Rupert Murdoch scored an invite to the U.K.’s royal banquet for President Donald Trump on Wednesday as his newspaper fights the president’s eleven-figure defamation lawsuit.

Murdoch has had a rocky relationship with Trump and the royal family, but still attended the ritzy event at Windsor Castle. The 94-year-old was placed on the same side of the table as Queen Camila and the Prince of Wales, The Telegraph reported.

Murdoch sat between his fifth wife, Elena, and Morgan McSweeney, the chief of staff for Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

The president did not mention his friend-turned-foe during his remarks.

In July, President Trump—who is making an unprecedented second state visit to the U.K.—sued Murdoch and his Wall Street Journal over an article the paper published about Trump’s rel

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