{"id":393667,"date":"2025-09-03T04:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T04:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/393667\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T04:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T04:37:10","slug":"kate-and-meghans-bite-sized-look-at-royal-wedding-menus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/393667\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate and Meghan\u2019s bite sized look at royal wedding menus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1340856_3133555_Untitled-2_updates.jpg\" alt=\"How Kate\u00a0Middleton redefined royal banquets\" width=\"1200\" height=\"686\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>How Kate\u00a0Middleton redefined royal banquets<\/p>\n<p>Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle may have dazzled the world with their dresses, but their wedding day menus were just as memorable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These royal feasts blended tradition with modern flair, offering guests a taste of elegance alongside a nod to heritage.<\/p>\n<p>At the 2011 Buckingham Palace reception for the Prince and Princess of Wales, diners enjoyed a three course showcase of the best of British cuisine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The meal began with a seafood medley of English crab, Scottish salmon, and langoustines, followed by organic Scottish lamb paired with spring vegetables sourced directly from King Charles\u2019s Highgrove estate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dessert was equally indulgent, with guests choosing between Berkshire honey ice cream, sherry trifle, or a rich chocolate parfait all rounded off with coffee or fresh mint tea.<\/p>\n<p>From Meghan\u2019s California-inspired touches to Kate\u2019s classic British menu, royal wedding banquets continue to tell a story, one of splendour, tradition, and a little personal flair that makes each celebration uniquely unforgettable.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Harry and Meghan Markle\u2019s wedding day menu was a celebration of seasonal British flavours with a modern twist.<\/p>\n<p>Crafted by royal chef Mark Flanagan, the feast drew on fresh produce from Windsor and the surrounding Home Counties, perfectly timed to the May 2018 celebrations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Guests at the Queen hosted reception began with elegant canap\u00e9s, including grilled English asparagus wrapped in Cumbrian ham and Scottish langoustines paired with smoked salmon and citrus cr\u00e8me fra\u00eeche.<\/p>\n<p>In true Harry and Meghan style, the couple opted for bowl food designed to be enjoyed while mingling.<\/p>\n<p>A menu that featured pea and mint risotto topped with truffle oil and parmesan crisps, alongside 10 hour slow roasted Windsor pork belly served with apple compote and crisp crackling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How Kate\u00a0Middleton redefined royal banquets Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle may have dazzled the world with their dresses,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7714,7713,533,2832,532,2831,7710,519,7711,7712],"class_list":{"0":"post-393667","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-catherine","10":"tag-catherine-middleton","11":"tag-kate-middleton","12":"tag-prince-of-wales","13":"tag-prince-william","14":"tag-princess-of-wales","15":"tag-royal-families","16":"tag-royal-family","17":"tag-uk-royal-family","18":"tag-william"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115138517316963372","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}