US President Donald Trump is now addressing the state banquet, APA reports citing BBC.
He begins by saying that he and Melania are both "deeply grateful" to the King and Queen for hosting them at Windsor Castle.
It's been a "singular privilege", he says, to be first American president welcomed here for a state visit - twice.
Such respect for you and such respect for your country, he adds.
Trump continues to reference the fact that this is his second state visit - something which is a "first".
Maybe it will also be the last time, he jokes. "I hope it is actually," he says to laughter.
He adds this is one of the "highest honours" of his life.
The president continues to reference the "bond" between the UK and the US.
Talking of the phrase "special relationship" - he says that from the American point of view the word 'special' "does not begin to do it justice".
He says the two countries are joined by a number of things including history, language and transcendent ties of culture, tradition, ancestry and destiny.
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