The state banquet laid on for the Trumps on Monday evening is no small affair.
When America's first couple sit down to the lavish dinner in Buckingham Palace, they will be treated to an exquisite menu that was six months in the planning, and a table that took royal staff three days to set.
Around 170 guests are expected at the dinner, personally overseen by Queen Elizabeth II, in what will be a highlight of US President Donald Trump's first state visit to Great Britain.
The menu -- which is yet to be revealed -- will be served on historic dinner sets with six drinking glasses, for water, a champagne toast, red and white wines, a dessert wine and port, according to the UK's Press Association.
The table arrangement is a painstakingly precise process. Each place is set exactly 18 inches (45 centimeters) apart and every chair is an equal distance from the table.
Around this will be 19 serving stations -- staffed by a page, a footman, an under butler and a wine butler -- who will coordinate the delivery of plates, dishes and wine.
Beneath glittering chandeliers, a string orchestra will play throughout the evening. But guests will need to keep an eye out for 12 pipers entering the room -- an unusual tradition started by Queen Victoria -- the signal that the banquet is over.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-uk-visit-2019-gbr-intl/index.html
2019-06-03 14:09:00Z
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