LONDON: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will make a state visit to Britain in November after accepting an invitation from King Charles III, Buckingham Palace announced on Tuesday.
Yoon will be only the second foreign leader to make a state visit to the UK since Charles became monarch in September last year, following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II.South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was the first, last November.Charles, 74, and 76-year-old Queen Camilla will host Yoon, 62, and his wife Kim Keon Hee, 51, at Buckingham Palace. No date was given yet for the visit.
State banquets in Buckingham Palace's grand ballroom are typically more sedate affairs, with speeches and toasts alongside a formal dinner.A string orchestra usually provides the musical backdrop to such events, which are normally attended by more than 160 guests.Charles and Yoon met previously at the reception for heads of state and official overseas guests at the palace on the eve of his late mother's funeral.
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