the never trumpers will say they are going after our guy and that will embolden them. they will feel strongly about president trump and say this is why we have to coalesce behind him. ithink the political optics will be interesting to play out in the next couple of days as he heads to helsinki. lastly, we a re days as he heads to helsinki. lastly, we are talking about the prime minister being removed. there will be some who expect president

trump to be removed in 2020 but with the help of the us economy it is possible he could be here for another six years and probably will return to the uk. with the unemployment rate is so low, with the economy is strong that it is, if i were the economy is strong that it is, if iwere a the economy is strong that it is, if i were a betting person i would say donald trump, odds and barring any other revelation, could easily get re—elected in the usa. other revelation, could easily get re-elected in the usa. its fulsome interesting who he hasn't met in royal terms. no suggestion at any stage that prince charles would join this key party with his mother. the duke of edinburgh no longer alongside his wife the queen. one would expect there to have been a male member of the royalfamily would expect there to have been a male member of the royal family to ta ke tea male member of the royal family to take tea alongside queen elizabeth with the president and first lady. but clearly, there would be difficulties and sensitivities if prince charles were to be invited to a with president trump. it has been said the americans have been nervous about president trump and prince

charles being in the same room together, because we know prince cha rles' together, because we know prince charles' view on climate change and environmental issues. we'll say nope president trump's position on that. that could just have been an invitation that would have been problematic —— we also know president trump's position on that. and no talk of meghan markle the duchess of sussex. in protocol turns that would have been unusual, unless it was a big occasion with a bigger gathering. you couldn't have meghan without harry. yes, one remembers when the obamas came in 2016, they went on and met william and catherine and baby george. all those pictures of george in his dressing gown with a rocking chair and president obama making a fuss of him asa president obama making a fuss of him as a small child as he was then. on that occasion, the royalfamily as a small child as he was then. on that occasion, the royal family was much more on display. they were on

parade in greater numbers than has been the case this afternoon. this is not a state visit, this has been a minimal but hugely symbolic audience or tea with the main person, the queen. you are reminding me of my time in rome when i covered the vatican. they used to say you know where you fall in the pecking order when you see which cardinals turn up to your event alongside the pope. if they are low ranking cardinals that is the subtle message you get. that might be what has taken place, a simple meeting with the queen and nobody else. it's interesting. he goes from here, and we must look at the exit now, he goes to some golf in scotland, and then probably what the press corps on those looking forward to which is the visit with vladimir putin and the visit with vladimir putin and the significance of that. it's very significant. given the political grenade flown into nato, i think he

wants to stand firm against putin. there is much fodder for them to discuss. one is the russian desire to build a pipeline through the baltic sea, supplying a lot of energy to germany which the president was upset about. when donald trump shows up, he doesn't like criticising him on tv back home in america and a lot of people was able this give him the opportunity to stand up and say he's not a puppet of putin, or will he seek a stronger bond with him when he goes after what some perceive to be enemies back home in the states while at the same time being this disrespectful to analyse in europe? craig heap treats kim jong—un as a friend and talks in glowing terms about him. did the same with xi jinping and probably will do the same with vladimir putin. and yet theresa may and angela merkel, he

has beaten up on. he really gives them a hard time. it's indicative of how donald trump really is a different president and how conventional wisdom has been thrown out the window. here we see a picture of the president and first lady with the queen. yes, inside the private apartments. do you know where they are? they might be in the waterloo chamber. i'm not sure... i've put you on the spot rather unfairly! this is the official picture we've been supplied with from inside the meeting. we don't know a lot about melania trump, do we? would you imagine she would have had much of an opportunity to take pa rt had much of an opportunity to take part in the conversation? is it very much the president? is she able to hold her own in a social circumstance like this? in a circumstance like this? in a circumstance like this it's the traditional role for the first lady

to allow the president to step forward and do his thing. we see the cars coming out from the visit with the queen. on their way back to marine one and will take from the eastern terrace. no sign of the queen. this wasjust... bees eastern terrace. no sign of the queen. this was just... bees live pictures. yesterday we saw a large convoy outside lenin palace, all 30 ca i’s convoy outside lenin palace, all 30 cars came rolling past. there was the beast, various armoured vehicles —— we saw a large convoy outside lenin palace. —— blenheim palace. they ship these vehicles over weeks in advance. you will have them pre—staged in london, checkers and

here in windsor. if they had sufficient vehicles, all the president has to do is get on marine one and move onto the next visit. they already have the secret service and his vehicles in place. when you see the president arrives it's like the court of king henry riding with him, all the helicopters. there were six helicopters, two aircraft, reportedly there were 750 hotel rooms booked. and within the entourage is the man who carries the nuclear codes it goes everywhere with him. is a fascinating job working great for the vice president on the president, i often sat next to the military aid with the football. it's an impressive looking package. we call it the football but it's actually about two feet wide by two feet, and people think it's the buttons, you know, you hit a button and we have a launch. it's actually and we have a launch. it's actually

an authenticator and the president has to authenticate it with a card. they have a redundancy system. how close is that football to him? within about 50 feet. really? yes. you always within line of shot of the president and vice president of the president and vice president of the united states wherever they are in the world, either in the white house or in windsor, you always within eyeshot. in the low mobile phone you are assured. there will have been no deleting! we have seen today a remarkable bit of coordination to get the president to so many different spots here in the uk. it is interesting and hopefully we will hear marine one take the president to the next part of his journey but it has