RUSHES: Charles and Diana in Day 2: Celebrity arrivals at White House / Reagan speech / Prince Charles speech

Charles and Diana in Day 2: Celebrity arrivals at White House / Reagan speech / Prince Charles speech; USA: Washington DC: The White House:INTGuests at tables for gala dinner including Ronald Reagan (US President), Diana, Princess of Wales and Tom Selleck (Actor) / Prince Charles, Prince of Wales speech SOT (Nancy Reagan (US First Lady in background).- Mr President, Mrs Reagan, ladies and gentlemen, if I may say so, Mr. President, you really have touched both my wife and myself most deeply this evening by your extremely kind words. And we can't possibly, both of us, thank you enough for your immense hospitality and your great kindness in having us here this evening and in making us feel so unbelievably welcome.I would think one of the most marvellous things about coming to the United States is that you have this extraordinary gift for making people feel welcome. And apart from the friendliness with which you greet everybody, it really does warm the heart to come here and be made to feel welcome. I can't tell you what it means to us both. It really does. As you know, we've flown in hesitant stages from Australia and tried to stop on the way in order to regain our strength. And all that's happened is we're suffering terribly from jet lag. [Laughter] And I've yet to discover a foolproof method for actually getting one over the problems of this particular affliction.However, we are greatly looking forward to the opportunity of seeing this exhibition, the `Treasure Houses of Britain,' which we are both very proud to be patrons of. And we hear from all sides just how stupendous this particular exhibition is. I think if you go and look at most of the country houses in Britain at the moment, you'll find them completely empty -- [laughter] -- of all the furniture and pictures, some emptier than others and, no doubt, with rather dirty marks on the walls where the pictures were. I only hope that they manage to get them all back in the right place at the righ...