Around 60 people including attendees from the Tetbury Friendship Cafe and nearby nursing home Upton Mill gathered on Wednesday for the first Winter Warmers of the season, run by The King’s Foundation and held in the estate’s Orchard Room.
Last Friday, the same room was the scene of the King’s special black tie dinner celebrating Italian cuisine, where stars Dame Helen Mirren and David and Victoria Beckham mingled and enjoyed cocktails prepared with herbs from Charles’s beloved Highgrove Gardens.
The event, held at Highgrove, near Tetbury, offers free hot drinks, soup and cake prepared by royal chefs, to help provide a warm and welcoming space to local residents including elderly and vulnerable people during the colder months.
“At The King’s Foundation we aim to build sustainable communities and transform lives through education and health and wellbeing programmes, so it’s fantastic that the Winter Warmers initiative is becoming a staple in contributing to that mission.”.
A Winter Warmers initiative to tackle loneliness has been hosted by the King’s charity at his Gloucestershire estate.
