Posted on 09/17/2025 7:29:54 PM PDT by xxqqzz
Details have been released of the guest list, seating plan, drink and food for the state banquet being hosted by the King and Queen for Donald Trump and his wife Melania.
A bespoke transatlantic whisky sour cocktail garnished with a toasted marshmallow set on a star-shaped biscuit "evoking the warmth of a fireside S'more" is being served at the lavish occasion.
The guest list includes senior royals, stars of the world of golf, tech leaders and media mogul Rupert Murdoch, despite him and his his newspaper the Wall Street Journal being sued by the US president.
There is also a sumptuous three course menu.
Who is attending the state banquet? Only eight members of the royal family are attending the opulent affair - the King, Queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, in a stark demonstration of the small number of royals in the working monarchy.
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is a guest despite being sued by the US president over a report linking him to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Mr Murdoch, 94, has also had a difficult relationship with the royal family in recent times.
Earlier this year, the Duke of Sussex received an "unequivocal apology" from his News Group Newspapers (NGN) after "serious intrusion" by The Sun, including unlawful activities by private investigators working for the paper, as Harry and the publisher settled their High Court case.
His brother, the Prince of Wales, reached a settlement with NGN over hacking claims in 2020, court documents suggested.
Also attending is Tiffany Trump, the only member of his family believed to have been invited apart from Melania.
(Excerpt) Read more at standard.co.uk ...
President Trump doesn’t drink alcohol, so he’ll have Diet Coke or water.
Visited Windsor Castle on a day tour in early May 2005, but because the Queen was in residence at the time, you couldn’t view the State Apartments, thus we never got to see St. George’s Hall. Had to settle for postcards and Guidebook, and the photos I took of the rest of the castle and grounds. Visited St. George’s Chapel, but they didn’t allow photos inside there either.
My invitation hasn’t arrived yet.
Rupert Murdoch = 94 years old.
Good genes.
Whoop-t-doo!
For Trump the drinks are a moot point. He isn’t now and has never been a drinker. He had a brother who was alcoholic and Donald decided not to go down that road.
CC
He’s probably there to decide whether or not he wants to buy Windsor Castle.
Catherine looked fabulous. Hard to believe she battled cancer. May still be . Every inch regal as the queen consort to be
Trump was not wrong in his assessment of her....
At the Windsor banquet, Trump sat between tiared Kate and the King.
King looks ticked off, probaby because DJT and Kate both look great.
Upstaged!
LOL!
Windsor Castle guests will be served
<><>Panna Cotta de Cresson et Œufs de Caille sur Sablé de Parmesan — Hampshire watercress panna cotta with Parmesan shortbread and quail egg salad —
<><>followed by Ballotine de Poulet Fermier en Robe de Courgettes - organic Norfolk chicken ballotine wrapped in courgettes with a thyme and savoury-infused jus.
<><>Dessert will be Bombe Glacée Cardinal, a vanilla ice cream bombe with Kentish raspberry sorbet interior and lightly poached Victoria plums.
I think Charles is feeble and not in much better condition than Biden.
We know Prince Andrew wasn’t at the table.
They reserved him a place at the stables to eat with the polo ponies.
Table set for lavish Windsor banquet.
King has cancer...
What’s with all the to-do...
England is being overtaken by their immigrants...and the royalty is acting out a representation of their old power..
Maybe they’re working on a commoner rebellion....
,,, the Klintons are working out how to lift that cutlery.
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