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You've been eating afternoon tea all wrong! Etiquette guru reveals the do's and don'ts, from the 'royal' sandwich shape to why the pinkie is NEVER lifted (and the food that, if ...
The afternoon tea was invented by one of Queen Victoria's ladies-in-waiting, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, Anna Maria Russell, in 1840. Yet despite nearly 200 years of tradition, many in Britain ...
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The 10 best afternoon teas in London
It is said that Anna Russell, the 7th Duchess of Bedford, invented afternoon tea in 1840. This was to satisfy her peckishness during the long wait between lunch and dinner. Safe to say ...