you're watching beyond 100 days, president trump arrives in the uk on the state visit that was promised to him two years ago. the president took a shot at the mayor of london and fake news before the day turned to pomp and pageantry. on a day of high ceremony he was formally greeted by the queen at buckingham palace. mr trump went on to join prince charles on an inspection of the guard and the president has brought all his adult children and their partners with him for the state visit. before mr trump even landed he called the mayor of london stone cold loser. it is the latest ona stone cold loser. it is the latest on a long—running war of words between two men. and the president

and first lady are about to arrive here at buckingham palace for a lavish state banquet. hello. i am hello. iam katty hello. i am katty kay with christian fraser at buckingham palace. donald trump will arrive here in the next few minutes for the main event of this three—day visit, state banquet hosted by the queen. donald trump is only the third american president to be given this honour and to spend the day in the company of the royals. he had lunch with the queen and went to afternoon tea with the prince of wales and tonight the president will be toasted by 170 invited guests to the palace, all keenly watched back in the united states on television over there with the royal family fascinating american public. these pictures are

of enormous value to the president as he re—embarks on his re—election campaign. the pictures tell you the importance that donald trump attaches to a visit like this. keen to get all the protocols right today but of course no respect for diplomatic niceties. he tweeted this even before he touched down this morning. he called the mayor of london a stone cold loser reacting to something the mayor had written, suggesting it was un—british out the red carpet. the diplomatic importance is debatable and we will talk about it in a few moments time. tonight was my dinner is one of theresa may's last duties in office as perhaps mr trump is already looking to the future and who might procedure. we have the former us ambassador here. the former us british ambassador. yes, your full

title. i notice today when i was watching the president that rossi doesn't care for diplomatic niceties was studiously observing all the protocols as it was in the company of the queen. i think for him plainly as for most other visitors here that is the most important thing. when you have a state visit you go through the pageantry and the protocol and i'm sure that the images back home would look bad if he weren't doing those things right. i'm sure he has respect for the queen. he has met her before. i think that tomorrow probably is where the political rubber will hit the road and we will see whether there is substance to this relationship between the two countries and the two governments as well as the history and the pageantry. the history and pageantry aren't enough. you need a shared agenda and a sense of confidence and shared values as well. i think that

is what the political cycle test. you are ambassador to washington for the last president. what of your collea g u es the last president. what of your colleagues been going through? a different president. a very different president. a very different president. a very different president but a very different president but a very different time as well here in the uk. in both the visits i have been involved in, george bush and 2003 and barack 0bama in 2011, the situation here was a good deal more stable. events in the uk very different. i think the president comes here at a time of uncertainty and some weakness for the uk. i don't think you necessarily as taking advantage of it ijust think that is the way he has. very different approval ratings of the two presidents in terms of the british public. totally. and george bush was also nothing like as popular as

barack 0bama in 2011. but it is more the unpredictability of the president. that is the one predictable thing about this visit, that he will throw people off guard and say and do things that are surprising. i think people are ready for that and they are trying to work within the limitations on the limitations here, as you say, the prime minister leaving the government in some disarray and huge uncertainty over brexit, that's to some degree constrains the agenda. we are looking out for the pictures of marine 0ne we are looking out for the pictures of marine one which will touch down here at buckingham palace very shortly. car is already starting to arrive just over my right shoulder at the palace gates. how much attention goes to the guest list. from a british perspective who do we put in that room to try and extend british interest into the united states. i haven't seen the guest list for this evening but what you try to do is try to present the best of britain to the united states. and

the sense of the purpose between the two countries. i'm sure there will bea two countries. i'm sure there will be a numberof two countries. i'm sure there will be a number of senior americans who live here in the uk who work in major anglo—american businesses. i'm sure there will be representatives of british arts in public life more widely as well as people like the royal family, members of government to simply have to be included. i think you try to pick a mixture to give a sense of the breadth of british life and society. you mention the 0bama visit and one of theissues mention the 0bama visit and one of the issues around that was whether to call it a special relationship. i think it was redesignated by the 0bama administration as the... you could go through quite a list of things that actually do need addressing diplomatically between the two countries. absolutely. i'm sure they will be tomorrow but the

difference this time is that where in the past there have definitely been disagreements between america and britain with margaret thatcher and britain with margaret thatcher and tony blair, there was a close relationship but a huge disagreement oi'i relationship but a huge disagreement on things as well. nevertheless there was a sense of a bedrock of a shared agenda and worldview. i think it is different now. false different reasons. 0ur countries have gone on different parts. iraq and afghanistan have affected their views in the world. i think you see here with brexit there is an undertone with wanting to draw back a bit from the world that we were pa rt of a bit from the world that we were part of a decor day or so ago which makes it very different. i do think there is a difference. i don't think it is the end of the relationship. there is a very close relationship with them. a little less special? it won't play the part in the world affairs unless something changes, it won't play the part it did for half a century or so. the fundamental bond that underpins this

relationships is intelligence. in the words of the president that is what is putting it at risk. it is one of the things. presumably, we know thatjohn bolton is in touch with the head of the civil service, presumably they think one of these leadership contenders may go a different way. it is possible. even if theresa may had the same —— had stayed, it may be a different final decision. this issue hasn't been settled by the british government. i would guess that tomorrow the president will see it as a chance to put his strongest case to a lot of people round the table who will be in the next government whether they are leaders of it or not and to see whether either with the present group of people or with the next prime minister he can get the apparent decision. we have this moment when the president is coming to visit a monarch who has really represented the post—2nd world war era and as you are suggesting we are

