WINDSOR, England (AP) — President Donald Trump relished the glow of a British royal spectacle as he opened a two-day state visit Wednesday, calling the hours of pageantry with King Charles III “one of the highest honors of my life” while also making time for a quiet tribute at Queen Elizabeth II’s tomb.

The U.K.'s largest military ceremony for a visiting foreign leader in living memory brought out the full weight of Britain’s ceremonial traditions to welcome the American president.

The U.S. president was largely insulated from protesters in a country where he remains unpopular. He plans to meet with Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday.

President Donald Trump will meet with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the latter’s official country residence on Thursday, on the second day of a state visit.

The Trump administration begins its second State Visit to Britain with a royal welcome from Prince William, Kate Middleton, King Charles and Queen Camilla at Windsor Castle.

The seating chart at the state dinner for President Trump was a cross-section of the rich and the powerful hoping to get on his good side.