Who gets to meet the Queen?

England's Queen Elizabeth II is in Washington this weekend, and tonight she and His Royal Highness, the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, will be treated to a rare white-tie state dinner at the White House.

The guest list, released by the White House this afternoon, reads like a Who's Who of cultural, social and government elite, including Calvin Borel, the jockey who won this weekend's Kentucky Derby, Superbowl champ Peyton Manning of the Indianapolis Colts, golfer Arnold D. Palmer, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, and former First Lady Nancy Reagan.

So, who among our Greater Cincinnati folks is going?

The Honorable John A. Boehner, Minority Leader, United States Representative, and his wife, Mrs. Deborah Boehner. (Boehner is from West Chester, Ohio)

The Honorable Mitch McConnell, United States Senator, and The Honorable Elaine Chao, Secretary of Labor. (They're from Louisville)

The Honorable Tony Snow, Assistant to the President and Press Secretary, and his wife, Mrs. Jill Ellen Snow. (Snow is a Cincinnati native)

Who's NOT going?

Um, that would be Office of Budget and Management Director Rob Portman of Terrace Park.

"He wasn't invited," Portman spokeswoman Christin Baker said matter-of-factly, explaining that the event was a very limited guest list. Portman will instead be having dinner with his in-laws tonight, Baker said.