almost at a shift in that era and donald trump is the pivotalfigure in pushing that change. it's not the only change. brexit is another pivotal reason why things have changed. you see throughout europe and throughout the world a series of events changing which means this is a less america centric world and a world where america has less power but also wants to use it's much less and has drawn in on itself to a significant degree. when you talk about the shift and the way he is the disruptor in chief, whether in that light the queen becomes all that light the queen becomes all thatis that light the queen becomes all that is more special because she is all things to all sites. she is inscrutable. you can't tell what she is thinking. she won't give away what she thinks on brexit presumably tonight when she sat next on. you're absolutely right. she stands for service and stability and for seeing things through over a very long

period, including the war whose ending they will commemorate in a few days' time. there is a contrast there. i don't believe for one moment he won't be moved by these occasions and moved by the events in normandy later in the way. former ambassador to washington, thank you very much forjoining us. one thing that sir nigel did not have to deal with our headlines like this. i think you can see that. "doc, here comes donald." i suppose you've got to have a sense of humour. hats off to have a sense of humour. hats off to the headline writer on that occasion. when i watch the walk down the honour guard yesterday at 8am eastern time, all the networks are focused on buckingham palace, i think he wasjust focused on buckingham palace, i think he was just hesitating down the line, talking to all the

grenadier guards and everyone of them had to respond. they probably found it difficult to chat with their helmets on but you could see a president who really was savouring this and wanted to spin it out as long as possible. so have previous presidents, barack 0bama liked the images that came from a state visit. george w bush like those images as well. we discussed this last summer when he came. they are picture perfect images, particularly for a president that appreciates the value of television in the way that donald trump does. he is always focused on ratings and how things look and television appearances. he will really have liked the image of him in the first lady arriving at buckingham palace. when they turn up to this lavish state banquets tonight i don't know whether it makes much difference in terms of his election campaign. we have seen him with the queen and with the emperor of japan. him with the queen and with the emperor of japan. is it him with the queen and with the

emperor ofjapan. is it more about the children? you have ivanka there. it makes a president of world's statesman being seen alongside these people. that matters in the united states. americans have a fascination with the british royalfamily states. americans have a fascination with the british royal family and television viewers will like what they saw this morning. they will like the president treating the queen as she deserves to be and is royal protocol demands she is treated. whether that helps of the voters in michigan and pennsylvania, i don't think it makes much difference but in the short term certainly these are images the president likes. just a short while ago the president tweeted this. just a short while ago the president tweeted this: good to hear. leave it there, don't you think? unfortunately he went on.

there are a number of supporters across here, a small group in favour of trump. and that we have the helicopters which will be bringing the president here. you can see them up the president here. you can see them up in the skies. beautiful evening in london. we are on the edge of green park and we will probably be hearing them and christian will shout very loudly over the noise of them when they arrive. we don't know what the first lady is wearing yet but people will be watching for that. christian remembered this fantastic that. christian remembered this fa ntastic yellow that. christian remembered this fantastic yellow dress she wore at blenheim palace last year. shall we bring in our next two guests? as we watch the helicopters coming in. we'rejoined here in london by leslie vinjamuri from the international affairs think tank chatham house, and by gary gerstle,

a professor of american history at cambridge university. we were just talking about the value of today's events. what do you think it means in diplomatic terms given we have a prime minister who is on her way out and a power vacuum here at the moment. we do but remember it asa at the moment. we do but remember it as a state visit. it is about the united states and the united kingdom. it's not really meant to be about donald trump and theresa may which is a good thing seeing as theresa may won't be there very long and donald trump has a 21% approval rating in the uk. this visit, especially today which is so much about the ceremony, it's really meant to frame the us and the uk as important partners over a long period of time and that is not an easy thing to do because in the entire context of his presidency it has been very troubled between the

united states and its european partners not least the uk. what do states visits do in terms of making sure the special relationship is still special or otherjust sure the special relationship is still special or other just a sure the special relationship is still special or otherjust a moment in time when the pictures looked great and is happy for a few days but the underlying shift in the relationships are still there? the pictures look great and americans love the british royals as you know. the on that it is hard to say what this will mean. the special relationship has worked best when the prime minister of britain has been very close to a president in the united states. it began with winston churchill and franklin d roosevelt. it was renewed with ronald reagan and margaret thatcher and then again between tony blair and then again between tony blair and bill clinton. i don't think this can fulfil its destiny without knowing who the next prime minister is going to be and how well or how poorly trump will get along with him or her. so does it ever and follow the special relationship? ronald reagan was a high point and then with the iraq war it was middling

and then 0bama was a high point again and then we have a president 110w again and then we have a president now who is not as popular. that is what it does, isn't it? very much so. what it does, isn't it? very much so. there is a long history when they had no special relationship at all. it began in the second world warand the all. it began in the second world war and the alliance which will be celebrated this wednesday and thursday but yes, it ebbs and flows and it is not going to break down suddenly because the two countries are bonded by culture, language, religion and common patterns of common law. so the roots are very deepin common law. so the roots are very deep in the special relationship does have the capacity to ebb and flow. you study international security issues. i've spoken to american and british military officials recently who have suggested that beyond donald trump the degradation of the british military has already had an impact on the special relationship and that they were both expressing concern about the fact the uk military has

