What we learned from the state guests list

Under pictures and allowances of amazing shields at Windsor Castle, 160 guests were eating and eating at a luxurious banquet to visit US President Donald Trump II indefinite to the United Kingdom on Wednesday evening.

Besides flawless table settings, a meal of three dishes and custom cocktails, which there was, as is important, who was sitting next to the planned, because the event relates to diplomacy as much as it comes to eating good food.

The list of guests this year was clearly missing screen stars or celebrities, with no royal perennial such as Sir David Beckham or Sir Elton John.

Instead, the list was often Royals, the executives of technology and finance, and politicians on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

From Trump’s honor headquarters in the middle of the table, next to the host King Charles III, these ranged up and down on the table from the least well -known White House players, but the influencer to professional golf players.

Here were some prominent guests – their neighbors on the table.

The table bent towards power, wealth and influence, including Apple President Tim Cookand Nafidia Ginsen Huangand Sam Al -Taman from Openaiand Blackstone Stephen Schwarzmann And – still strong after all these years, Malik Fox News Robert Murdoch.

The latter is a surprising invitation, given the fact that Trump suits one of his billions for billions because of allegations that he wrote a note by a naked woman to sexual crime perpetrators, Jeffrey Epstein. Perhaps it is less surprising that Murdoch, the owner of Sun and The Times, sat next to the political prime minister, Starmer, the political doctor, Morgan Maksini.

However, in purely financial phrases, NewScorp’s Murdoch is a small olive. Other companies, including companies worth about $ 10 trillion, are running four times the value of the entire British economy.

He sat the American property rights with the ownership of the United Kingdom Pelon’s investment has served at a value of 150 pounds in the United Kingdom in the coming years.

More than half of that (90 billion pounds) comes from Blackston’s stock giant – it is no wonder that President Stephen Schwarzmann was sitting next to Sir Kiir.

But what do these beneficiaries want in return? Cancellation of the UK digital services tax, and to reduce the online safety law? No, no, insists on the government, which says it sees the relationship that is similar to the relationship we share in defense and intelligence.

As the Ukrainian war clarified, Europe relies heavily on the United States for these things.

Some described this as an invasion instead of investing, with the former deputy prime minister and former employee of Meta Sir Nick Clug warned that the United Kingdom could become a dependent state that creates new dependencies on a handful of American companies.

For a government and a country in urgent need of investment and growth, you want to be first in the queue when it is placed abroad – and it appears that the UK is at the forefront of the waiting list.

The largest part of the table – nearly twenty seats – was eaten by the Trump camp, including his wife, daughter, son -in -law and a large group of senior members of his administration that covers everything from foreign policy to artificial intelligence.

Of course, his wife joined him, Melania TrumpWho simply read the painting “Mrs. Trump”. She was sitting from her husband, between Queen Camilla and Amir Wales, William, while Catherine, Amira Wales, was next to President Trump.

Foreign Minister Marco Rubio She recorded a major place next to the king, with Mrs. Victoria Starmer, not her husband, on his other side.

Tiffany Trump, The fourth president of the president was the only one of Trump’s children to attend the state banquet this time. In the last visit of the state in 2019, it was One of the four children is coming. It was the least involved in Trump’s departments than her older brothers, but some like Ivanka Trump took a step in his second term.

Tiffany husband Michael Paulus Also attend. It is not strange to London, after he studied in the city. He does not carry a role in the Trump administration, but the president chose his father, Masad Paulus As a major consultantThe youngest Paulus was placed in a prominent seat next to the Princess of Wales.

Steve WitkevAbout a real estate pole about Trump’s private envoy who plays a pivotal role in foreign policy on wars in Ukraine and Gaza, he is likely to find a lot for his discussion with his neighbor, Jonathan Powell, National Security Adviser in Starmer.

Susan Wales, White House Chief of Staff, He was Trump campaign director in the 2024 elections. It was called “Al -Bakr al -Galidi”, which works mostly “in the back”, but it is known as one of the most afraid political participants in the United States. She was sitting next to someone who had another important role but behind the scenes-a private secretary of the king, Sir Clayef Aldron.

The other conjugation was another David SachsThe AI ​​of the White House and Crypto TSAR, next to Demis Hassabis, CEO and co -founder of Google’s DeepMind, a British American company.

King Charles He was sitting next to his guest to Trump and Rubio, while the king’s son -in -law was the princess of Wales on the other side of Trump.

Queen Camilla It was via the table, next to the first lady, but more interesting, surrounded by US Treasury Secretary Scott Beesen.

He sits next to the first lady, Prince of Wales He can discuss more local matters with his other neighbor, Paula Reynolds, head of the National Network.

The Royal Princess, Ann, She was known for her love for horses, sitting next to the Racehorse John Gosden coach.

On her other side, the US ambassador to the United Kingdom was Warren Stevens, who hosted Trump and the first lady At his residence in the Regents Park On the first night, they arrived in the United Kingdom, with Chancellor Rachel Reeves in the elbow of the opposite.

He was one of the top royal family sitting next to the two slices in the White House.

Princess Ann husband Deputy Admiral Sir Timothy Lawrence He sat next to Trump’s Deputy Chief of Staff on the Policy Adviser and Internal Security Adviser Stephen Miller.

next to Duke Gloster, the The late cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, Dan Skafino, the White House chief of staff.

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