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World Service,1 min

The secret of British table manners

The Food Chain

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British children are used to hearing phrases like ‘elbows off the table’ and ‘don’t use your hands’ during mealtimes. But what is the ‘most correct’ way to eat? The BBC’s Manuela Saragosa asks James Field of Debretts - a 250 year-old British institution, which describes itself as the trusted source on social skills and etiquette and style. (Photo: The Palace Ballroom at Buckingham Palace. Credit: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

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