been cut so much. is britain actually not such a big player in security terms anymore as they had been up until four or five years ago? there is certainly a concern on the part of the united states that all of its nato allies spend, britain is hitting its 2% target, but there is a serious concern that the british are investing more deeply in their defence and security and the american president is undoubtedly putting pressure on that. he on the other hand is increasing defence spending in the united states. i think britain will continue to remain a very important partner for the united states. america needs a military partner in europe in the uk, is number one and will continue to do so regardless of what happens with brexit. will continue to do so regardless of what happens with brexitlj will continue to do so regardless of what happens with brexit. i can hear a chopper in the air. but while we look for those pictures should i show you what the room looks like tonight. i didn't know the royal family were on twitter but they are.

they have 3.2 million followers. they have 3.2 million followers. they have 3.2 million followers. they have tweeted this picture which is the horseshoe shape of the dining table in the ballroom and this is the bit where i can give you all the fa cts . the bit where i can give you all the facts. there are 19 service stations the night. there is a traffic light system so the delivery of each course has a traffic light system, they all arrive at the same time. six glasses at each settings as you can see. every placement is 18 inches apart, measured. we are looking at it as the queen and the president would be looking at it. the 170 guests would be down either side of the room which brings me to the question, professor, what will president some say tonight because it will be keenly watched? president some say tonight because it will be keenly watched ?|j president some say tonight because it will be keenly watched? i think it will be keenly watched? i think it will be keenly watched? i think it will make a very strong statement about the relationship between

britain and the united states. i think he is aware he is very unpopular in this country and i think he likes to be the rogue who upsets diplomatic protocol but i think some nights he will be very well behaved and he will be very respectful of the british royal family. i also think this is a very important occasion for him personally because he imagines himself as the royal family of the united states. he imagines himself leading this kind of life. he has joked about serving more than two terms even though that is constitutionally prohibited. he has talked about ivanka succeeding him as president one day. so the visit to the royal family here becomes a model of how he imagines his life and future generations of his family. i was setting a precedent to every american president is going to expect a state visit. they didn't have them for decades and now the last three have. i think we are

setting a precedent. that is why we are seeing it right now because this president wanted that visit and theresa may granted it in part because of her weakness as she was approaching brexit and the very strongly felt the need for that us uk free trade deal which has been her number one objective when it comes to the united states. so not offering a state visit when the previous presidents —— the previous two presidents have had one would have been we are waiting for the guest list. two of those names are leadership contenders, michael gove and jeremy hunt will be in the room this evening. weatherby intelligence gathering going on but on the half of the americans? i think yes. but i'm not persuaded that donald trump will move his position of who he

would like be the next leader of the uk. he made that very clear and he hinted at on his last visit of course. whether he will come out and say it again tonight, he doesn't really need to because he wants a british leader who will remove britain from europe and make a very ha rd britain from europe and make a very hard brexit but that he can deal with independently because it is a president who once leveraged over people and doesn't want to be constrained by relationships beyond the united states. it is very unusual and perhaps undiplomatic for ato unusual and perhaps undiplomatic for a to weigh in on british politics as donald trump has but of course barack 0bama weighed in on brexit as well so it is not unprecedented. barack 0bama weighed in on brexit as well so it is not unprecedentedm is not unprecedented but no president has indulged to this degree. i think theory of chaos informs trump's politics. he has got

to throw things out and break rules and violate etiquette. he is going to upset people and put them off theirgame. if he to upset people and put them off their game. if he can do that he is a great counter puncher. he believes that he will be able to turn negotiations. that is very much his plan andi negotiations. that is very much his plan and i think it will inform the negotiations tomorrow over a trade deal. he senses that weakness as few leaders who i have observed her. when he senses weakness he pounces. sol when he senses weakness he pounces. so i think he is going to throw out various things and challenge people and try and put people off their game with the confidence that this is going to accrue to america's advantage. so do you think the tweets about sadiq khan that were made as air force one it was about to touch down, was that all calculated? was there a political purpose? absolutely. look what he has done. he has grabbed the headlines for an entire day. i've

never seen a politician in my life who can grab headlines and attention like this. but wouldn't he want the headlines to be that he meets the queen and the pictures we have just been showing with prince charles whereas actually people are talking about the fact he has upset protocol by being so critical of the mayor of london? the host city. the thing about donald trump as he is very good at talking to multiple audiences. i spoke to many americans today and actually one thing i kept hearing about was that they heard about the london mayor and the tweets, a certain demographic, but other people are reading about the free trade deal under leadership context. but he is playing all those audiences at the same time. he has an agenda back home and a different agenda here but notice the tweet they came out as you read outs, things are going very well, the british like us, no protesters. so

it isa british like us, no protesters. so it is a varying set of calculations. just a final thought, the prime minister has a decision to make tomorrow because she is on her way out, she could take him on, she could say these are the things we disagree on this is the decision we have made on huawei but we know he punches back to fold. if you come at him he punches back and i could be damaging to her legacy. him he punches back and i could be damaging to her legacylj him he punches back and i could be damaging to her legacy. i also don't think this is how theresa may plays things. she is strong but she is aware that there is an ongoing debate on the united kingdom about while it's not a done deal of course the leaders, potential leaders, will sta ke the leaders, potential leaders, will stake out different positions and have different degrees of wariness. trump will be pressing hard on that. so there won't be a love actually moments? no! we have to leave it there. every american i speak to races that love actually moments when the prime minister takes on the

