British royals mix with Fox News hosts as channel dominates state-dinner guest list

Fox News hosts dominated the guest list for Tuesday night’s state dinner at the White House to honor King Charles III and Queen Camilia of Britain.

Bret Baier and his wife Amy, Ainsley Earhardt, Greg Gutfeld, Laura Ingraham, Maria Bartiromo and Jesse Watters were all on the guest list for the swanky soiree. 

Other notable guests from the world of sports and business included Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren; CEO of Paramount Skydance David Ellison; Apple CEO Tim Cook; New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft; Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy; and golfer Rory McIlroy.

From the judiciary, the conservative members of the Supreme Court were on the guest list. Chief Justice John Roberts attended along with associate justices Amy Coney Barrett, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh. 

Among administration officials, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick were just some of the notable invites. 

House Speaker Mike Johnson and his wife Kelly also attended.

The first course menu included garden vegetable veloute, hearts of palm, toasted shallots and micro mint. 

That was followed by a second course of spring-herbed ravioli, ricotta cheese, morels, and Parmesan emulsion. 

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A third course included dover sole meuniere, potato pave, spring ramps, and snow peas

Dessert was White House honey and vanilla bean cremeux, flourless chocolate gateau, almond joconde sponge, and creme fraiche ice cream.

• Jeff Mordock can be reached at jmordock@washingtontimes.com.