After the pomp and ceremony it’s the turn of unadulterated red blooded politics to take centre stage.
Day two of Donald Trump’s state visit promises to be a very different affair to yesterday’s Union Jack regality.
The US President was given the full Rolls-Royce treatment by the Royal Family – a guard of honour, Red Arrows (powered by Rolls-Royce engines) flypast and a lavish state banquet inside Windsor Castle.
It was enough to satisfy the man with the biggest ego on the planet and enough to take the heat off Sir Keir Starmer, at least for one day.
The two leaders will hold a crunch meeting at Chequers, the Prime Minister’s country home, later today.
Before getting down to business they will dine on Dover Sole and Key lime pie, view the Churchill archives and be treated to a display from the British Army’s Red Devils.
With a press conference planned for mid-afternoon – and Trump’s penchant for going off script – Sir Keir must be hoping that his already precarious world doesn’t come tumbling down to earth like the famed parachute display team.