visiting american president. i don't think we'll get that. i'm looking at the timetable. they are due at apm in the palace. i think we will see marine 0ne london in the next half an hour. —— 8pm. marine 0ne london in the next half an hour. -- 8pm. we have seen the visitors arriving as they come in regularly behind us. you will have seen them over our shoulders coming m, seen them over our shoulders coming in, 170 people coming in for this incredibly... to photograph the palace has tweeted out says it all. the queen pays immense attention to the detail and tell the place settings has been measured, the linen tablecloths and everything. christian will give us the recipe for windsor lamb later in the programme. look forward to that! this is beyond one hundred days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc

news channel, and bbc world news, we will cross to washington to hear how america is viewing the president's trip. and the question of etiquette around a state visit. what are the do's and don'ts of a royal banquet? we will have all the tips. that's still to come. hello there. we saw a top temperature of 29 celsius in norfolk on sunday, making this the highest temperature of the year so far across the uk. now it's all changed this week, it's looking a lot more unsettled, thanks to a low—pressure system, there will be some sunshine around, but also some pretty heavy rain in places. good news for farmers and for growers, and it will feel on the cool side as well from this atlantic air influence. we've lost the deep red colours and replaced it with something fresher for monday, blustery showers, windy in the north, thanks to this low—pressure system, but as we head through monday night into tuesday morning, we look to the southwest of this next area of low pressure, which will move up into wales and the southwest of england. but for many places tonight, it's going to be

largely dry, some lengthy clear spells further north, a few showers for western scotland, this low—pressure will bring some wetter weather in the southwest, with the temperatures rising a little bit as the breeze picks up as well. so for tuesday morning, we start off with some sunshine across the north and the east, but this rain across the southwest will spill northwards into much of western england, wales, eventually southern and central scotland and northern ireland, could see a few heavy showers affecting the far southeast. probably the best of the dry and bright weather will be the far north of scotland, cool here, and maybe to southeast, where we could nudge temperatures up into the 21—21dc temperatures up into the 20—21dc mark. tuesday night into wednesday, low—pressure right on top of the country, it's a weather front bringing cloudy day, without breaks of rain for much of scotland, but also this whether front over the near continent could just flirt with the southeast corner of the country, perhaps bring some heavy maybe thunder he rain there, a bit of uncertainty to westward extent of this. elsewhere, sunny spells, a few heavy showers around. in the sunshine we could make 19, maybe 20 degrees, but coolerfurther

north with that rain. as we head on into thursday, this feature could run up the eastern side of the country to bring some heavy, maybe thunder he rain here, and by thursday, daytime, could bring quite a wet day for parts of scotland. further south, some sunshine, fairly light winds as we will be in between weather systems, so we could see a scattering of heavy, may thundering downpours. those temperatures again on the cool side for the time of year, 13—18 in the south. it remains unsettled to end the week, and into the start of the weekend with further rain and showers, possibly thundery rain affecting southern and eastern parts of the country.

this is beyond one hundred days. i'm katty kay, with christian fraser in london. so far today.. president trump receives a formal welcome from the queen as he begins a three—day state visit to the uk. he has been meeting the queen, and prince charles, and reviewing the honour guard to come as you can see. before even touching down — mr trump had already ignited controversy by taking aim at the london mayor, calling him a "stone cold loser". now they are all getting ready to arrive for a banquet here at buckingham palace, there will be 170 people for windsor lamb, which is on tonight's menu.

yes. president drums on his first day to his statement to britain, hosted by the queen, but before the president had even landed earlier this morning, he broke from diplomatic protocol, at least, to resume a long—running feud with the mayor of london, city con, using a tweet to call him a stone cold loser. this visit has the potential to up stir a lot of controversial issues. the omega does have that potential, one of the biggest is over the chinese tech firm huaweuoi, they are still deciding whether to allow huaweui into its 56 network, and theresa may is inspected to raise climate change with president trump to markham there are number of foreign issues at the moment, and of course brexit in there as well. trade deal between the uk in the us, we might have in the uk in the us, we might have in the future north america editor is

here as well, and he sends us this report. 0n perfecting the summers day, down trump arrived into a uk, beset by political storms. this is a state visits, only the third us president in the queen's long—range be given such honour. but this is an american president who doesn't do much standing on ceremony. and sure enough, before leaving washington, he was again expressing his admiration, to boris johnson. he has been a friend of mine, he's been very nice, have a very good relationship with him. i have a very good relationship with nigel, with many people over there, and we will see many people over there, and we will see what happens, but i may meet with him. just before he flew into london, this less affectionate tweet about the city's mayer, sadiq khan, who by all accounts, has done a terrible job as mayor of london...

