RUBENS AT THE PALACE
You can’t get much closer to the Palace than this: the hotel's Palace Lounge overlooks the Royal Mews of Buckingham Palace. The Royal Afternoon Tea includes five different types of sandwiches; classic scones as well as honey and white chocolate ones; and an array of pastries, with plenty of traditional, nostalgic flavours – rhubarb and custard, blackberry crumble, lemon meringue – of which the Queen would certainly approve. You can add sparkle with a list of royal-themed cocktails, including ‘The Queen’s Swan’, a blend of gin, dubonnet, banana syrup, tonka beans, lemon juice and Champagne.