What did we learn from the state banquet guest list

Under gilded portraits and armor costumes at Windsor Castle, 160 guests won and dinner at a lavish banquet to the wagon on the unprecedented second state visit of US President Donald Trump to the United Kingdom on Wednesday night.

Along with the impeccable table settings, a three -meal meal and a custom cocktail that was there and just as important who was sitting down to who was carefully planned, since the event is as much as diplomacy as the exquisite dining area.

This year’s guest list was obviously missing screen stars or celebrities, not even presenting royal permanent crops like Sir David Beckham or Sir Elton John.

Instead, the list was mostly swollen, technology and finance leaders and policies on both sides of the Atlantic.

From the headquarters of Trump’s honor in the center of the table, to his host King Charles III, those up and down the table varied from less famous but influential players of the White House to professional golfers.

Here are some remarkable guests – and their neighbors on the table.

The mass leaned to power, wealth and influence, including Apple’s boss Tim Cook., Jenson Huang of Nvidia., Sam Altman from Openai., Steven Schwartzman on Blackstone and – still powerful after all these years, Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch.

The latter is surprisingly invited, given the fact that Trump is suing one of his newspapers for billions for claiming that he has written a note framed by a naked woman’s drawing of sexual criminal Jeffrey Epstein. Less surprisingly, it may be that Murdoch, the owner of the Sun and the Times, was sitting next to Prime Minister Prime Minister’s main political AIDS Sir Starmer Morgan Maxwin.

However, in purely financial terms, Murdoch’s Newscorp is small. The rest of them run companies worth nearly $ 10 trillion – four times the bigger than the entire UK economy.

American Business Royalty Sitted with Royalty in the UK and In the coming years, he served an investment in Bilon in the United Kingdom in the United Kingdom in the United Kingdom.

More than half of this (£ 90 billion) comes from the giant private Capital Blackstone – a little wonder that boss Stephen Schwartzman was sitting next to Sir Kir.

But what do these benefactors want in return? Removal of UK digital services tax, reducing the Law on Online Safety? No, insists the government, which says he sees the relationship similar to the one we share about defense and intelligence.

As the war in Ukraine demonstrated, Europe is highly dependent on the United States for these things.

Some have described this as an invasion, not as an investment, with a former Deputy Prime Minister and a former Meta employee, Sir Nick Cleg, warning that the United Kingdom can become a vassal state, creating new dependencies on a handful of US companies.

For a government and a country that needs a desperate need for investment and growth, you want to be the first in accordance when it is thrown away – and the UK seems to be on the front of the queue.

The bigger part of the table – nearly two dozen seats – were occupied by the Trump camp, including his wife, daughter, son -in -law and murder by senior members of his administration, covering everything from foreign policy to AI.

He, of course, joined his wife, Melania Trumpwhose plate with a plate was just reading “di Trump”. She was sitting against her husband, between Queen Camilla and Prince of Wales, William, while Catherine, Wales Princess, was with President Trump.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio He brought first place to the King, with Lady Victoria Starmer, not her husband, on the other side.

Tiffany Trump, The fourth child of the president was the only one of Trump’s children who attended the State Banquet this time. At the last state visit in 2019. It was One of the four children to come. She is more involved in Trump’s administrations than her bigger siblings, but some like Ivanka Trump have taken a step back in his second term.

Tiffany’s husband Michael Bullos They were also present. He is no stranger to London after studying in the city. He does not play a role in the Trump administration, but the President chose his father Masad Bullos As a key advisorAnd the younger Bulos was placed in a prominent place next to the Princess of Wales.

Steve VikoffA real estate tycoon has made Trump’s special envoy, who plays a major role in foreign war and Gaza’s foreign policy, has probably found many things to discuss with his neighbor Jonathan Powell, an Starmer national security advisor.

Susan Wills, White House staff chief, it was Trump’s campaign manager in the 2024 election.S He called her the “ice girl”, who operates mostly “back”, but she is known as one of the most terrible political operating persons in the United States. She was sitting next to someone with another important but behind-the-scenes role, the private secretary of the King, Sir Klive Aldanton.

Another appropriate pairing was David SachsThe White House AI and Crypto Tsar, to Demis Hasabis, CEO and co-founder of Google Deepmind, British-American AI company.

King Charles He was sitting next to his honest guest Trump and Rubio while the King’s daughter -in -law Princess of Wales was on the opposite side of Trump.

Queen Camilla It was beyond the table, up to the first lady, but the more interesting thing was that he was also surrounded by the US Secretary of the Ministry of Finance Scott Bessent.

Sitting next to the first lady, The Prince of Wales He can discuss more local issues with his other neighbor, Paula Reynolds, chairman of National Grid.

Princess Royal, Ann, Who is known for his love for horses, was sitting next to Racehorse coach John Gosden.

On the other hand was the US ambassador to the UK Warren Stevens, who hosted Trump and the first lady At his residence in Regent Park The first night they arrived in the UK, with Chancellor Rachel Reeves in his opposite elbow.

Other higher grandparents were sitting next to the White House power brokers.

Princess Ann’s husband Vice Admiral Sir Timoti Lawrence He sat next to the deputy head of Trump’s headquarters for politics and internal security advisor Stephen Miller.

To The Duke of Gloucester, thehe The cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth II, Dan Scavino was the deputy chief of the White House Headquarters.

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