Re: Potential white tie events for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Archived Message
Posted by Lukasz on September 10, 2012, 9:38 am, in reply to "Re: Potential white tie events for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge"
As I wrote, if a state dinner is indeed "a specific code or standard for a dinner", as you put it, then that's fine, I somehow always thought a state dinner or a state banquet is a part of a state visit. But you must be right as there was also a state dinner given in Oslo to the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall and it was an "official visit" according to the press release. --Previous Message-- : : No reason why the host cannot put on a State : Dinner. : : : --Previous Message-- : That might be the explanation although the : British royal protocol is not what it was in : the past, at least as far as the : "protocol experts" are concerned. : There's been lots of confusions in the : recent years so this might very well be one : of those cases. I certainly agree it isn't a : state visit or at least that it shouldn't be : qualified as such. I was only trying to : guess why anyone might try to call it that : way. : : --Previous Message-- : : The programme referred to a State Dinner . : : From what I have read before, in the UK that : means a specific code or standard for a : dinner, regardless of whether or not it : accompanies a State Visit, which of course : this is not. : : : --Previous Message-- : He's representing a Head of State. : : --Previous Message-- : In my understanding a State Visit means that : a : head of state brings a formal visit to : another head of state. : : HRH The Duke of Cambridge is no head of : state. He is not even the direct successor : to the present head of state of his country. : So how can these ever be filed as State : Visits? : : : : : : : : : :
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