Royal fans were delighted after they caught another glimpse of the King and Queen’s “hot” enquiries during day one of the German state visit. The Royal Family rolled out the red carpet and welcomed Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Budenbender with all the pomp and pageantry in Windsor.

The Prince and Princess of Wales greeted the German couple at Heathrow on Wednesday morning, before their official welcome in Windsor by the King and Queen. Charles hosted Mr Steinmeier on the first state visit to the UK by a German leader in 27 years.

But royal fans were ever so jubilant when they spotted the King’s equerry, Lieutenant Colonel Jonny Thomspon and the Queen’s equerry, Major Ollie Plunkett, standing side by side during the official welcome ceremony at Windsor

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