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Queen Elizabethmay soon be responsible for your bar tab!
Buckingham Palace has confirmed to PEOPLE that the 95-year-old monarch has approved the sale of a range of beer brewed from plants grown on herSandringham estatein Norfolk.
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“Made in the UK for the Sandringham Estate,” according to the label. “The Sandringham Estate is a wildlife haven for Pheasants, Hares, Owls and many other species thrive in the wood and farmland habitats.”
This isn’t the first time that the Queen has turned her hand to producing alcohol. Sandringham’s gift shop already sells its own Celebration Gin, which is made in a distillery on the estate.
Buckingham Palace Sloe Gin.Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2021
In 2020, Buckingham Palace also launched itsvery own ginmade from ingredients found in the backyard of the Queen’s London home.
On Tuesday, they added to this with the release of a new variety of gin distilled using the classicBuckingham Palace ginmixed with “hand-picked whole sloe berries,” says a release from theRoyal Collection Trustcharity, which organizes the opening of the main royal palaces and their accompanying stores to the public.
Priced at $41 a bottle, the addition of the hand-picked fruits — which grow on Blackthorn bushes in the U.K. — gives the gin “a unique and intense fruit flavor,” adds the release.
Buckingham Palace gin.Royal Collection Trust
There is, however, a reasonable chance it may find its way intothe glass of the monarch: the Queen reportedly enjoys a daily cocktail ofgin and Dubonnetwith a slice of lemon and a lot of ice just before lunch, according to Darren McGrady, a former palace chef.
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The latePrince Philip, meanwhile, is more likely to have preferred the new Sandringham beer — something that Prince Harry alluded to inhis statementfollowing the Duke of Edinburgh’s death aged 99.
source: people.com
