Maitlis

But it was all done with such a light touch.

And, you know, he was talking about America, you know, has been here for 250 years or as we would say in the UK just the other day.

I mean, so it was very carefully done.

crafted i mean i suppose the big question is in the longer sweep what difference will it make in the short term i think what it achieves is to underline that whilst donald trump may sound off about starmer there are bigger things and more important things at stake and the king spoke about that and the historic ties of that relationship

I rather tragically went through the invitation list for the state banquet, obviously upset, gutted that I had been invited.

I told you to stop upsetting yourself.

I know.

I can't help myself.

So I went through the whole list of all the people that were invited.

And so media representation there, British media companies, BBC, ITV, Sky.

None.

US media companies, ABC, none.

NBC, none.

CBS, none.

CNN, none.

MSNBC, none.

Fox News, loads.

Everyone, nearly every Fox News presenter was there with their partner.

This is only a dinner for 120 people.

And of course, a number of people... Has the king not suffered enough?