{"id":22959,"date":"2026-05-01T06:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T06:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/22959\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T06:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T06:49:12","slug":"last-on-king-charless-u-s-tour-a-potluck-and-a-win-for-scottish-whisky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/22959\/","title":{"rendered":"Last on King Charles\u2019s U.S. Tour: A Potluck and a Win for Scottish Whisky"},"content":{"rendered":"

What does Britain\u2019s royal couple bring to a potluck?<\/p>\n

On Thursday, King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrived at a block party in Front Royal, Va., with coronation quiche (a spinach, broad bean and tarragon quiche created for the king), some Victoria sponge (known in country as the queen of cakes) and honey from the couple\u2019s royal hives.<\/p>\n

The event \u2014 complete with cheerleaders, classic British and American cars, and a marching band playing the U.K. national anthem \u2014 was one of the last stops on the couple\u2019s four-day visit to the United States to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.<\/p>\n

Billed as a potluck block party, it was in reality a highly choreographed photo opportunity by the British Embassy in Washington and Buckingham Palace designed to highlight the \u201cshared heritage and people-to-people bonds\u201d between Britain and America, according to the embassy\u2019s press release.<\/p>\n

(Earlier, the embassy\u2019s guidance to British reporters explained that a potluck is a \u201cNorth American tradition where people come together bringing dishes to create a shared community meal.\u201d)<\/p>\n

The royal couple\u2019s American excursion started with more serious diplomacy, including an Oval Office meeting between the king and President Trump and the king\u2019s speech to a joint meeting of Congress<\/a>. Among the messages delivered by the king were some subtle rebukes to Mr. Trump\u2019s approach to governing.<\/p>\n

The president did not appear to take much offense, however. On Thursday, he announced that he would be lifting tariffs on Scottish whisky, saying he was doing so in honor of the king and queen. A palace spokesman said later that the king would be \u201craising a dram to the president\u2019s thoughtfulness and generous hospitality.\u201d<\/p>\n

The rest of Charles\u2019 first trip to the colonies as Britain\u2019s monarch has been more lighthearted.<\/p>\n

In New York City, the king fed chickens at an urban farm in Harlem while the queen celebrated Winnie the Pooh at the New York Public Library. Thursday afternoon, the king also watched a Junior Ranger swearing-in ceremony at Shenandoah National Park and spoke with leaders of the Monacan Indian Nation.<\/p>\n

But it was the block party that may have been the most stereotypically American.<\/p>\n

After arriving at the party, the royal couple was greeted by Abigail Spanberger, the governor of Virginia, and Front Royal\u2019s Little League team while members of the public waved flags from the United States and Britain.<\/p>\n

They walked past food stalls like one operated by the Apple House, a local, family-owned business, and another called the Honeystead, where owner Kaylee Richardson said she had \u201cbrought dark honey and light honey because everyone has their preference.\u201d<\/p>\n

Queen Camilla patted a lamb who was born on Wednesday and named Upperville Charles, after the king. She described the lamb as \u201cvery sweet.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for the potluck, the royal couple did not partake. But the queen purchased cookies and popcorn from the Scouts for $15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What does Britain\u2019s royal couple bring to a potluck? On Thursday, King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrived…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[13054,13056,13360,13994,8,13057,9,2146,13055,13176,4585,13993,7,11259,921,13992],"class_list":{"0":"post-22959","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-stories","8":"tag-camilla","9":"tag-charles-iii","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-harlem-manhattan","12":"tag-headlines","13":"tag-king-of-the-united-kingdom","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-queen-consort-of-the-united-kingdom","17":"tag-royal-families","18":"tag-scotland","19":"tag-shenandoah-national-park-va","20":"tag-top-stories","21":"tag-united-states-politics-and-government","22":"tag-virginia","23":"tag-whiskey"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@news\/116497990485425500","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}