after that presidential twitter blast, the real cannon fire, as donald trump was given a gun salute welcome. as the president flew above the city, sadiq khan presides over, it's safe to assume the us president wa nt it's safe to assume the us president want be rolling out the red carpet anytime soon at the white house. but now it was time for the pump to take over from the politics. now it was time for the pump to take overfrom the politics. the president and first lady, milani drum, were greeted at buckingham palace by prince charles on the duchess of cornwall. two men with very different views on the environment. but today was about making the royal guest feel welcome. in the two and half years of donald trump's presidency, we've learned his views daily on everything, from the queen who's been on the throne for more than six decades, we know nothing. and whatever she thinks of

her unconventional visitor, that's how it will doubtless remain. though a year ago, the palace did let it be known the queen was totally unconcerned when the us president, went ahead of her to inspect the troops, today no infractions, donald trump keen for the ceremonial to go off without a hitch. these pictures will play very well in the united states, where the royalfamily will play very well in the united states, where the royal family is still a source of you fascination —— huge fascination. at the moment, the queen is having lunch with president trump inside buckingham palace, this isa trump inside buckingham palace, this is a state visits with nearly all the bells and whistles, there's no gold coach right up, because of considered concerns, there is no joint address to parliament, because the speaker chose not to invite him. there was a display of gifts and artifacts, the president expressing some interest in what the queen was showing him. and then it was time to leave. this trip is a celebration of the closeness between the us and uk.

even though there are many issues, where it's more fraught relationship, then special relationship, then special relationship, and trade, climate change, and iran, on chinese technology company, hauwei, there are big differences. that will be the meat of tomorrow's political discussions. at westminster abbey, a moment of solemnity, as the president later ruth at the tomb of the unknown warrior. 0ver president later ruth at the tomb of the unknown warrior. over the years, so many american and british soldiers have been comrades in arms. although there was time for the president and the dean of fifth cathedral to share a joke. next stop was tea with prince charles at clarence house, hopefully to be a fly on the wall during that conversation. then back onto the emptied streets of london, a president seeming to be enjoying day one of his state visit.

john sobel reporting for us there, just watching a line of cars starting to form at the main gates to buckingham palace, all of the security checks going on at the moment, as people make their way into the state banquet. and johnny diamond is here. let's bring in our royal correspondentjonny dymond. rights, go on. give us all your fa cts rights, go on. give us all your facts about the state dinner. this is the high point! this is the moment, how do you never get windsor, carefully. it must be carefully cooked. it's a desert. so we are talking, for those of you who don't know what we're talking about, we're talking about the menu tonight at the state banquet, a 3—course banquet, used to be four courses, they've dropped the soup chorus, you may be relieved to know, anyone with a shaky hand knows you don't want to have a super course. after a while, i think they felt the whole thing was dimly going on too long, the same reason they not have the speeches on the toasts at the beginning, so they can just move speeches on the toasts at the beginning, so they canjust move on nights and quickly, so there will be toasted by the queen, toasted by president trump, speech by the

queen's speech by trump, and then they can talk into the windsor lamb and strawberry soup. and evelyn has to stop eating when she starts eating. that's right, everything is driven by her. in the days of george iv, there was 200 courses. there was a legendary dinner with 200 courses. there was a legendary dinnerwitha 200 courses. there was a legendary dinner with a phenomenal number of courses, they still talk about it. going, time for your fun fact. time for my fun fact. i was looking la st time for my fun fact. i was looking last night, the grand service, the silver gilt doesn't dinner service, they will eat their first two courses of tonight, which will be brought out from the sellers of the palace, was brought by george iv in 1811. florida did not become part of the united states until 1821, so it was in use before the united states was in use before the united states was even warmed. and it could be actually one of his best ever. that's a very good fun fact. it is good, well done. i liked that one. what about the way it unfolds for all of these guests? when do they meet the queen, how are they

introduced to the president? well not all of them will meet the queen, not all of them will meet the president. is no receiving line? no there's not a receiving line like that, the queen will generally wait in the picture gallery with the president, and then we will go through to the ballroom, which is the largest of 19 state rooms, six vast chandeliers in the ballroom, and then they sit at this huge u—shaped table, so there want to be a receiving line as such, not everyone will meet the queen coming out of the room will meet the president. instead you listen to the queen and listen to the president. will also be there from the royal family and trump family? it's more who's not going to be there from the foil don't back royal family, and the key person of course is the only american citizen of the royal family, and that is megan markel, the duchess of sussex. conveniently, because of course she's been very critical of president trump, so she lost her ability to be creek of anybody. we see ability to be creek of anybody. we see fairly large numbers from the trump family, in fact he's brought

the whole clan, bar i think the 15—year—old baron, who is staying in the united states. to what extent that what the president said about the duchess of sussex has upset people at all in the royal household, or do they, does this wash off their back, and? know, i think that was probably quite upsetting. i think i'm you know, there is double medical articles that have been breached clearly in the talk about the mayor of london, and the intervention of brexit, and the conservative leadership race here in the uk, but i think actually speaking ill of the member of the royal family is not really honourary. it's very noticeable that when president trump took his tour of the picture gallery, he was looking at items from the royal collection, prince harry, megan's husband, obviously hung well back. he was not in there at all. i'm sure he wasn't happy about it, i doubt other members of the family are happy about it. that was a line that you don't really cross. but there you don't really cross. but there you go, it's gone. there are 25,000 bottles of wine buckingham palace, there are six classes, and there's a

