Royal family to gather in strength for Xi
President Xi Jinping and first lady Peng Liyuan will meet three generations of the British royal family during Xi's state visit next week, the Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom said in London on Thursday.
Queen Elizabeth, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge and other royal family members will meet Xi during his visit from Oct 19 to 23, Liu Xiaoming told a news conference. The ambassador said that a state visit is accorded the highest-level reception in the UK.
He said said a welcoming ceremony, a state banquet hosted by the queen, a banquet in the City of London and a 103-gun royal salute will be staged for the president. The salute will be performed by 41 guns in Green Park and 62 guns at the Tower of London.
