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Here’s what’s on the White House’s state dinner menu for King Charles

by Judy Kurtz - 04/28/26 7:44 PM ET

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by Judy Kurtz - 04/28/26 7:44 PM ET

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President Trump and Melania Trump will be joining Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla at a meal fit for royalty.

The White House has released details of the menu for Tuesday’s state dinner. The first lady “led preparations for the dinner,” according to the White House.

The first course includes a garden vegetable velouté, which features a hearts of palm salad topped with toasted shallots and a touch of micro mint.

Next, the state dinner guests will dine on handcrafted spring herbed ravioli, featuring herbs grown in the White House Kitchen Garden.

The third course includes a dover sole meunière “bathed in a nutty brown butter.” In addition to the fish, the course includes spring ramps, snow peas and a potato pavè. The entree is finished with a parsley oil.

Dessert will be — or bee — a nod to the world’s most famous buzzing pollinators. The dinner will conclude with a beehive-shaped chocolate gâteau with a vanilla bean crémeux custard. “The beehive will be complimented with crème fraîche ice cream and White House honey,” according to details of the menu.

Earlier on Tuesday, Melania Trump showed off a new White House-shaped beehive to the royal couple that was installed on the South Lawn.

The wines to accompany the meal were “selected to complement the menu while honoring the shared heritage and enduring friendship between the United States and the United Kingdom, and celebrating the strength of American winemaking today.”

The lineup includes a Hopkins Riesling “Heritage” 2024, a Penner-Ash Pinot Noir “Willamette Valley” 2022 and a Newton Chardonnay “Unfiltered” 2022.

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