{"id":23180,"date":"2022-05-06T09:22:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T08:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yorkonafork.com\/?p=23180"},"modified":"2022-05-06T09:22:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T08:22:03","slug":"castle-howard-royal-afternoon-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorkonafork.com\/2022\/05\/06\/castle-howard-royal-afternoon-tea\/","title":{"rendered":"Castle Howard Royal Afternoon Tea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>It may or may not have escaped your attention, but this summer the UK will be celebrating the Queen&#8217;s Platinum Jubilee as she becomes the first British Monarch to reach this remarkable milestone after a scarcely believable 70 years on the Throne. I can&#8217;t claim to be much of a royalist but one supposes the longer she goes on the more episodes of The Crown we&#8217;ll get, and I&#8217;m certainly not going to sniff at an extra Bank Holiday but Castle Howard has also thrown its weight behind the celebrations with a special Afternoon Tea experience. That feels like enough for me to support the Monarchy for a few more months at the very least!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/yorkonafork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_8214-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkonafork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_8214-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/yorkonafork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_8214-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/yorkonafork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_8214-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/yorkonafork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_8214-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/yorkonafork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_8214-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On 27th May, Castle Howard will host a special Afternoon Tea in The Long Gallery, which received Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on the occasion of their visit in summer 1850. This event will also feature a talk from curator Chris Ridgeway who&#8217;ll take the lucky attendees through the stately home&#8217;s royal connections. After that one off event, a Castle Howard Jubilee <a href=\"https:\/\/friends.castlehoward.co.uk\/event\/Jubilee%20Grecian%20Tea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Afternoon tea experience<\/a> will be available to enjoy from May 27th to June 12th in The Grecian Hall. Both of these offerings are certain to offer appropriately refined and regal food with a selection of sweet and savoury featuring lobster, caviar and edible gold along with a selection of traditional sandwiches, cakes and scones that showcase the best of the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There will certainly be many ways to celebrate the Jubilee over the coming months but throwing Castle Howard into the mix along with a top notch afternoon tea makes a strong case for itself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/yorkonafork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_8257-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkonafork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_8257-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/yorkonafork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_8257-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/yorkonafork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_8257-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/yorkonafork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_8257-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/yorkonafork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_8257-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It may or may not have escaped your attention, but this summer the UK will be celebrating the Queen&#8217;s Platinum Jubilee as she becomes the first British Monarch to reach this remarkable milestone after a scarcely believable 70 years on the Throne. 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