Donald Trump keeps Queen Elizabeth standing in heat as she waits for him to arrive at Windsor Castle
‘For so many years she has represented her country, she has really never made a mistake. You don’t see, like, anything embarrassing,’ Trump said
US President Donald Trump met Britain’s Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle on Friday – eventually.
Half-shaded by a tent, the 92-year-old monarch stood in a blue hat and coat in blazing sunshine waiting for the president and first lady Melania Trump to arrive. And waited. It was more than 10 minutes before the black Range Rover pulled up on the gravel at the castle outside London.
Trump and his wife climbed out of the car and, after handshakes and a little small talk, they stood either side of the monarch as the US national anthem was played.
Trump walked ahead of the queen while inspecting troops from the Coldstream Guard and did not bow when he met her – a couple of minor protocol breaches – but the meeting, once it happened, went smoothly.
The band played “hands across the sea” to mark the links between the two countries before she led her guests into the castle for that most English of engagements: tea.