Where to Watch the Royal Wedding
Forget Suits, Meghan Markle has been cast in what will be one of the most watched TV shows in history. So where are you going to be to watch the Royal Wedding Special? The one where Harry married Meghan. Well there are plenty of better options than sat in your kitchen, and here are some ideas.
Aster
Royal Menu
Aster, just a stone’s throw from Buckingham Palace itself, will be hosting a royal wedding brunch party with bottomless Prosecco, delicious food and, of course, lots and lots of bunting. The café brunch menu will be featuring an exclusive ‘Royal Box’ of dishes, inspired by the couple and featuring items including a take on their cake flavours and dishes like a royal pheasant scotch egg, and elderflower lemon tart. Also, look out for a collection of six cocktails specially created by bar manager, Matyas Barta and including The Jolly Ginger, the Botswana Sunrise and The Lost Bachelor.
Where: 150 Victoria Street, London SW1E 5LB, United Kingdom
Website: www.aster-restaurant.com
Hyatt Regency London - The Churchill
Churchill Brunch
At the Hyatt Regency London The Churchill will be celebrating the royal wedding with a whole season of royal events. On the day itself head to The Montagu to watch the wedding live and get stuck into a bottomless brunch with plenty of Pommery Champagne, charcuterie, fresh fish, puddings and cheeses. Or drop by one evening in May for the set menu which is a fusion of British and American dishes including mini beef medallion with sous vide lobster and potato puree. Or for the ultimate royal getaway then book one of the royal packages, we have our eye on The Premium Royal British Summer: 3 nights in a luxury Royal suite, Pommery Champagne on arrival, a Champagne breakfast in a private dining room, a picnic lunch in Portman Square Gardens, a bespoke Royal Wedding set menu with Kir Royal cocktail, more cocktails at the Churchill Bar & Terrace, a chauffeur, personalised bathrobes and a royal wedding memorabilia gift, oh and you can take up to five friends.
Bottomless Brunch: Saturday 19th – Sunday 20th May
Royal Set Menu: Throughout May
Royal Packages: Tuesday 1st May – Saturday 1st September
Where: 30 Portman Square, London, W1H 7BH, United Kingdom
Website: www.londonchurchill.regency.hyatt.com
The Rubens at the Palace
Jammy Dodgers!
Sitting right on Buckingham Palace Road, The Rubens at The Palace Hotel will be serving up afternoon tea with treats such as an elderflower and lemon cheesecake, a chocolate biscuit cake and as a nod to Prince Louis, Jammy Dodgers. Tuck in whilst watching the wedding on the big screen and order A Wedding Story cocktails which is made from Chapter 11 English Whisky, Balblair 99 Bourbon infused sugar cube, Rubens homemade Champagne Vermouth and a touch of Lanson Fizz.
Where: 39 Buckingham Palace Road, Victoria, SW1W 0PS
Website: www.rubenshotel.com
Bluebird Chelsea
Make It In Chelsea
The preferred hangout for the Made In Chelsea set, Bluebird really should know how to throw a royal wedding party. And, yep, here they are with their “royal hurrar brunch party” to celebrate the royal wedding. Expect their courtyard to be awash with bunting, balloons and cocktails galore, a celebratory glass of champagne to toast the couple, a Botanist Gin royal wedding cocktail and a BBQ focused brunch in the courtyard thanks to Executive Chef Simon Gregory. There’ll be a DJ, too, playing love themed tunes (*yuck*) until darkness falls.
Where: 350 Kings Road, Chelsea, London, SW3 5UU, United Kingdom
Website: www.bluebird-restaurant.co.uk
Beach Blanket Babylon
Whisky and Peanut Butter!
Notting Hill and Shoreditch hangout Beach Blanket Babylon have put together a cocktail fit for royalty called, drum-roll, a Royal Jam. A trans-Atlantic concoction of Uncle Dukes Whisky and Peanut Butter, served over crushed ice and a raspberry and mint garnish you can sit back and watch the wedding unfold on their wedding on the big screens at their Royal Brunch.
Where: 45 Ledbury Road, Notting Hill, W11 2AA
Website: www.beachblanket.co.uk
Or, of course, you could not watch it at all… If your inner republican is fighting to get out then why not get on eBay and pick up some auction bargains when everyone’s too busy glued to the telly?
