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Radio 4,22 Jun 2008,30 mins

Royal Entertaining

The Food Programme

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Sheila Dillon looks at the history of state banquets and asks what role royal hospitality has to play in a more democratic age. She visits the Queen's reception for the British hospitality industry, where she meets a nunmber of distinguished guests including Gordon Ramsay and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.

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