Remembering Queen Elizabeth II – The Taucker Travel Blog
Our longtime world-wide partnership with Carolyn Robb, formerly then-Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s govt chef for 13 yrs, has enriched guests’ travels in the British isles through exclusive displays loaded with driving-the-scenes tales (and recipes). It is been one particular thirty day period considering the fact that the passing of Queen Elizabeth, and we’re honored to share with you Carolyn’s own, heartfelt reflections.
Wednesday night (September 7th 2022), through a cheerful Tauck England, Scotland & Wales tour farewell dinner, I talked at duration to the team about my former boss, Prince Charles, and why, in the fullness of time, I realized he would make a amazing King. Less than 24 hrs later on His Majesty King Charles III ascended to the throne. Even as wonderful flowers are laid in fantastic swathes in each and every corner of the country, by those paying their respects to our late Queen, it nevertheless somehow appears surreal and inconceivable that our just one ‘constant’ more than the past 70 many years, is no for a longer time with us.
Through my unbelievable 13 years as a Royal chef, I was massively privileged to meet up with The Queen on quite a few events every single one so memorable in its personal way. Throughout my first handful of months at Kensington Palace, when I was cooking for TRH The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and their young children, I accompanied them to Windsor Castle, wherever they had been joining the annual Royal Family members Xmas accumulating. On Xmas morning, (the a single working day in the 12 months when I had assumed that the Queen would not undertake any ‘duties’) I was stunned to be referred to as to a person of the drawing rooms in the castle, along with all the other customers of employees who have been on duty that working day. Her Majesty shook every single of us by the hand, said a few words and handed out fantastically wrapped presents. I was thrilled with the exquisite lavender cleaning soap that she kindly gave me, but that paled into insignificance as opposed to the reward of her time. Her terms to me ended up warm, partaking and humorous and most notably, it was an ‘un-rushed’ discussion, despite there remaining a room comprehensive of persons for her to ‘get through’ ahead of she could unwind and enjoy the day’s festivities with her family. She commented on the fact that I was working on Xmas day I would like I had experienced the presence of head at the time to inquire her if she ever, at any time gave herself a ‘day off’.
I assume I know what the reply would have been.
