A state banquet is one of the most magnificent events hosted by the British Royal Family, and Donald Trump will have the chance to enjoy one this evening next to the Queen. The banquet will see some 4,000 pieces of silver gilt from George IV’s Grand Service dinner set laid on 75 feet of table and lit with hundreds if candelabras. And with some of the best chefs on earth, the 170 guests will enjoy a feast like no other.

What’s on the menu?

On the menu, all translated from French, is steamed fillet of halibut to start, complemented by a watercress mousse, asparagus spears and a chervil sauce.

The main course is new season Windsor lamb with herb stuffing, spring vegetables and a port sauce.

Dessert will be Strawberry sable and lemon verbena cream, and guests will be offered a selection of assorted fresh fruits to finish up, as well as coffee and petit fours.

The banquet in numbers:

1 hour and 15 minutes – Time it takes to serve the banquet

1 hour and 30 minutes – Time it takes to clear away afterwards

4 – Days taken to lay the table

6 – Glasses at each place setting

170 – Guests

8 – Members of the Trump family at the dinner – Mr Trump, First Lady Melania, IvankaTrump, her husband Jared Kushner, Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump and his wife Lara, and Tiffany Trump.

16 – Members of the royal family present

18in – the space for each place setting

23 – Floral displays around the banquet table

75ft – Length of the table

100 – Ivory candles in the ballroom

1020 – Glasses used

£1,400 – Cost of a bottle of Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1900, 1er Cru Classe, Pauillac which is among the drinks being served

4,000 – Pieces in the silver gilt George IV’s Grand Service dinner set, including 14 tureens, 20 sauce tureens, 140 dishes, 288 dinner plates, 118 salts, 12 ice pails, 12 mirrored plateaux, 58 dessert stands and centrepieces, and 107 candelabras

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