Red Arrows-----Royal Air Force-----flyover.
Posted on 09/17/2025 9:37:18 AM PDT by simpson96
President Trump praised Kate Middleton as “so beautiful” during a heart-warming exchange between the pair on the first full day of the commander-in-chief’s state visit to the United Kingdom.
“You’re beautiful, so beautiful,” Trump told the Princess of Wales, 43, as he greeted Kate and Prince William on the grounds of Windsor Castle.
Wearing a maroon dress with a matching hat and purse, Middleton smiled as she shook hands with the president alongside Prince William, who was dressed in a dark suit.
The two-day trip by Trump and first lady Melania Trump at the invitation of King Charles III marks the first time that any elected political leader has been invited for two state visits by a British monarch.
Last December, Trump praised “handsome” Prince William, telling The Post he had “a great talk” with the future king after his meeting in Paris.
Wednesday’s ceremonial welcome was followed by a private luncheon with the royal family before the first couple laid a wreath at the tomb of the late Queen Elizabeth II inside St. George’s Chapel.
Some 200 military musicians then gathered to take part in the historic Beating Retreat ceremony, which dates back to the 17th century and symbolizes the closing of military camp gates and lowering of ceremonial flags at the end of each day.
The British Massed Band, joined by the US Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, played military standards — including “Yankee Doodle Dandy” — under an overcast sky.
The president and the king applauded as a flyover of the Red Arrows, the Royal Air Force’s aerobatic team, concluded the ceremony.
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Kate looks frightfully thin in one photo, walking alongside the others. But smiling and happy, nonetheless.
President Trump is also smitten with Kate!!
Kate’s right cheek on her face looks strange.
Yes, she is terribly thin, but still graceful and elegant - like Melania Trump.
Princess Kate has had cancer treatment so who knows what is going on.
Looks like she is wearing a wig as well.
The state banquet will take place around 3:30 PM Eastern.
That should be a treat, seeing what everyone is wearing, the venue.
Note to Richard Eden...
You say theme park.
I say national historic site.
And your country is blessed to be one mother of a national historic site.
I have never been to a theme park.
I have no desire to ever set foot in one. Not my cuppa.
But I have spent time in the UK.
And until your Deep State killed any desire for me to ever return, would have been delighted to spend every vacation I could in the UK.
You lot are blessed to have a nation so steeped in history.
That history is a both a cultural treasure and a heck of a money spinner.
Your Deep State is happily killing both.
Why aren’t you on your high horse about THAT?!
Wow....Melania is NOT fat but look at Kate compared to Melania. Kate is barely there. A bit shocking. Diana was bulimic and had more meat on her than Kate.
Britain is no longer British.
England is no longer English.
After a thousand years, the GloboHomo’s and EuroTrash have been successful in destroying the United Kingdom.
AP, go figure, has great coverage from the visit to St George’s Chapel and the Beating Retreat ceremony on its YouTube channel.
Worth the watch.
You seen one castle, you seen em all.... Royalty in this day and age is an embarrassment.
Yep
sadly
That’s not the case for me.
As for royalty, if the the UK wants to keep the monarchy then that’s good enough for me.
If they want to sack the lot of them, ditto.
What I oppose is their Deep State making that decision for them.
I enjoyed the amazing pomp and circumstance of the royal procession in UK for PDJT. There is nothing like that in America.
We are a young country.
That really comes home to you when you step out of it.
Kate has been battling cancer. It would take a toll on most people.
Huh? Shouldn’t it say head of naughtZee party grooms future queen? Nope! Can see branDUHn pawing at her and trying to get a sniff or two in.
Trump is a class act who acts like a normal human being. Biden would have just wandered the halls with a bewildered look on his face.
She looks like she’s lost weight, and that highlights the prominence of her cheekbone and jaw. I’ve seen pictures like that from the past.
She had cancer last year. I’m afraid she may still have it.
Red Arrows-----Royal Air Force-----flyover.
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