President Xi Jinping and his wife Madame Peng Liyuan have joined more than 170 guests for a sit down meal in Buckingham Palace's ballroom last evening.


While the English queen and her family (Prince Charles and Camilla) were absent laid out the silverware and the requisite pomp and splendour, this part in the Telegraph's detailed report on the Xi's visit, caught our eye.


Commons Speaker John Bercow appeared to indirectly criticise China on the same day its president addressed both Houses of Parliament.
Intervening during a question in the Commons comparing the UK's relationships with China and India ahead of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi's visit to the UK next month, Mr Bercow said: "And of course the Indian prime minister is the representative of a great democracy."


Read the report on the Telegraph here.