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Hello, Tom. Well, the bands have struck up again, ready ahead of the King and Queen's arrival
0:09
We think they're slightly delayed. Perhaps their lunch has gone on slightly too long
0:13
But the Crown's got very, very excited when a motorcade swooped in just in front of the Coliseum
0:18
But it turned out it was, as you said, Foreign Secretary David Lammy instead. She does have a very important role here as Foreign Secretary
0:24
of course. He is accompanying the King on this state visit. Don't forget that it is the UK government
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that sends the king on these visits to strengthen relations between two nations
0:33
So politicians like David Lammy, like Prime Minister Maloney in Italy and others can sit down for political discussions
0:40
But what we're seeing this afternoon is that kind of pomp and pageantry and that soft power in action
0:46
It's that kind of welcome. It's those kind of memories, as the UK ambassador was telling us yesterday
0:50
that stick in people's memories for a generation, essentially. And they all remember the king and queen's visits here
0:56
This is the 18th official visit of the king to Italy. But, of course, this is the first time that he has been here as king
1:06
I think the Queen's been around two times as well. Tomorrow, he's also going to become the first British monarch in history
1:13
to address a joint session of the Italian Parliament here, perhaps emphasising and kind of showing us the respects that the Italian lawmakers have for King Charles five years of course on from Brexit
1:28
Of course, there's been a lot of political discussions going on in the last week, particularly around tariffs
1:32
We suspect they're going to come up in the political meetings, but King Charles does not get involved in those kind of discussions
1:37
He has the niceties of meeting the president, attending the state banquet and other things
1:42
Can I just ask, are you playing the Star Wars theme in the background there? Is that the theme from a television, from a film series
1:50
about a republic defeating an empire? Is there a message there? Well, Tom, you missed out earlier
2:01
because they were also playing Abba's Waterloo too, so I'd battle themes in terms of the songs that they are playing
2:08
I think the band of the Welsh Guards is known for playing tunes
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which are going to be easily recognisable by crowds from across the world
2:17
So I think that's why they're choosing these kind of tunes. I thought we might get some beautiful Italian opera or something like that
2:23
So you're in for a treat, Tom and Emily. Well, no, it does look absolutely fantastic and does sound fantastic too
2:29
And we can hear the crowd really appreciating what is going on there
2:34
Of course, Cameron, we're going to be back with you as soon as we find out exactly when the King and Queen are arriving
2:38
as their lunch is, as you say, perhaps rolling over slightly. We all know how delicious Italian food can be
