King Charles III and Queen Camilla’s four-day state visit to the US is well underway – but royal fans have been left unimpressed with one detail.
The British monarch, 77, and his wife, 78, touched down in Washington DC on Monday (27 April), where they were welcomed by US President Donald Trump and Melania Trump.
After landing at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Charles and Camilla proceeded to take part in an afternoon tea, alongside a crowd of over 650 guests.
Despite the Queen admitting she was ‘quite jet lagged,’ they mingled with a number of officials and celebrities at the event, which was hosted at the British embassy in the US, including British Olympian Tom Daley.
Ahead of the event, the British Embassy in Washington offered a sneak peek into what was being served to the royal couple, as well as the huge number of guests.
In a video shared to X, head chef Craig Harnden and his team assembled an array of different sandwiches and sweet treats.
Take a look here:
He revealed that the task at hand was to make approximately 2,500 to 3,000 individual sandwiches, with the calculation being based on ‘experience’ and a ‘little bit of luck’.
The first sandwich on the menu is Scottish smoked salmon with a simple lemon butter, black pepper, and brown bread.
If you’re not a fan of fish, the other options are a roast beef and horseradish sandwich, a classic egg mayo, and a cucumber sarnie, which was made a bit ‘more interesting’ by slightly pickling the cucumbers.
Guests could also tuck into scones, which were accompanied by fresh clotted cream and strawberry jam, and baked an hour and a half before the food was served.
Some people have taken issue with the food selection (X/UKinUSA)
However, the behind-the-scenes video has sparked a mixed bag of reactions online, with some people finding issues with the food – specifically that the bread crusts weren’t cut off in the cideo.
One X user penned: “Please tell me they are cutting off the bread crust!,” while a second wrote: “I’m appalled, don’t they know how to butter bread properly. Dry as f**k round the edges.”
And a third agreed: “That is some sloppy sandwich making to serve at a formal tea.”
“Oooerrr….fillings are OK, but that pappy white bread…far too thick. Do they intend to cut off the crusts?” questioned a fourth.
While a fifth and sixth chimed in with “Hope they look better when plated!!” and “Hate to say it but he looks sloppy and so do those sandwiches. I know the crusts are coming off of those for sure!”
And a sixth agreed: “Jeez. I have seen better coming out of a greasy spoon. Where is the finesse & refinement. It’s the King!”
Thousands of sandwiches were prepared for more than 600 guests (Suzanne Plunkett – Pool via Samir Hussein/WireImage)
“The cucumbers – they looked so moist that I’d think they would soak through the bread – even with a spread beneath,” critiqued a seventh.
Meanwhile, others questioned why classic British food was served during a trip to the US.
Someone reasoned: “If I were visiting a country, I would want to try their food, not more of what I eat daily. The US has so many cultures blended that you could fill the entire menu and never scratch the surface. I wish they could have experienced OUR culture.”
While another person quieried: “Sounds great but you would think the British eat that all the time, wouldn’t you fix some good old American food for the Brits to experience??”
And a third agreed: “Why come to all the way to America to eat British food? Shouldn’t Trump treat them to a Maccy Dees instead?”
Tyla has contacted the British Embassy in the US for comment.
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