Wearing a dress coat, red sash and festooned with military medals, King Charles III walked alongside the President of Germany to lead the chief guests into Wednesday night’s state banquet at Windsor Castle. On the gallery of St George’s Hall, the orchestra played the national anthem, and then, in total silence, the King and the President sat down, followed by the 160 guests, for a dinner of smoked trout tartlet, partridge wrapped in puff pastry and baked Alaska.

But first. A roll of drums, and the King stood up to welcome his guests in credible German. You could even imagine that our King had German heritage going back generations as he greeted the President. He said the visit to “Schloss Windsor” was a mark of “die besondere Freundschaft die unsere Länder verbindet” (a very special frien

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