Chinese president treated to English wine and live music programme at dinner hosted by Queen,with prime minister and Duke and Duchess of CambridgeVenison from the Queen’s Balmoral estate formed the main course at a banquet hosted by the Queen for the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, or at Buckingham Palace,washed down with a choice of wines headed by a sparkling English variety.
The Chinese president, who has been known to burnish his populist credentials at domestic during simple dumpling meals at communal tables in Beijing workers’ restaurants, or sat down to something entirely different during the palace meal hosted by the Queen.
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Source: theguardian.com