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Kate Middleton Glittering headdress at Windsor Castle moment unconscious.
The Princess of Wales turned around when she arrived with her husband Prince William.
President Donald Trump First lady Melania Trump began a state visit to Britain on Wednesday when the prince and princess of Wales greeted them. Senior royals welcomed the couple at a state banquet at Windsor Castle tonight.
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Kate Middleton attended a state banquet with Prince William in Windsor, England on September 17, 2025. (Phil Noble/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Ma Ma Magazine, author “My mother and me.” Tell Fox News Digital these royals like to show off their jewelry during state banquets.
“…They dripped jewels,” Seward said. “They absolutely use jewellery drips. This is one time when they can really show off their jewellery.”
The real core of state-owned visits is the banquet at St. George’s Hall in Windsor Castle. The Waterloo table (about half the length of the football field) can accommodate up to 160 guests. Associated Press It was reported that the table would take five days to set up, including more than 4,000 pieces, including 200-year-old silver.
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrived at the state banquet on September 17, 2025. (Phil Noble/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Men are expected to wear white tie and tailgown, while women are wearing designer gowns and jewelry.
King Charles III and President Donald Trump are at the banquet table in St. George’s Hall in front of the state banquet in Windsor Castle on September 17, 2025. (Aaron Chown – WPA Pool/Getty Images)
View of the banquet table held in St. George’s Hall on September 17, 2025. (Aaron Chown/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Chef Darren McGrady, a royal chef who cooked for the U.S. president for 15 years, told Fox News numbers that the menu gave a heartfelt nod Queen Elizabeth II. One dessert to be tasted includes the Bomb Glacier Cardinal – a vanilla ice cream with Kent Raspberry Sorbet and lightly cooked Victorian plums.
President Donald Trump and President Elizabeth II saw at a state banquet at Buckingham Palace in London, England on June 3, 2019. (Dominic Lipinski- WPA pool/Getty Images)
“The bombs make up 70% of all state banquets,” he said. “It’s an ice cream, and we use old Victoria copper molds here. The Queen loves to eat ice cream at state banquets, so we often offer it. She also loves bomb ice cream, which is bombeglacée Royal, which is mint ice cream with chocolate. The Queen loves chocolate.”
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The king’s mother was not the only respected patriarch at the state dinner. The royal menu also states that after dinner, guests will be served in 1912 Cognac Grande champagne in 1912 in the year of birth of the President’s mother.
In addition, services will be provided for the 1945 year port (the year closest to the year of presidential birth). It is worth noting that the port is not established every year. Guests will also enjoy American red wine and British sparkling wine.
In 2019, The New York Times One of Trump’s earliest memories that Trump often shares was seeing his mother, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, attracted by the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, the report said.
British royal expert Hilary Fordwich told Fox News that the digital menu was written in French, a tradition dating back to the 11th century.
“This practice is like exquisiteness,” she shared.
Dishes such as organic Norfolk chicken and quail egg salad highlight locally grown ingredients in the royal estate. The cocktail created for this – Transatlantic Whiskey Sour – fuses Johnnie Walker Black with citrus jam and pairs with toasted marshmallows on star cookies.
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According to the Associated Press, no U.S. president or any other world leader has ever received the honor of a second British state visit. The celebration involved 120 horses and 1,300 soldiers, including the largest Guard of Honor.
