The contrast simply couldn’t have been starker. In the rain-swept quadrangle at Windsor Castle, the King – flanked by Queen Camilla and the Prince and Princess of Wales – stoically undertook a high-profile State Visit at the request of the Government.
The red carpet may have been slightly soggy thanks to that horrible seasonal drizzle that seeps into every pore, but the smiles couldn’t have been brighter, the vermillion of the uniforms more brilliant or the gold of carriages glossier.
Everything was designed to impress the visiting Sultan of Oman (an old friend and ally of the UK who is also known
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