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Callaroga Shark Media, Hi, and welcome to Pallas Intrigue.
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I'm your host, Mark Francis. Prince William added a touch
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of humor to the formalities of President Trump's state visit
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this week. The Prince of Wales, joined by Princess Catherine,
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was tasked with welcoming the US President and First Lady
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of Milania Trump when Marine one landed on the grounds
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of Windsor Castle on Wednesday. The couple then escorted the
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Trumps across the lawns to meet King Charles and Queen Camilla.
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As the introductions were made, William lightened the atmosphere with
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a simple but disarming remark to the President, saying this
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is my dad. The telegraph took us inside the banquet
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Fort Donald Trump, where the evening combined grandeur with personal
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touches designed to appeal to the President, from a cocktail
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inspired by a s'more to a playlist featuring his favorite
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arias and rally anthems. The fifty two yard table, sept
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with fourteen hundred and fifty two pieces of polished cutlery
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and adorned with seasonal flowers and one hundred and thirty
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nine candles, took two full days to prepare. The carefully
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curated menu included Hampshire watercress panacotta with quail egg salad,
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organic Norfolk chicken ballentine wrapped in corgettes, and a bomb
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glass cardinal filled with Kentish raspberry saubet in Victoria plums.
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The winelist carried special symbolism a cognac from nineteen twelve,
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the year of mister Trump's mother's birth, and a nineteen
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forty five port in tribute to the forty fifth the
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forty seventh president. Seating arrangements placed mister Trump between King
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Charles and the Princess of Wales, while the First Lady
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was seated with Queen Camilla and the Prince of Wales.
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A medley of music performed by the Duchess of Edinburgh's
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string orchestra, ranged from Bond themes to Elton John and
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the Rolling Stones, interspersed with arias such as Nesson Dormer,
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Kate resplendent in a gold lace gown, and The Lovers Not.
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Tiara was seated beside President Trump, who used his dinner
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speech to describe her as so beautiful, adding that she
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looked so radiant, so healthy, that distraction appears to have worked.
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Prince William, meanwhile, was positioned next to Paula Reynolds's chair
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of the National Grid. Though separated inside Saint George's Hall,
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the couple quietly defined a protocol. Later in the evening,
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a candid photograph taken by Matt Porteus showed William and
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Catherine holding hands in the darkness outside Windsor Castle. The
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moment was warmly received on social media. Another distraction successfully completed.
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White House Press Secretary Carolyn Levitt said the dinner was spectacular.
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It was superbly done by the King and Queen, the
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President and everyone very much appreciated the hospitality. The food
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was divine, and the conversation was great. Chris Ruddy, chief
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executive of Newsmax Media, added that the former President and
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the first Lady were absolutely gleaming, and they don't gleam often.
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They're not impressed that much by many things. He noted,
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mister Trump appeared fascinated and really engaged in his discussions
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with the Princess of Wales. In his toast, mister Trump declared,
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it's a singular privilege to be the first American president
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welcomed here on behalf of all Americans. I offer a
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toast to one of the great friendships, to two great countries,
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and to his Majesty King Charles the Third, a very
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very special man and also a very very special Queen.
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Thank you very much. It's a great honor to be
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with you. Some noticed a subtle dig at Harry. Trump
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told guests that King Charles had raised a remarkable son
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in Prince William, and predicted he would have unbelievable success
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in the future. The King's other son, the Spare, was
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not referenced during the banquet. Observers noted that President Trump
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appeared to have makeup applied to his right hand, reportedly
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to conceal bruising. The royal family's official ex account later
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posted an unedited photograph in which the makeup was clearly visible,
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as well as Trump's unsmiling expression as he stood alongside
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King Charles Queen Camilla, the First Lady. The White House
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attributed the bruising to frequent handshakes combined with the President's
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use of aspirin as part of a standard cardiovascular prevention regime.
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Officials also confirmed that in Julians the Trump was diagnosed
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with chronic venous insufficiency, a condition affecting blood flow back
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to the heart, which has caused a swelling in his ankles.
