Sky News Reporter (Mark Stone or on-location Sky correspondent)
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Let's pop that down there.
That's absolutely correct.
Well, they're loud, they're proud, and they're certainly trying to drown out all the pageantry that's happening at Windsor, Mark.
But I'm not sure if they're doing a good job at it or not, really.
I mean, a lot of the people here have not been watching those gorgeous opulent pictures from Windsor.
Instead, they have been focused very much
on making their voices of opposition heard.
I mean, it's a real mixture in the crowd today.
We've seen people carrying Ukrainian flags, people with Palestinian flags, people that have got banners that cite that infamous relationship between the predator
Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump, an image that he, of course, would rather not be showcased today.
But frankly, whilst all eyes have been on Windsor, it's been very hard, in a sense, to ignore the voices of the people here today.
The crowd, you're right, estimated to be thought about 5,000 in size.
It's not the last time that there was a state visit for Donald Trump in 2019, where the crowds packed out to Fowler Square, where we saw that giant blimp
of Donald Trump lifted above the crowd.
It's thought the crowd, the numbers there were nearing 100,000.
So perhaps organisers might be a little disappointed in the numbers that have turned out.
However, there is currently behind me in Parliament Square a huge rally with people, speakers on stage, voicing their thoughts regarding this visit.
You know, they've talked to me about how they feel as though the flattery is farcical, how
The pomp and the pageantry should have been saved for someone that deserves it.
Some of those people voicing their idea of saying they feel sick at the sight of King Charles and the Queen next to Donald Trump and the visit and the rolling out of the red carpet is not sitting well with some in direct contrast, as Mark Stone said there to the pro-Trump.