00:00Melania and I are deeply grateful to you and Queen Camilla for your extraordinary graciousness and to William and Kate thank you so much it's been so great being with you today thank you very much appreciate it's a singular privilege to be the first American president welcomed here and the if you think about it it's a lot of presidents and this was the second state visit
00:30and that's the first and maybe that's going to be the last time I hope it is actually but this is truly one of the highest honors of my life such respect for you and such respect for your country for many decades his majesty the king has epitomized the fortitude nobility and the spirit of the British monarchy and the British people he's dedicated himself to preserving the glory and unique character of this kingdom
01:00restoring life to the rivers and streams supporting the works of its artists and composers planting trees and gardens in its countryside and I just visited one of the most beautiful I've ever seen that you just completed
01:14and protecting the architectural integrity of cities villages and towns he has uplifted the poor cared for rural farmers and tended to wounded veterans like nobody else I'll tell you that I just stood in line and shook about 150 hands and the king knew every single person and every single company and some of them had bad names like XYZ-Q3
01:43and he knew every one of them or at least I think he did because nobody was complaining I was very impressed with that but I just want to say that his majesty has also raised a remarkable son and his royal highness prince of Wales really amazing we've gotten to know you and I think you're going to have an unbelievable success in future
02:13to see her to see her to see her to see her to see her to see her to see her to see her to see her royal highness princess Catherine so radiant and so healthy and so beautiful
02:18it's really great honor thank you many years ago his majesty opened his archives to a biographer among the documents was a letter from 1993 in which he described the patriotism and guided his many projects he wrote that he was quote entirely motivated by a desperate desire to put the great back into her
02:43into great britain in the finest tradition of british sovereigns he's given his whole heart everything he's got to those parts of britain that are beyond the realm of mere legislation it's not easy but which define its essence and its virtue its harmony and its soul
03:04it's an amazing calling and there's nobody that's answered that calling like you have
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