Anyone having afternoon tea on Monday?

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If so, what are your items to be included?

We're having

Cheese scones
Fruit scones
Victoria sponge
Another cake to be decided

Some form of sandwich - not sure whether to do crustless or cute mini rolls.

Fillings to be decided and hopefully get some inspiration from this thread.

Prosecco and soft drinks

Good idea! We were going to have brunch for the 11am start.

Oh that sounds a lovely idea! I'm cooking roast beef and already have all the stuff for it but wish I'd seen this first 😂

No. We're decorating the kitchen then getting a kebab and chips. It's what she would have wanted.

Following!

Yes!

We had a whole discussion about what would be appropriate to eat on Monday knowing that none of us will feel like cooking and decided on:

• an ‘afternoon tea style’ table to pick from, from mid morning, with finger sandwiches (cucumber, watercress, ham), a F&M game pie, a F&M fruitcake, pots of good tea

• homemade apple pie with clotted cream for late afternoon - with tea or champagne, depending on how we are feeling

• British cheeses and crudités with a glass of port in the evening

I hadn't planned to but definitely think I might now...

Yes me too crust less sandwiches scones and tea lots of tea

Now that is a good idea!
Me being foreign had not thought of it! But yes I am doing it!
I have to get choc brownies in somehow as my DD has been waiting to bake since last week.
We shall try to bake our own scones too.

Yes, and I'm going to get my fancy cake stand out to serve it on.

Smoked salmon sandwiches, cucumber sandwiches, scones and clotted cream, maybe trifle....

I think it's pretty crass to be eating at all.

I had got as far as planning some smoked salmon sandwiches and champagne to toast Her Majesty. Now I've got to up the game.
Thanks for some excellent suggestions.

@ThreeRingCircus us too!!!

Best substitute ever

more so if it’s a corgi

Ooo that's a good idea!

Wait…what?

my substitutes are always shite! I had did he get that?

Yes!

Food shop is being delivered tonight after finishing work; all my items are coming apart from the smoked salmon which isn't the end of the world in the grand scheme of things but my 8 year old will be sad as she does love a bit as a treat!

Scones, cakes, sandwiches, sausage rolls, drinks etc

I'm assuming this is sarcasm?!? 😂

We are having egg mayo buns, ham and tomato buns (little ones )
Sausage Platt. Quiche. Cheesecake

"Sausage Platt"

Is that Gail's doggy? 🤣

Is it a thing now to have afternoon tea on the Queen’s funeral day? I’m guessing there will be no cream left in the shops for our usual Sunday dessert, as happened at the Jubilee.

How about marmalade sandwiches?

Or an attempt at a race to the bottom. 😂

Yes I am planning a Wake for one. I shall bake on Sunday and graze all day Monday on Sausages Rolls, sandwiches, Lemon and Blueberry Bundt cake, cherry scones and pots of tea.

I'm feeling even more sad now - on holiday until Tuesday so we'll be missing it, and on an excursion on Monday so won't even be able to watch online. If I'd been at home I would have either been able to go to Windsor or would have been working (sort of supporting the Windsor part,)

It feels like such a big event, and I've always watched the other big royal events (including going to London for Wills and Catherine's wedding).

I will have to have a cream tea and drink a toast to the Queen and her family when I'm back. Maybe they'll be some cream in stock by then!

Or a dorgi which makes me laugh far too much!