Anna Russell, the Duchess of Bedford, was the first to formalise what so many people now around the world enjoy as Afternoon Tea. She needed a pick-me-up between lunch and dinner and Afternoon Tea was it.
Although nowadays the terms Afternoon Tea and High Tea are used interchangeably to mean a lavish afternoon spread of scones, finger sandwiches and cakes accompanied by tea to drink, this wasn't always the case.
High Tea, or simply Tea, was something quite different and more akin to an early supper at the end of a hard day's labour and taken at
