State dinner

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State dinners in different countries follow different rules and are governed by different protocols.

[edit] United States

In the United States, a state dinner is a formal dinner held for a foreign head of state, such as a king, queen or president, or head of government, hosted by the president of the United States and held at the White House, his official home. Similar dinners for very important people in nations, such as a prince or princess, is instead called a "private dinner", the difference being that the government does not pay for them. All these are governed by strict diplomatic protocol, and a U.S. State Department protocol officer, headed by the chief of protocol, supervises to make sure that no diplomatic gaffes occur.

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  • Schifando, Peter; J. Jonathan Joseph (2007). Entertaining at the White House with Nancy Reagan. New York: William Morrow. ISBN 9780061350122. 
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