toast to the president tonight. and he doesn't drink. no, he will be drinking none of them. six classes, he will have his water glass is one of the six of them, red wine, white wine, port, champagne, none of those. i thank you will have fun though. it's a good banquet. menus, lamb, wine, i promise we will get you to issues of substance. johnny diamond, thank you very much. let's go to the states now. ron christie, former adviser, ron, why are you not with us? i don't know katie, i don't know christian, i thought the love was there, but apparently it's not, and i'm sitting here. 0k, ron christie, how is this all playing back home? it's playing very well, catty, just come in from new york this morning. there were a lot of people riveted at the televisions at the airport. looking to see how donald trump would... landing in united kingdom, and how of course would he react once he saw the queen? i have to tell you, it's been the talk since i've been here since

the talk since i've been here since the last several hours of trump in london. so so far, so good. you went ona london. so so far, so good. you went on a state visit, you didn't travel with george w. bush, who of course, back when, but you are involved in some of the planning. you heard about the planning, and also you are the stories when they came back, how important is it to members of the administration? christian, this is a big deal. back in 2003, we spent several months, month after month after month of planning every detail, where the president and the first lady would sit, how would they arrive from one spot to another, and most importantly, how do they interact with the sovereign? how do you find a way to have a conversation with prince charles, and so these are things at the white house staff and the chief of protocol at the state department would've spent may be many many hours with mrtrump, would've spent may be many many hours with mr trump, president trump, advising him, advising the first lady, but most importantly, when the president bush came back, he talked about how much fun it was,

and by all accounts, it looks like donald trump is having fun thus far with the queen of the royal family. i was saying to katie earlier, you can study the protocol, but you can only do it wrong. this is the problem. terrifying. ron, of course when george w. bush, when he came here for a state visit, the first american president to do so back in 2003 -- 2003, there american president to do so back in 2003 —— 2003, there were demonstrations here as well, it was around the invasion of iraq, there was a lot of anti—war feeling amongst the british public. how did the white house deal with that, did they try to avoid the protests, how concerned were they about that, was itan concerned were they about that, was it an issue? it certainly was an issue for us as a staff level, but president bush told us repeatedly, i understand that some of the decisions i've made are not popular. i stand by those decisions but i made, i stand with our collie, tony blair, and at that juncture made, i stand with our collie, tony blair, and at thatjuncture he said i'm going to go over, i'm going to represent united states, i'm good to visit with the clean, and i'm going to have a good time. certainly he was cognizant of some of the

protests that were out there, he was aware of what was going on, but he said he was not going to let that dampen his enthusiasm for the visit, and he had a fantastic time, which i hope our present will as well. round, i know you like the swag, so i'm going to send katty over to bring some back. i'm sorry you're not with us. you will not guess. bring a christian, ifully not with us. you will not guess. bring a christian, i fully expect some nice swag, and katty, i look forward to seeing your return here in washington. we need to get the band back together, all three of us. ron, unfortunately neither of us have been in invited to the state dinner, so i will be able to slip andi dinner, so i will be able to slip and ifrom dinner, so i will be able to slip and i from buckingham dinner, so i will be able to slip and ifrom buckingham palace into our pocket, otherwise we would've brought a bag for you. point join us with bonnie, she's an american writer and playwright who lives here in the united states to enact —— uk. president trump careful of the protocol of course, how important do you think it is for america's reputation here in the uk that the president is here? well first of all, we have also some notions about

him, so in fact, i don't know if that even plays in no way. trump is taking himself out of norms of what an american president is, so we are sort of in the frontiers of trump, a trump world. so i'm not sure that people are actually giving, or have an idea, a set idea, about him, whether they it's largely negative. imean whether they it's largely negative. i mean there are people who have a few positive ideas, and they were out today, to express them. but mainly, the sense of who he is is fairly negative. he doesn't help it of course by, you know, disrespecting the mayor, making the nasty comments about the duchess of sussex. these things don't really help a british feeling, or i should say generally, about him, but i'm only saying that as a londoner. i live in london, that's another world. so how he functions outside of london in greater britain is always another question. of course split opinions on how we should treat donald trump. there are a number of the opposition politicians who have not turned up tonight, and

jeremy corbyn, the shadow secretary, vince cable, among others. and we here as well thatjeremy corbyn is going to the protest tomorrow. do you apply the politicians for taking a stand like that, or should they be respecting the office of the president? i think that commons is a sovereign body, it belongs to this country. it doesn't owe any of the sovereign nation, or any of the sovereign nation, or any of the sovereign and he allegiance at all. i think it's us speakers decision not to have the president speak in westminster hall was absolutely appropriate. and it is the way it should be. they stand up for the united kingdom, they are not representatives of anyone with the united kingdom, so it was correct. we see the pictures there of a helicopter, marine one, coming from the american ambassadors residents. we think this is marine one, of course, there are couple of them over here at the moment, where they have been getting ready, it's the second one that's up in the air. so this could well be marine one. you are an american playwright, novelist, explain the american

fascination after having split with the monarchy 200 years ago, with the british royalfamily, the monarchy 200 years ago, with the british royal family, because the monarchy 200 years ago, with the british royalfamily, because it's ongoing? i think that's down to winston churchill. winston churchill had two desperate find a way to get a neutral america in the world war ii. remember, churchill said if it had been the other way, and his father had been american, he would've been american to. so he held that sort of double connection with it himself. he works very hard, bob hope used to say, winston churchill spent more time in dc than he spent in london trying to help the american people understand it was important to be part of us. that feeling had to become, i'm afraid, redundant, the idea that the united kingdom was a sort of twinkly frothy place, there's always our friend. so that's always been held that way, and variations of that are part of how americans feel. that's the beast. here he comes. helicopter, that's what it's called. you might be able to see it come

