The Royal Mews has within its care some of the British monarchy s most famous carriages dating from the 1700s to the 2010s, including the coronation coach.
like? the person leading this visit is going to be the queen and the queen really is masterful when it comes to diplomacy. she s conducted well over 100 state visits since she came to the throne in 1952, she s dealt with a number of divisive visitors. in 1971, hirohito, met with angry veterans during his carriage procession. the queen is used to this, she knows how to handle tricky figures. donald trump making these types of comments on the eve or during the weekend ahead of a visit to the u.k. is incredibly sensitive and not terribly tactical. of course, he s proven himself to be a liability in the past when it comes to the fragility of other nations political environments. everyone had rather hoped given the u.k. is laying on so much pomp and pageantry. that he perhaps would have been
unlucky 13 when it comes to matters dealing with etiquette. you re certainly in uncharted waters when you re dealing with donald trump, but there s no question it has a cachet for him because of course there s the lunch tomorrow and then there is the visit to westminster abby where he lays a wreath on the tomb of the unknown warrior and then of course the state banquet. that he will encourage. he won t get the carriage procession that s normal because of protesters. he also will have a boycott of opposition leaders and won t be addressing parliament, that s very unusual for a state visitor. and also there won t be a banquet in the city, but there will be a business meeting tomorrow on tuesday in sir james palace. so it will be a different sort of visit. obviously it s being handled so that he doesn t meet or see many protesters. there are likely to be a large number of protests. the royal family will know how to handle this. the queen has seen everybody
that glorious scene. this is the long walk to windsor castle. some crowds are coming down here. there will be big screens. all of the front row seats have been taken um, i m afraid to tell you. but there s still many hundreds of people pouring in because this is where the carriage procession will return to the castle after the wedding. welcome back to the special countdown to the royal wedding. coming up, we ll have our first look at the hotel where meghan is staying and where she will leave in a couple hours time. and step into the spotlight, isha. yes, max. wedding watchers have been camped out for hours and even days, just below me, just beneath me here. the streets are slowly filling up with well-wishers.