Food historian and popular TV and radio broadcaster Dr Annie Gray explores Queen Victoria’s love of food during a talk at the Palace of Holyroodhouse on Tuesday, 19 March.
Annie Gray is the resident food historian on BBC Radio 4’s The Kitchen Cabinet and recently oversaw a recreation of the wedding feast of Victoria and Albert for BBC Two.
The talk follows Annie’s new book on Victoria’s love of eating and the talk will take place in the Throne Room of the Palace of Holyroodhouse, which was once her dining room.
Visitors will then be invited on a tour of the Palace to see the rooms where Queen Victoria took her meals, including where she and Prince Albert ate their breakfast together.
Event: Queen Victoria: For the Love of Food
Where: The Palace of Holyroodhouse
When: Tuesday, 19 March 18:30-20:00
Tickets: £15, conc. £13.50, www.rct.uk/whatson
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