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The White House declined to comment further on the Royal
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family's decision to highlight the image. How did the President
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do when it comes to protocol? Upon greeting Kate and William,
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Trump shook hands with the Prince, but went further by
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patting him on the arm, a gesture repeated moments later
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when he met King Charles. While such contact is not
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considered a strict breach of protocol, royal observers noted it
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is generally regarded as poor etiquette. The more debated moment
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came in Trump's choice of words for the Princess of Wales.
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Shaking her hand, he remarked, you're beautiful, so beautiful. Later
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in his formal banquet speech, he again praised Catherine as
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so radiant and so healthy and so beautiful. Royal historian
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Justin Wowick explained that while no official rules were broken,
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the remarks strayed from the unspoken codes of diplomatic formality.
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It would, in my opinions, sort of transgress the unofficial
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rules of personal diplomacy. It was very awkward. There are
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so many levels of cringe to this, He told CBC,
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how do you respond to something like that in a
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way that will not make the situation more awkward or
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will not come off as a rebuff of the compliment.
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Robert Finch of the Monarchist League of Canada added that
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such comments are typical of Trump, saying he does tend
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to compliment people on their looks in appearance when he
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meets them, So the Princess of Wales would be no
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different in that regard. You have to wonder what went
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through her head when she met him. They're a body
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language expert explained to the Mirror, what we hardly ever
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see is Donald Trump in a subservient position. If you
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look at Kate, she looks regal. If you look at
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her positioning, she is very upright and very much the alpha.
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What we see with Donald Trump here is Trump adopting
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a tortoise position. Imagine when a tortoise is scared, they attracted.
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This is very much the same for human beings. If
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you look at Trump, he is almost leaning in with
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the tortoise effect. There is a raise of the shoulders.
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We know for sure that is a subservient position. Some
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wondered where Princess Anne was on Wednesday morning that she
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was notably absent from the proceedings. Come now, this is
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Princess Anne we're talking about. She was, of course working.
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The Princess Royal was carrying out duties of her own
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in Scotland, reflecting her reputation as one of the hardest
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working members of the Royal Family in her role as
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patron of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists, and visited
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Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen to mark a milestone event,
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the centenary of Margaret bar Fullton's appointment as first qualified
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occupational therapist in the United Kingdom more Palace. In just
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a Moment in The Express, Paul Baldwin writes Donald Trump
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craves the one thing he can never have, Britishness. Baldwin
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was quite passionate sharing it's like the actual second Coming
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of Christ, isn't it, except with marginally more hullabaloo than
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I suspect would accompany the actual rapture. Seriously, I'm one
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hundred percent positive there'd be less fuss if it was
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the Lord God Almighty who touched down at London Standstead
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rather than Donald Trump and his scarily flawless other half millennia,
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Britain laid on the largest military ceremony for a visiting
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foreign leader in living memory, thirteen hundred military personnel, one
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hundred and twenty horses in a forty one gun salute,
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fired simultaneously from six World War One era guns on
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the castle's east lawn. I've been listening to generals to
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Mike Jackson recently, and I'm pretty certain that's about half
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the British Army's manpower and our top line cutting edge weaponry.
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If Putin really wanted to invade, he'd missed a trick today.
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What is wonderful, though, is watching Trump interact with our
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aglist royals. He may be the most powerful man on
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the planet, but he looks at King Charles and he knows. Charles,
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of course, is everything Trump isn't, but would desperately love
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to be kouth, cultured and most importantly of all British,
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from the way that Donald insisted on a right in
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that wonderful world of Disney eighteenth century state coach dripping
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with guilt and footman fact, only the Queen could ever
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look cool in that coach. Everyone else looks like they're
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at a funfair, especially Trump to the way he chumms
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up to King Charles and William and Kate, ingratiating himself
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at every turn. It all screams, please make me a
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brit Millennia, on the other hand, may look like she
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was created by an AI algorithm, but actually she would
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make the much better brit gifted as she must be
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in those most British of traits patients tolerance and infinite
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resolve in the face of impossible odds, which I think
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we can safely assume a absolute prerequisites being missus Trump
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