Dame Judi Dench, Claudia Winkleman and Jeremy Clarkson had been among the many well-known faces to attend an unique Christmas lunch with the Queen Consort this week, it has emerged.
Camilla additionally rubbed shoulders with Dames Maggie Smith and Maureen Lipman on the ‘white truffle’ lunch, held at Murano in Mayfair, central London on Wednesday.
The glitzy occasion on the Michelin-starred restaurant, owned by Angela Hartnett, was hosted by Ewan Venters, the previous head of royal grocer Fortnum & Mason.
The ‘Earl of Grantham’ – Dame Maggie’s Downton Abbey co-star, Hugh Bonneville – additionally made the star-studded checklist, which included broadcasters Piers Morgan and Chris Evans.
Camilla rubbed shoulders with Dames Maggie Smith and Maureen Lipman on the ‘white truffle’ lunch, held at Murano – Angela Hartnett’s Michelin-starred restaurant within the upmarket borough of Mayfair in central London on Wednesday
Dame Judi Dench on the Murano Christmas lunch occasion in Mayfair on Wednesday
And from the artwork world got here Royal Academician Tracey Emin.
The occasion was a purely non-public affair, that means Camilla was not invited as a part of official royal enterprise.
It suggests the Queen Consort continues to have a sure pulling energy amongst Britain’s A-list crowd.
Host Mr Venters at the moment runs Hauser & Wirth, which till lately was identified purely as an artwork enterprise with galleries world wide, from Los Angeles to Monaco.
Piers Morgan and Jeremy Clarkson depart Murano with their goodie baggage on Wednesday
The ‘Earl of Grantham’ – Dame Maggie’s Downton Abbey co-star, Hugh Bonneville – additionally made the star-studded checklist (pictured leaving with goodie bag)
Tess Daly and Dame Maggie Smith share a chuckle exterior the Murano restaurant in Mayfair on Wednesday
But it surely has lately broadened its horizons, opening its personal Mayfair institution in October, the Mount Road Restaurant – with a pub on the ground under.
Camilla and King Charles dined there solely weeks in the past.
Although the King missed out on Wednesday’s deal with, he could also be in line for a comfort: visitors left Murano clutching ‘goodie baggage’.