into shot right above our heads come i don't know if our camera can find it, but we are watching from here. at, that's marine one. you might christian and i can still do not just see it from our position. he will touch down, and injust a minute, we will see them both coming out of marine one, as they did earlier today. i guess they are touching down in about the same position, aren't they? from there he will go into the white drawing room, where the president and the first lady will be introduced to the royal family, and then from there, they will go through the music room, where they will be introduced to the guests as they come through towards the ballroom. we have been talking during the course of the programme about the american british relationship shifting, not just american british relationship shifting, notjust because of president trump, but has been shifting, we have had one way or transcend lentic relationship since the end of the second world war, and it's shifting again, do you think it's shifting again, do you think it's still a special relationship between these two countries, the one that's not your adopted home? writes, i think in a sense, it has

to be, in a way. because part of britain's prestige and own focus is in being a liaison between europe and america. so always that sort of link has to be there. it's in the interest of the united kingdom to keep that link. i believe trump is going to test it into destruction, andi going to test it into destruction, and i think we need to be prepared to watch that. he is going to lay the special relationship they are with all of its sinews come in we are going to see really what it is, simply because he doesn't know what it is. so it's going to be an interesting next couple of 18 months, that's all that's going to work out. bonnie, thank you very much. thank you so much forjoining us. there we have a, marine one has touched on in the garden. the state banquet about to begin. tomorrow night, the americans will play host. they will invite... yes, because we can't. .. they will invite... yes, because we can't... he they will invite... yes, because we can't. .. he can't they will invite... yes, because we can't... he can't stay here at the palace, because there are renovations ongoing in the belgian suite, which is where guests would inherently stay, but he will stay at

winfield house with the ambassador. it is actually the second—biggest home after buckingham palace, so this pointy room, although i understand the family, he is taking up understand the family, he is taking upa understand the family, he is taking up a whole floor. may be members of the ministration and family that's where they will stay. and always a security nightmare. this kind of state visit, the american security services will be taking over. over here, you see the stars and stripes, and the british coming know the flags are all out down the bar, but there's been no carriage procession of course, because you can't have a wooden lever carriage make its way. 0k. lever carriage make its way. ok. if we can hear over the helicopters, there's another one just touching down behind us. we can't, i'm afraid, see that one. let's get more on the protocol and the etiquette of the state dinner. tonight's state dinner will be full of high fashion and formal etiquette. an american who knows well what it is like to learn the royal ways is julie montagu. i have not seen you since the royal

wedding,... whatare i have not seen you since the royal wedding,... what are you expecting from tonight? i am sad that i'm not invited. i apologise for that that you're out here with us and not in there.|j think it's, you know, ithink here with us and not in there.|j think it's, you know, i think he here with us and not in there.|j think it's, you know, ithink he is going to be, president trump will be on his best behaviour. he's already caused a lot of chaos coming into it, which we know that he does anyway, and particularly about megan markel. sol he does anyway, and particularly about megan markel. so i think that's probably rub the royals a little bit the wrong way, in particular prince harry, so it didn't start out to a great start. but i think at the end of the day, when it comes to this, he does, for the most part, you know, he behaves himself, it's on twitter that he usually doesn't. what's a bit of your history, because he sort of married into this didn't you? you married into this didn't you? you married a viceroy, am i right? you didn't know he was a viceroy when you met him. i married the future girl of sandwich, i married into aristocracy, and there are a lot of rules and protocols that do go

around that. especially as an american, we are much more laid—back. we use, you know, the fork usually in our right hand, which i want to see if he does that, because you know, the right protocol over here is for any left—hand, knife in the right. so there's a lot of stuff that even i had to learn, which mug, which cup, which fork. their sony forks, the sony knives committed it would be interesting of some but he could just get it on camera if he is looking around. will he have been sat down and said here is the plate come here all the knives and forks, this is how you use them according to buddhist protocol? find imitation is the best form of flattery. watch the queen, and follow. i was briefed, and it's still hard to remember. now i've been here long time, but you just learn by looking around, and he probably... we do know that his wife is a stickler for for protocol. we do know that his wife is a sticklerforfor protocol. millennia trump gets very involved in planning a state visits in washington when they have state visitors to the white house. i'm sure she has been studying up on what she suspected to do here tonight. blue neck absolutely. the same with the

daughter, they will both be putting the right foot forward, absolutely the right foot forward, absolutely the entire time. so we talk fashion? i feel like we've not done enough on the fashion art. i thought milani looked fabulous when she a arrived at the palace earlier. i don't know who's down it was, or whose dress, i guess there are certain people watching this tonight. the weight that she were earlier reminded me of what she were when president macron came to visit, you and i spoke about that white outfit, which i think was michael corus, and i would assume that she would either wear a british designer or an american designer, but this white outfit with the black belt, barely leads dolce and gabbana. she went italian. i think she likes to wear what she looks good in. i don't know if she necessarily... it's not important to pay tribute to the up—and—coming fashion designers, because that's something that tends to be done. it is something that tends to be done, especially when we look at megan, we look at kate, and their style, and they tend to try to put

