King Charles and Queen Camilla dined alongside a veritable who’s-who of tech gurus, politicians and members of the President’s family during the US State dinner held in their honour by Donald and Melania Trump.
On Tuesday (April 28) the President and First Lady laid on a lavish state dinner for King Charles, 77, and Queen Camilla, 78, and invited a whole host of the rich and famous for the event.
Trump, 79, is the first US president in almost two decades to host a British monarch at the White House, and is returning the favour after he attended a state dinner in the UK last year.
Their visit to the US has been watched by many, hoping it will ease tensions between the US and the UK after Trump’s previous rants at Sir Keir Starmer over the Iran war and oil restrictions.
Donald Trump was pictured speaking to King Charles at the event (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
The President and Melania Trump, 56, organised a four-course meal for their special guests.
According to the Washington Post, the guest list included Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, as well as the current Apple CEO Tim Cook – who recently announced his departure from the tech giant.
Sports icon Robert Kraft, the New England Patriots owner, also made the cut.
Trump is well known for being a keen golf player, so he also invited golfer Rory McIlroy.
Several famous faces from Trump’s favourite outlet, Fox News, were also invited.
This included hosts Bret Baier, Maria Bartiromo, Ainsley Earhardt, Greg Gutfeld, and Laura Ingraham, in addition to CEO Suzanne Scott.
It wasn’t all plain sailing though, as it appears that the President and First Lady served up the one thing King Charles apparently hates for dinner.
The Office of the First Lady reports that for dessert, the King and Queen and guests were served a beehive-shaped chocolate gâteau with smooth vanilla bean crémeux custard.
Former royal chef, Darren McGrady, told Fox News ahead of the dinner that King Charles is ‘not a great lover of chocolate’. Whoops.
The President and First Lady are the first to host a British monarch in more than two decades (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage)State Dinner guest list in full
Here is the reported guest list in full for the US state dinner.
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania TrumpKing Charles III and Queen CamillaClive Alderton, Principal Private Secretary to Their MajestiesJustice Samuel Alito and Martha-Ann AlitoTobyn Andreae, Director of Communications of the Royal HouseholdMarc Andreessen and Laura Arrillaga-AndreessenBret Baier and Amy BaierSen. John BarrassoMaria Bartiromo and Jonathan SteinbergMarc Benioff and Lynne BenioffScott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury, and John FreemanJeff Bezos and Lauren Bezos, Amazon founderJames Blair and Samantha BlairSenay Bulbul, Minister Counsellor, British Embassy WashingtonDoug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior, and Kathryn BurgumGeneral Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffVarun Chandra, Prime Minister’s Chief Business, Investment and Trade AdviserJustice Amy Coney Barrett and Jesse BarrettTim Cook, outgoing CEO of AppleYvette Cooper, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development AffairsSen. Steve DainesSophie Densham, Private Secretary to Her Majesty the QueenSean Duffy, Secretary of Transportation, and Rachel Campos-DuffyAinsley EarhardtDavid Ellison
It was a packed guest list for the State dinner for the King and Queen (Craig Hudson/The Washington Post/Bloomberg via Getty Images)Pepe Fanjul and Emilia FanjulEd Forst, Administrator of the General Services AdministrationJustice Neil Gorsuch and Marie Louise GorsuchSen. Lindsey GrahamJamieson Greer, United States Trade Representative, and Marlo GreerGreg Gutfeld and Elena MoussaBeau Harrison and Hayley HarrisonPete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense, and Jennifer HegsethJensen Huang and Lori HuangCaroline Hurndall, Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign SecretaryLaura IngrahamOtis IrwinRep. Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, and Kelly JohnsonTham KannalikhamJustice Brett Kavanaugh and Ashley KavanaughHoward Kessler and Michele KesslerViktor KnavsRobert Kraft and Dana KraftHarry LopesJuan LucianoHoward Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce, and Allison LutnickGolfer Rory McIlroy and Erica McIlroyStephen Miller and Katie MillerBrendan NelsonMeg O’NeillJohn Paulson and Alina de AlmeidaIsaac Perlmutter and Laura PerlmutterHervé PierreKeith PooleRuth PoratDina Powell McCormick and Sen. Dave McCormickAnthony Pratt and Claudine RevereAdam RiddleSen. Jim Risch and Vicki RischDon RobertChief Justice John Roberts and Jane RobertsJohn F.W. RogersJames Roscoe, Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy WashingtonMarco Rubio, Secretary of State, and Jeanette RubioChristopher RuddyTheo Rycroft, Deputy Private Secretary to His Majesty the KingDan Scavino and Erin ScavinoSteve Schwarzman and Christine SchwarzmanSuzanne ScottBrian SikesWarren Stephens, American Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Harriet StephensJustice Clarence Thomas and Virginia ThomasLt. Col. Jonny Thompson, Senior Equerry to His Majesty the KingSen. John Thune and Kimberley ThuneEric Trump and Lara TrumpIvanka Trump and Jared KushnerTiffany Trump and Michael BoulosSir Christian Turner, His Majesty’s Ambassador to the United States, and Lady Claire TurnerVice President JD Vance and Usha VanceC.S. VenkatakrishnanJesse Watters and Emma WattersSteve Witkoff, Special Envoy to the Middle East and Lauren Olaya