Afternoon Tea and Buckingham Palace

You may have had Afternoon Tea at Harrods, you may even have taken a crumpet or two at Fortnum and Mason’s but hands up if you’ve ever been around to The Queen’s House?

Put your hand down Des O’Connor.  Yes, we all know you got a CBE. Yes, it’s very shiny. Congratulations.

Buyagift are now offering you the chance to wander around the opulent-is-our-middle-name Buckingham Palace State Rooms before knocking back some champers and stuffing yourself (elegantly, of course) scone-silly at the swanky Grovesnor Hotel.

Yes, with a Buckingham Palace and Champagne Afternoon Tea gift experience you too can have the chance to bump into the most Regal of Royals, Elizabeth 2 herself!*  The perfect opportunity to ask her where your New Years Honour is.

Update: Unfortunately, we no longer offer this experience. But wipe away your tears, dear customers, because we have replaced it with the equally awesome Queen’s Gallery and Champagne Afternoon Tea for Two. Still at Buckingham Palace and still involving a good old fashioned afternoon tea gorge, you’ll also get to marvel at some of the finest art the Royal family own in the Queen’s Gallery.

We also have it good authority** that QE2 likes to dunk her biscuits in her tea so feel free to follow her example.

* – If she gets a bit lost and wanders into the public bit. There are quite a few rooms in Buckingham Palace after all.

** – i.e. we made it up Wikipedia

Photo credit: Steve Woods