article_snippet: In the ballroom, the horseshoe shaped table will be set for a state banquet, complete with silver gilt centrepieces, candelabra and 170 place settings using 2,000 pieces of cutlery.
article_snippet: It consists of 12 ice-pails, 14 soup tureens, 118 salt cellars, 140 dishes, 288 dinner plates, 58 dessert stands and centrepieces, and 107 candelabra.
article_snippet: Each year, the Buckingham Palace hosts 62,000 guests, many of whom will eat dinner in the ballroom at a horseshoe shaped table .
article_snippet: There are usually three garden parties held at Buckingham Palace every year, each with 8,000 guests who consume around 27,000 cups of tea, 20,000 sandwiches and 20,000 cakes.