Daniela Relph

I think he was energised.

I think he really liked the applause and the standing ovations and the laughs at his gags.

I just think the whole thing

was a really confident delivery from him where perhaps it's not always, it doesn't always feel that way.

And those around him are very pleased.

I think there was a bit of nervousness last night after that reference by the president in the speech at the state dinner about, you know, Charles agrees with me about Iran not having a nuclear weapon.

I think because there were a lot of questions to the palate about that.

But, you know, they were very clear that they felt this was absolutely fine for the president to say that.

But it was, you know, the position of the UK government and Yvette Cooper, the foreign secretary, was there nodding away as the president said this.

So they sort of tried to dilute any questions and controversy around that moment.

But I think they are generally just really thrilled with the mood, the look and how things are being received here.

Well, yeah, exactly.

And as ever with these things, you know, you are hearing what you want to hear from your own position in it.

And that was very obvious, as James has touched on, when you watched how various sides of the political divide were responding during the Congress speech.

It was very much along party lines at times.

You know, you heard what you want to hear.

You felt positive, depending on what you heard from the King's words.

I think as well that

In terms of both the times we heard from the King yesterday, I think we have to see it almost as one big speech rather than two separate ones a little bit.

It was almost as if that first speech to Congress, that's where the kind of hard and dirty stuff happened, where there was a little bit of a poke and a nudge.