Starmer sits next to King’s right-hand man at Japanese state banquet
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The three-day visit is the first time in living memory a foreign head of state has toured the UK as the nation prepared to go to the polls.
The King’s right-hand man Sir Clive Alderton was sat next to Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer during a state banquet held in honour of the visiting Emperor and Empress of Japan.