Royal Banquet

Dining has always been one of the things that absolutely defines royalty. In the more decadent era of Charles II, a single state banquet would involve more than 100 dishes and silver fountains overflowed with wine, while Henry VIII had more unusual meat courses than he did wives, with peacock, porpoise, heron and seagull among the Tudor-era offerings.

So while the 175-foot dining table at