King Charles is selling homemade ice cream made with milk from herds on his royal farms
THE King is selling homemade ice cream this summer — made with milk from the herds on his royal farms.
His Majesty’s estate has produced strawberry, chocolate, mint choc chip and vanilla flavours, charging £2.90 for a single scoop and £4.50 for a double.
The cool treats will be on sale at the Royal Sandringham Estate, Norfolk.
Cones and tubs are available from kiosks on the estate and come complete with special Sandringham wafers, which feature a royal crown.
The estate wrote on social media: “The perfect treat in this lovely sunny weather.
“Made with milk from the Royal Farms and available from all our catering outlets.”
Sandringham Farms manages 2,400 hectares of farmland itself and eight tenant farmers rent 4,000 hectares.
It is the home of native shorthorn cross breed cattle, which are grass-fed on the estate for most of the year.
Ice cream has a centuries-old royal link in England.
The first recorded instance of it being served in the country was at King Charles II’s Feast of St George at Windsor in 1671.
But the rare treat was served only at the King’s table and accompanied by white strawberries.