This is the event that dominates the protocol news of the spring.
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump hosted King Charles III and Queen Camilla for a state dinner in the East Room of the White House, the first State Dinner for a British sovereign since Queen Elizabeth II’s visit in 2007.
The occasion was highly symbolic: the visit coincides with the 250th anniversary of American independence, and King Charles explicitly mentioned, in his toast, the need to strengthen the transatlantic “special relationship” at this pivotal moment.
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More than 200 personalities from the political, diplomatic and cultural world took their place in the room.
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The menu goes beyond the purely gastronomic dimension: it becomes an instrument of diplomacy.
An elegant, seasonal and consensual cuisine, highlighting American products – spring vegetables, morels, Dover sole, White House honey – in a refined but without ostentation execution.
Diplomatic gastronomy thus seeks a subtle balance between national identity, culinary excellence and respect for the sensitivities of guests, in order to transform an official meal into a gesture of courtesy and dialogue between nations.
