By Catherine Lucey, Kate Sullivan and Maddie Parker, Bloomberg News (TNS)

A royal carriage ride and more than a thousand U.K. service members greeted U.S. President Donald Trump at Windsor Castle on Wednesday, kicking off a historic state visit that will be set against the backdrop of heightened global and domestic tensions.

The president and first lady Melania Trump arrived by Marine One in the early afternoon to be greeted by King Charles III, Queen Camilla, Prince William and Princess Catherine with a royal salute. The group was quickly swept into horse-drawn carriages for a procession along a color guard-lined route to the castle.

The gilded Irish Stage Coach that the king and Trump rode in is customarily used for the State Opening of Parliament and was also used for the late Queen

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