London: Queen Elizabeth II has celebrated what she called the "global partnership" between Britain and China during a speech at a state banquet to mark the Chinese president's visit.
The Chinese national anthem played as the guests, assembled at Buckingham Palace's lavishly decorated ballroom, rose for a toast to Xi Jinping and his wife.
Prince William's wife Kate, wearing a sequined red gown and a diamond tiara, sat next to Xi at the head table.
The guests, dressed in formal evening gowns and white ties and tails, are to dine on turbot and venison.
Earlier, Xi met with Britain's new opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, who raised China's human rights record and the impact of its exports on the British steel industry in private talks.
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