The Langham London Hotel will offer the celebratory Tea Royale throughout April with royal-inspired bites such as sandwiches of Scottish salmon poached in pink Champagne and Westminster Abbey chocolate cake.

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From there, it is possible to visit both Ndawara Highland Tea, the largest tea plantation in West Africa, and the Foumban Royal Palace, the residence of a neighbouring king whose dynasty was founded in 1394.

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Among the gifts from the Royal Family and UK PM David Cameron to US President Barack Obama in 2011 were a china tea set, an eagle tapestry and a dog toy, the US state department has revealed.

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From there his route to power was typical of the times: freedom rallies, imprisonment by the British authorities, release, tea with the governor, a constitutional conference and a flattering independence ceremony conducted by a British royal.

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