He highlighted the new Kensington Treaty, signed at the V&A Museum, referencing the historic bond represented by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert: “My great, great, great grandfather brought so much to this country… not least as the moving force behind the 1851 Great Exhibition.”
President Steinmeier, reflecting on his youth, said he grew up listening to British Forces radio and being fascinated by British culture. He added: “Never could I have imagined that later… I would be a guest of the British King at Windsor Castle.”
