US President Donald Trump's unprecedented second state visit to the United Kingdom has officially begun, with pomp and ceremony being met with protests.

Mr Trump and his wife Melania were greeted by King Charles III, Queen Camilla, Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales, in the Walled Garden of Windsor Castle as he stepped off Marine One helicopter.

As the president shook hands with the King, a 41-gun salute was fired simultaneously from six World War One-era guns on the castle's east lawn, as a similar display occurred at the Tower of London, in the centre of the capital.

Some 120 horses, and 1,300 members of the British military took part in the ceremony, which UK officials say marked the largest military ceremonial welcome for a state visit to Britain in living memory.

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