Charles and Queen Camilla’s former private residence, Highgrove House, is a nine-bedroom, 18th-centu (Image: Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images)
Tourists have slammed King Charles’s Highgrove retreat over an eye-watering price tag attached to a sausage roll.
and Queen Camilla’s former private residence, Highgrove House, is a nine-bedroom, 18th-century situated near Tetbury in Gloucestershire.
It also features a number of interlinked gardens that have lovingly been crafted over some 40 years, with input from the green-fingered King, according to the official website.
Highgrove, which Charles has retained since becoming King, also welcomes -loving members of the public, who can enjoy a spot of food in the Orchard Room Restaurant.
However, Royal fans have been left aghast at the price of the offending pork and leek sausage roll, which is listed on the restaurant’s under its ‘light bites and salads’ section, reports the Mail.
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Charles has retained Highgrove House since becoming King (Image: Getty Images)
The meat pastry, accompanied by a serving of coleslaw and piccalilli mayonnaise, is listed for a whopping £15.25, with one displeased Tripadvisor reviewer saying: “The restaurant is very expensive”.
Also up for grabs in the light bites section is a homemade black scotch egg with bacon ketchup and charred leeks for £14.95, a seasonal soup of the day with artisanal bread for £12.25 and a Ploughman’s lunch for £19.
Moving down the menu to the mains, visitors can enjoy a pan fried chicken breast with new potatoes and vegetables for £26.95, or they could opt for one of the other dishes, including pan fried sea bass for £23.95.
If you fancy something a bit lighter, you could opt for the Highgrove cream tea, a freshly baked scone with berry preserve and clotted cream, served with tea or coffee, for £15.
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King Charles spends about five weeks at Highgrove House each year (Image: Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images)
, who spends about five weeks at Highgrove House each year, is thought to view the property as one of his much-loved residences, with the monarch spending around thirty years working to change the land into an organic farm.
In his book Charles III, Robert Hardman wrote: “In good times and bad, as both the Prince of Wales and now as King, he likes to retreat to his ‘sanctuary’, his tiny chapel in the grounds of Highgrove, to gather his thoughts.”
Speaking to the author previously, Charles said: “The great thing is that it is somewhere where nobody can get me. Anywhere in the house, there is always a telephone, or somebody can always come. It is very important to have somewhere just to allow a moment.”