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The Queen is set to host a state banquet for the first couple of China tonight after a day of celebration marking the president’s arrival.
President Xi has already given a speech to parliament where he complimented the links between the two nations and he has also honoured with a 41-gun salute.
The Queen has hailed the “milestone” visit of China’s president Xi Jinping to Britain and declared Anglo-Chinese ties are being taken to “ambitious” new heights.
In her speech during a dazzling Buckingham Palace state banquet, held in honour of the visiting head of state, the Queen told her guest “we have much reason to celebrate the dynamic, growing economic relationship between our countries”.
The white-tie dinner saw two memorable firsts, an attendance by the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, a major development in their role as members of the monarchy.
Source Mirror.com