What we learned from the state banquet list

Under the gilded portraits and costumes in the Windsor Castle, 160 guests won and lunch on a lush banquet to Wednesday night Wednesday night Wednesday night Wednesday night night on Wednesday evening on Wednesday night, Wednesday night.

Along with the flawless settings of the table, the food of the three dishes and the custom cocktail, which was there, and as important as who was sitting next to who carefully planned, because the event is as much as about diplomacy as a wonderful dining room.

The list of guests this year was noticeably missing from the screen or celebrity, not even royal perennials like Sir David Bekham or Sir Elton John.

Instead, the list was mainly royal, technological and financial leaders and politicians on both sides of the Atlantic.

From the place of honor of Trump in the center of the table, next to his leading king Charles III, those who up and down the table ranged from the lesser -known but influential White House players to professional golves.

There were some notable guests here – and their neighbors at the table.

The table leaned toward power, wealth and influence, including Boss Apple Tim Cook. Jensen Huang’s Nvidia. Sam Altman Openai. Stephen Schwartzman Blackstone and – still powerful after all these years, Owner Fox News Rupert Merdak.

The latter is an amazing invitation, given that Trump is suing one of the billions for claims that he wrote a note put by a naked woman to a sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein. Perhaps less strange is that the Merdak, the owner of the “sun” and “Times”, was sitting next to the Prime Minister’s main political back, Sir Kirey, Older Morgan Makwini.

However, purely financially, Newscorp Murdoch is small. The rest between them is managed by companies worth almost 10 trillion dollars – four times the cost of the entire UK economy.

Business -Royalti in the USA sat down with British royalties and In the coming years, an investment in a bilon of 150 pounds was filed.

More than half of this (£ 90 billion) goes with the Blackstone private capital giant – no surprise that Boss Stephen Schwartzman was sitting next to Sir Keir.

But what do these benefits want in return? Cancel the Digital Services Tax in the UK by pouring the Internet security law? No, and no, insists on the government who says he sees a relationship that we share in defense and intelligence.

As the war of Ukraine has shown, Europe is highly dependent on the US for those things.

Some described it as a invasion, not investment, with former Deputy Prime Minister and ex-employee Meta Sir Nick Clegg, who warns that the UK could become a vassal state by creating new dependencies on a handful of US companies.

For the government and the country that has a desperate need for investment and height, you want to be the first in the queue when pulling it away – and the UK is really in front of the queue.

The main part of the table – almost two dozen seats – a Trump camp was accepted, including his wife, daughter, son -in -law and a number of senior members of his administration, who cover everything from foreign policy to II.

Of course, his wife joined him MelaniaWhose signboard just read Mrs. Trump. She was sitting opposite her husband, between Queen Camila and Prince Wales, William, and Catherine, Princess Wales, was near President Trump.

Secretary Brand Rubio She threw the main place next to the king, from Lady Victoria Starmer, not her husband, on the other side.

Tiffany Trump, The fourth child of the president was the only children of Trump, who this time visited the state banquet. In the last visit in 2019 she was one of four children. It is less involved in the Trump administration than her older siblings, but some, like Ivanka Trump, made a step back in the second term.

Spouse Tiffany Michael Boulos Also present. He is no stranger in London, studied in the city. He did not play a role in the Trump administration, but the president chose Massada’s father As a key advisorAnd the junior was placed in a prominent place next to the Wales Princess.

Steve WitcoofThe real estate tycoon turned a special Messenger of Trump, who plays a key role in foreign policy in Ukraine and Gaza, most likely found a lot to discuss with his neighbor Jonathan Powell, an advisor to the Starmer National Security.

Susan Wilz, Chief of Staff of the White House, was Trump’s head in the 2024 election. He called her “girl”, which works mostly “in the back”, but it is known as one of the most afraid of political operatives in the US. She was sitting next to someone with another important, but behind-the-private role-private secretary of the king, Sir Klave Alderon.

Another apt pairing was David SaxAI and Krypto King White House, next to Demis Hasabis, CEO and co-founder of Google Deepmind, British-American company AI.

King Charles The village near his guest of honor Trump and Rubio, while the daughter -in -law of King Princess Wales was on the opposite side of Trump.

Queen Camila He was across the table near the First Lady, but even more interestingly, also hung up by US Treasury Secretary Scott’s Important.

Is sitting next to the first lady, Prince Wales May discuss more local issues with his other neighbor Paulay Reynolds, chairman of the National Grid.

Princess Royal, Anne, Whatever his love for horses, he sat next to John Gosden’s jump coach.

On the other hand was US Ambassador to UK Warren Stevens, who took Trump and the first lady In his residence in the Ragent Park On the first night, they came to the UK, and Chancellor Rachel Reeves in his opposite elbow.

Other older royal sitting next to the White House force brokers.

The husband of Princess Anne Vice -Admiral Sir Timothy Larence The village next to the Deputy Chief of Staff of Trump on Politics and Internal Security Advisor Stephen Miller.

Beside the Duke of Gloster, a The cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth II, He was Dan scan, Deputy Chief of Staff of the White House.

Duchess of gloster He was sitting next to James Blair, Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative, Political and Public Affairs.