President Sarkozy Makes A State Visit

Upon returning from my trip to Slovakia it became apparent that the talk of the press was of the arrival of Carla Bruni on a state visit, and whose imminent appearance was overshadowing the trip of her new husband, Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, no less.
I went to Windsor to cover Sarkozy and his wife arrive in state carriages to Windsor Castle, beside the Queen and the Prince Philip. My position turned out to be very frustrating however, as first Sarkozy turned to look the other way as he went past before Carla did the same in the following carriage. The photographers situated on the other side of the road got the shots and I, along with others my side, had no meaningful photographs from the event. That's the problem with shooting carriages at Royal events - if they look your way as they go past you get can get a decent shot, but if they don't then you don't get a second chance as the carriages move at a surprising speed.
At any rate the shot of the day had been taken earlier in the day when the French couple arrived at Heathrow and were greeted by Prince Charles was gave Carla a kiss on the hand.