Fine Art Daily, May 13, 2011
- May 13, 2011 03:49
Good morning, all. Monty here. We are settling back into our normal routine of state visits, OBE ceremonies, thinking about the Royal Chelsea Flower Show, Ascot and Garden Parties. HM loves the annual flower show because she gets a sneak peek before all the people rush in crowding and pushing. I am more partial to the garden parties ...because of all the food that inevitably comes my way. Gravity is a dog's best friend. This is a snap of HM and me taken last year as we waited our turn at the Buckingham Palace Ice Cream Van. I kid you not. Wills even managed to have use of it at one of the post-reception parties after the wedding. Brilliant!
Here is what is typically prepared for a casual, run-of-the-mill Buckingham Palace Garden Party:
Buckingham Palace Garden Party Statistics
(based on attendance of 8,000 people - list courtesy of Buckingham Palace)
Food:
20,000 various tea sandwiches
5,000 bridge rolls
9,000 butter drop scones
9,000 fruit tartlets
3,000 butter cake fingers
8,000 slices of chocolate/lemon cake
4,500 slices of Dundee cake
4,500 slices of Majorca cake
3,500 slices of chocolate/jam Swiss roll
Beverages:
(weather dependent)
27,000 cups of Maison Lyons tea
10,000 glasses of iced coffee
20,000 glasses of fruit squash
Yumsters.!
"Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. "
-Henry Fielding
Here is what is typically prepared for a casual, run-of-the-mill Buckingham Palace Garden Party:
Buckingham Palace Garden Party Statistics
(based on attendance of 8,000 people - list courtesy of Buckingham Palace)
Food:
20,000 various tea sandwiches
5,000 bridge rolls
9,000 butter drop scones
9,000 fruit tartlets
3,000 butter cake fingers
8,000 slices of chocolate/lemon cake
4,500 slices of Dundee cake
4,500 slices of Majorca cake
3,500 slices of chocolate/jam Swiss roll
Beverages:
(weather dependent)
27,000 cups of Maison Lyons tea
10,000 glasses of iced coffee
20,000 glasses of fruit squash
Yumsters.!
"Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. "
-Henry Fielding
![A 19th century Seven Piece "Chrysanthemum" Pattern Sterling Silver Coffee & Tea Service, which was exhibited in the Tiffany & Co. booth at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exhibition in Chicago](/images/c/78/96/Tiffany___Co__Makers_Seven_Piece_"Chrysanthem100x100_c.jpg "A 19th century Seven Piece \"Chrysanthemum\" Pattern Sterling Silver Coffee & Tea Service, which was exhibited in the Tiffany & Co. booth at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exhibition in Chicago")
_-Closing-the-Distance_100x100_c.jpg "Lot 204: Bob Kuhn (1920–2007),Closing the Distance, 1977, acrylic on masonite, 24 x 48 in, Sold: $409,500")
