{"id":157,"date":"2026-04-29T14:57:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/melania-trumps-swanky-handpicked-menu-for-king-charles-queen-camillas-white-house-feast\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T14:57:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:57:01","slug":"melania-trumps-swanky-handpicked-menu-for-king-charles-queen-camillas-white-house-feast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/melania-trumps-swanky-handpicked-menu-for-king-charles-queen-camillas-white-house-feast\/","title":{"rendered":"Melania Trump&#8217;s swanky handpicked menu for King Charles, Queen Camilla&#8217;s White House feast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/melania-menu.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>King Charles III and Queen Camilla were treated to a swanky four-course meal during Tuesday evening\u2019s White House feast.<\/p>\n<p>First Lady Melania Trump handpicked the menu, which began with a garden vegetable velout\u00e9 \u2014 a \u201csilken and aromatic\u201d soup \u2014 and a hearts of palm salad with toasted shallots and micro mint, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/king-charles-queen-camilla-usa-visit-new-details-revealed-block-party-11949802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to People<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The fresh herbs used in the second course, a ravioli with ricotta and morel mushrooms, came from the White House Kitchen Garden.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>King Charles III and Queen Camilla were served a luxurious meal at the White House on Tuesday. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>East Room dinner guests enjoyed a four-course meal Tuesday. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The pasta also featured a \u201clight parmesan emulsion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For course No. 3, the royals and their fellow guests dining in the East Room, from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to golfer Rory McIlroy, enjoyed a Dover sole meuni\u00e8re.<\/p>\n<p>The fish was served with spring ramps, snow peas, pav\u00e9 potatoes and parsley oil.<\/p>\n<p>Dessert was a beehive-shaped chocolate g\u00e2teau filled with vanilla bean cr\u00e9meux and almond sponge, along with cr\u00e8me fra\u00eeche ice cream and White House honey.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The swanky menu was handpicked by First Lady Melania Trump. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The first lady served a garden vegetable velout\u00e9 and a hearts of palm salad to start. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As for drinks, wine options included Hopkins Riesling \u201cHeritage\u201d 2024 by Hopkins Vineyards, Penner-Ash Pinot Noir \u201cWillamette Valley\u201d 2022 by Penner-Ash Wine Cellars and the Newton Chardonnay \u201cUnfiltered\u201d 2022 by Newton Vineyard.<\/p>\n<p>Charles, 77, and Camilla, 78, arrived in America for their four-day state visit on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Their <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/28\/royal-family\/king-charles-us-visit-considered-extremely-high-risk-as-royal-guard-reveals-security-protocol-after-whcd-shooting\/\">security was heightened<\/a>, we heard from Simon Morgan, former Met Police bodyguard to the British Royal Family, due to this weekend\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/26\/us-news\/gunman-tries-to-rush-past-security-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner\/\">shooting outside the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The duo <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/27\/us-news\/king-charles-iii-queen-camilla-land-in-america-for-state-visit-with-trump\/\">kicked off their visit with a private afternoon tea<\/a> with Donald and Melania, followed by a British Embassy garden party.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Melania (pictured above with President Donald Trump) opted for ravioli and fish for subsequent courses. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Guests enjoyed a beehive-shaped cake for dessert. <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The next day, Charles <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/28\/royal-family\/king-charles-personal-gift-to-president-trump-carries-deep-historical-message\/\">gifted Donald a framed premium copy<\/a> of the\u00a01879 design plans for the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, which Queen Victoria gave to President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880.<\/p>\n<p>For that night\u2019s luxe dinner \u2014 following <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/28\/us-news\/king-charles-iii-charms-congress-calls-for-ukraine-support-and-hails-new-era-for-uk-us-relations-in-historic-speech\/\">Charles\u2019 address to Congress<\/a> \u2014 the royal family members followed the white-tie dress code.<\/p>\n<p>Charles suited up, while Camilla sported a sparkling pink dress.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The meal included a variety of fine wine options. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Camilla and Melani both sported pink dresses for the occasion. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Melania also <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/28\/style\/melania-trump-is-pretty-in-pink-in-couture-dior-gown-at-state-dinner\/\">opted for pink<\/a>, sporting a strapless Christian Dior Haute Couture gown and off-white gloves.<\/p>\n<p>Next on Charles and Camilla\u2019s itinerary, the pair have a slew of <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/29\/us-news\/king-charles-queen-camilla-visit-nyc-for-first-time-in-19-years\/\">engagements scheduled in New York City<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The duo will also travel to Virginia for a 250th birthday bash celebrating the US.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/29\/royal-family\/melania-trumps-swanky-handpicked-menu-for-king-charles-queen-camillas-white-house-feast\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>King Charles III and Queen Camilla were treated to a swanky four-course meal during Tuesday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/melania-menu.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}