the right foot forward. you know, but i will say, what i'm rather upset about, i know everything that's happened with megan and trump, and trump and megan, but i always find the interesting question would be, if you've anke and megan would be, if you've anke and megan would meet, because if you think about it, they are two really strong opportunistic young women, who both have these extreme error platforms. they have campaigned on women's issue in children's issue. i have a feeling if they met, they would have a lot in common. they both have fathers that make headlines. you know, i have a feeling one day those pals don't act —— paths will cross, who knows they may be friends. neil my people are raising questions that the president brought his whole family. i know other presence have brought family members with them on visits like this, you surprise that the whole family they are all here, they are advisers to the president? of course, it really is the house of trump meets the house of windsor. that's exactly what's happening

right now. i'm not surprised. they are with him all of the time, and they are very, very involved. we know this. they have been, you know, they've been given offices within they've been given offices within the white house. so they are very involved, they do travel as an entourage. i think we have shown, it's been shown over and over again, actually a close they defend their father, he defends, his children, they are very, very close, they may not agree, we don't know with everything that he does, but there a close family, so it doesn't surprise me that they are travelling together on this visit. the reason the cars are lined up at the gate, is because they drive the guests in. it's quite difficult to walk in a ball down across the courtyard with everybody watching, you can both tell me, are there 80 odd women who've been thinking about the state in their diaries for so long, and do you have to get itjust, i mean you've done this, how long to spend getting the right dress, getting you know? making sure you don't have the same dress as somebody else. the white tie, it's pretty obvious what you are aware for the men, but for women it's a total minefield.

i think absolutely. i know it when i have had to be on show as part of the family that i married into, i definitely look as to what i'm wearing, but anyway, we are in this day and age, we are all about sustainable ego fashion, i wonder if any of those dresses tonight, you know, maybe came from a charity shop. that's ego friendly as well. goodness me. you have to be go friendly, you have to support the right designer. yes, anyway. we will be watching of course throughout all of the fashion. what you talking about? i'm the one that staying here, you are going to go now. * leave you viewers in the capable hands of christian fraser, our fashion correspondent, to bring in his commentary on all of the addresses this stage banquet. as it happens here, from buckingham palace, do stay with us. we will be here all week. we will watch all three days of the state visits, including the

trip to portsmouth. and of course all the politics which sta rts and of course all the politics which starts tomorrow, but today was really all about the ceremony and about the house of windsor meeting the trump family. we will be back tomorrow. top temperature of 29 celsius in norfolk on sunday, making this the highest temperature of the year so far across the uk. it's all changed this week it's looking a lot more u nsettled, this week it's looking a lot more unsettled, thanks to low—pressure systems, there will be some sunshine around, but also some pretty heavy rain and places. good news for farmers and for growers, it will feel on the cool side as well from this atlantic air influence. we have lost the deep red colours, and replaced it with something fresher for monday. good news for farmers and for growers, and it will feel on the cool side as well from this atlantic air influence. we've lost the deep red colours and replaced it with something fresher for monday, blustery showers, windy in the north, thanks to this low—pressure system, but as we head through monday night into tuesday morning,

we look to the southwest of this next area of low pressure, which will move up into wales and the southwest of england. but for many places tonight, it's going to be largely dry, some lengthy clear spells further north, a few showers for western scotland, this low—pressure will bring some wetter weather in the southwest, with the temperatures rising a little bit as the breeze picks up as well. so for tuesday morning, we start off with some sunshine across the north and the east, but this rain across the southwest will spill northwards into much of western england, wales, eventually southern and central scotland and northern ireland, could see a few heavy showers affecting the far southeast. probably the best of the dry and bright weather will be the far north of scotland, cool here, and maybe to southeast, where we could nudge temperatures up into the 20—21dc mark. tuesday night into wednesday, low—pressure right on top of the country, it's a weather front bringing cloudy day, without breaks of rain for much of scotland, but also this whether front over the near continent could just flirt with the southeast corner of the country, perhaps bring some heavy maybe thundery rain there, a bit of uncertainty to westward extent of this. elsewhere, sunny spells, a few heavy showers around. in the sunshine we could make 19, maybe 20

degrees, but coolerfurther north with that rain. as we head on into thursday, this feature could run up the eastern side of the country to bring some the country to bring some heavy, maybe thundery rain here, and by thursday, daytime, could bring quite a wet day for parts of scotland. further south, some sunshine, fairly light winds as we will be in between weather systems, so we could see a scattering of heavy, may thundery downpours. those temperatures again on the cool side for the time of year, 13—18 in the south. it remains unsettled to end the week, and into the start of the weekend with further rain and showers, possibly thundery rain affecting southern and eastern parts of the country.

0k ok this is bbc news, the headlines today. the royal family ok this is bbc news, the headlines today. the royalfamily of ok this is bbc news, the headlines today. the royal family of three state visit to the uk. there were gun salutes and the tower of london to mark the occasion. this afternoon, the president and first lady laid a wreath to the unknown soldier. a busy day, the president with charles and camilla and charles house. and this was the scene just a few moments ago as marine one, the helicopter carrying the president arrived here at buckingham palace. ahead of tonight's banquet. the room a buckingham palace he will be walking into any minute now, all