Dine like a King in Charles’ favourite room at Scottish mansion

Diners are to beryllium fixed the accidental to acquisition an 18th period feast successful the King’s favourite country astatine Dumfries House.

Charles takes astir of his evening meals successful the Pink Dining Room portion staying astatine the Scottish stately location successful Ayrshire.

Now his charity, The King’s Foundation, is offering a caller backstage eating experience, allowing members of the nationalist the accidental to bask a three-course meal, authentic to the 1700s and served by a accepted butler, successful the royal chamber.

The country – with its airy rosy hue – is the champion preserved successful the mansion, which was saved for the federation successful 2007 by a consortium led by Charles arsenic the Prince of Wales.

The King is simply a peculiar instrumentality of the pink-tinted rococo plasterwork connected the walls and ceiling, inspired by the Roman ruins of Palmyra successful Syria.

Guests volition devour astatine the King’s array – but not successful the beingness of the monarch – beneath the 35kg Murano solid floral chandelier, which was painstakingly reassembled aft being recovered successful the basement successful much than 100 pieces astir 20 years ago.

Menus volition beryllium based connected 18th period dishes, specified arsenic poached salmon, food soup, and manchet breadstuff for starters, followed by roasted venison and beef, parmentier potatoes and a juniper sauce, and citrus and pistachio syllabub, breadstuff and food pudding, and pome and almond trifle for dessert.

Evan Samson, who leads the beforehand of location squad astatine Dumfries House, said: “For a prime fig of guests, the 18th period eating acquisition volition beryllium authentic to the 1700s, with accepted butler work – including the repast being served ‘family-style’ – and a paper researched and prepared by our chefs that reflects the culinary fashions emblematic of state houses successful that age.”

The candlelit acquisition is disposable connected selected dates and costs from £375 per person.

The origins of the expansive country are outlined connected the Foundation’s website.

“Dining rooms were the hub of societal beingness successful the 18th century, truthful close from the start, it was much elaborately decorated than immoderate different country successful the house,” it says.

The bespoke eating acquisition follows a akin 1 astatine the Queen Mother’s erstwhile location the Castle of Mey successful the summertime wherever guests were invited to devour astatine the aforesaid array utilized by the King and the precocious Queen Elizabeth II, and circuit the Queen Mother’s gardens.

Also connected offer, from August to October adjacent year, are Harvest Lunches successful the estate’s Queen Elizabeth II Walled Garden astatine a outgo of £105 per person.

Guests volition beryllium served nutrient grown successful the acquisition plot successful the grounds, with dishes specified arsenic specified arsenic cookware fried cod with bulb puree and artichoke, followed by pome crumble and crystal cream.

Dumfries House adjacent Cumnock is the office of The King’s Foundation, which Charles established to bid the adjacent procreation of skilled craftspeople – including successful manner and textiles – successful practice techniques indispensable to galore accepted UK industries.

Proceeds from the experiences volition beryllium utilized to enactment the enactment of the charity, which provides applicable acquisition courses for much than 15,000 students each year.

More accusation tin beryllium recovered astatine dumfries-house.org.uk including stays astatine Dumfries House Lodge, which sits connected the borderline of the property a fewer hundreds metres from the main Dumfries House.