France spends over $500,000 on State Dinner for King Charles
Politics and Food from Paris
Entertaining the King is an expensive business, France is finding out.
A sumptuous lobster dinner held to welcome King Charles III to Paris last September cost the French president’s office nearly €475,000 (US$515,000), according to accounts published on Monday by France’s public auditor.
The state dinner included outlays of more than €166,000 (US$180,000) for catering and €42,000 (US$46,000) for drinks, on top of other costs including furniture, flowers and table decorations. Anna Cooban, CNN
