A menu signed by Mao Zedong and other officials was sold for $275,000 on Wednesday. It was from 1956, and for the first state banquet hosting Pakistan's then-Prime Minister.

According to the spy, Kagan and her companion ordered a bunch of small plates including smoked deviled eggs bolstered by bottarga, burrata with spiced pumpkin seeds, ricotta gnocchi with Calabrian ...

The King's table decorations for the state banquet. Credit: PA. The menu, which is written in French as is the custom for State Banquets, includes: Selection of Pre-Dinner Canapes.