Guest List: A Royal Affair At the White House

The White House table settings, chosen by Laura Bush, hold centerpieces of white phalaenopsis orchids displayed in vermeil vases, with Clinton china. (By Shealah Craighead -- The White House Via Associated Press)

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Anita McBride, deputy assistant to the president and chief of staff to the first lady, and Timothy J. McBride, senior vice president of government relations, Freddie Mac

Azar Nafisi, professor, Johns Hopkins University

Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Lynne Pace

Mike Rake, chairman, Business in the Community, chairman, KPMG International

Nancy Reagan and Merv Griffin

Condoleezza Rice, secretary of state, and Gene A. Washington, director of football operations, National Football League

John G. Roberts Jr., chief justice of the United States, and Jane Sullivan Roberts

Donald H. Rumsfeld, secretary of defense, and Joyce Rumsfeld

Witold Rybczynski, professor, University of Pennsylvania, and Shirley Hallam

Linda Scott and James L. Scott

Red Steagall, Texas poet laureate, and Gail Steagall

Robert A.M. Stern, dean, Yale University School of Architecture, founder and senior partner, Robert A.M. Stern Architects

Kathryn Stott, concert pianist