The top table at a formal banquet, where hosts and principal guests sit under maximum scrutiny. Kate Middleton’s seat beside the Sultan of Oman placed her at the centre of the Oman state banquet’s choreography — speeches, toasts and cameras included — making her unruffled stillness during the gown-under-chair moment all the more impressive to those who finally spotted it.
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