WASHINGTON--Queen Elizabeth is hosting a white tie dinner for President Obama and First Lady Michelle in London. Mrs. Obama's dramatic white gown is by U.S. designer Tom Ford, an East Wing spokesman told me. The website Obamafoodorama is posting extensively on the banquet Chicago's Lou Sussman, the U.S. ambassador to Great Britain is at the dinner, of course, as well as senior adviser Valerie Jarrett.
Click below for the menu, the music, the guest list. For more, go to Obamafoodorama.
Her Majesty's State Banquet Menu
Paupiette de Sole et Cresson
Sauce Nantua
Agneau de la Nouvelle Saison de Windsor au Basilic
Courgettes et Radis Sautées
Panaché d'Haricots Verts
Pommes Boulangère
Salade
Charlotte à la Vanille et Cerises Griottes
Fruits de Dessert
Les Vins
Ridgeview Cuvée Merret Fitzrovia Rosé 2004
Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos 2004 (Domaine William Fèvre)
Echézeaux Grand Cru 1990 (Domaine de la Romanée-Conti)
Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, Vintage Rich 2002
Royal Vintage Port 1963
Entering Processional
The PRESIDENT Of THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - THE QUEEN
THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH - MRS. OBAMA
The Prince of Wales - The Hon. Hillary Rodham Clinton
The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice - The Duchess of Cornwall
The Duke of York - Mrs. Williams
The Earl of Wessex - The Hon. Valerie Jarrett
The Hon. David Plouffe - The Countess of Wessex
The Hon. Louis B. Susman - The Princess Royal
Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence - Mrs. Cameron
The Duke of Gloucester - The Lady Phillips of Worth Matravers
The Hon. Michael Froman - The Duchess of Gloucester
The Duke of Kent - The Lord Speaker
Prince Michael of Kent - Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall
The Hon. Dr. Philip Gordon - Princess Michael of Kent
The Speaker of the House of Commons - Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy
Music Programme
March SWING O' THE KILT Ewing
Waltz NIGHTS OF GLADNESS Ancliffe
Classical THE KING'S BALLET Couperin
Dance SARABANDE Bohm
Selection SOUTH PACIFIC Rodgers
Traditional LOCH LOMOND arr Hartley
Dance SHEPHERD'S DANCE German
Traditional TO A WILD ROSE MacDowell
March AMPORITA ROCA Texidor
Baroque AIR ON A G STRING Bach
Selection MY FAIR LADY Loewe
Romantic BARCAROLLE Offenbach
Major D.D. Robertson
Director of Music, Scots Guards
Pipe Programme
March THE AUSTRALIAN LADIES
Strathspey ARNISTON CASTLE
Reel LIEUTENANT COLONEL DJS MURRAY
March PIPE MAJOR SAM SCOTT
Pipe Major B.B. Heriot
1st Battalion Scots Guards
Lynn Sweet is a columnist and the Washington Bureau Chief for the 
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