I’ll never forget the first time I watched my grandmother prepare her signature afternoon tea spread – delicate finger sandwiches, freshly baked scones, and a steaming pot of perfectly brewed Earl ...

Queen Elizabeth II with Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh in the Gold State Coach during the Queen's Silver Jubilee in London, June 7 1977. Credit - Anwar Hussein—Getty Images Queen Elizabeth II, ...

“Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea,” wrote Henry James in “The Portrait of a Lady.” “Teatime” is one ...

On a recent Saturday morning, about a dozen elegantly dressed pastry lovers, decked out in their finest Regency-era gowns and dainty flower hats, promenaded into the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific ...

English afternoon tea set including hot tea, pastry, scones, sandwiches and mini pies on marble top table. High tea, a quintessentially British institution, finds its truest expression in London. It ...

Afternoon tea emerged sometime between the 1830’s and 1840’s. So says the book A Social History of Tea by Jane Pettigrew, the well–known tea historian. Since lunch was light, and dinner no earlier ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest serving monarch, celebrates her 70-year anniversary on the throne this year. Starting ...

Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest serving monarch, celebrates her 70-year anniversary on the throne this year. Starting Thursday, people across the U.K. will participate in national festivities ...