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The King and Queen have welcomed the President and First lady of South Korea to London for the first state visit since the coronation.

The prince and princess of Wales were also present.

There was a lot of towing and froing. I'm unfamiliar with London to understand moving to the household cavalry regiment,

moving to Buckingham Palace, and other events. There was a luncheon there.

What I do understand is that there's to be a diplomatic accord sign between the British

government and the South Korean government.

And Gregory, Defense and Foreign Affairs, is here to help me understand we have Aukis, which is the United

Kingdom, the U.S. and Australia combined in a visionary alliance into the 21st century.

We have Japan lending warships, well seating warships to the Philippines. We have Japan supporting Taiwan and saying

will come to its defense of its attack. And now we have the United Kingdom signing a diplomatic accord with South Korea.

All this moving around suggests they're knitting together something larger, but I can't tell

Gregory, these are all countries with Simpatico in that they practice

free trade, capitalism, and they're also gravely concerned about the predator state of the People's Republic of China.

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