During the State Visit on 4 December 2025, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Ms Büdenbender viewed a curated display from the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace. Highlights included a 1517 chivalric romance recounting Emperor Maximilian I’s 1477 quest to marry Mary of Burgundy, one of only 40 vellum copies, later acquired by George III. A delicate chalk portrait of Lady Margaret Elyot by Hans Holbein, circa 1535, exemplified the Augsburg-born artist’s mastery at Henry VIII’s court