The Commonwealth

Michael Buerk is joined by chef Paul Ainsworth to showcase food inspired by the Commonwealth.

The Queen is head of the political union of 52 countries and it is said that she considers it her greatest achievement. Chef Paul is inspired by a dish served up to the Queen at a grand Commonwealth meeting in Malta - an island where she spent the early years of her marriage. Chef Anna Haugh gets to cook on board the Royal Yacht Britannia, a floating palace and an iconic symbol of the Commonwealth. And Paul uses some of the finest ingredients from his mother's home on the Seychelles to cook up a seafood dish similar to those enjoyed by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on their honeymoon.