Trump treated to royal state banquet in Windsor Castle

Donald Trump was treated to a sumptuous royal state banquet in Windsor Castle Wednesday, rounding off the US president's first full day of a historic second state visit to Britain. Before some 160 guests at the start of the lavish event, designed to play into the mercurial American leader's love of pomp and pageantry, King Charles III praised what he called Trump's "personal commitment" to seeking peace.

For his part, Trump described the visit as "one of the highest honours of his life", paying tribute to the transatlantic relationship by calling the UK and the United States "two notes in one chord... each beautiful on its own, but really meant to be played together". Trump and his wife Melania's welcome earlier featured gun salutes, soldiers on horseback and a flypast by the Red Arrows.