The Princess of Wales attended her first music festival last weekend, as I revealed in the Daily Mail on Tuesday, and the staff hope it won’t be her last. For it has been revealed that her party left a £700 tip.
Catherine joined revelers at the Houghton Festival in Norfolk, where DJs played music 24 hours a day. On her night out, she is said to have avoided the festival’s food trucks, opting instead for the in-house restaurant Turntable & Napkin, where diners pay £60 each for a four-course meal.
“(Catherine) was in a good mood, ordered spicy margaritas, ate affogato (an Italian coffee-based dessert) and spoke graciously to the other members of her party,” the report said. London evening standard.
“Her companions apparently brought in a huge balthazar-sized bottle of AIX rosé and, along with Kate, tipped the festival restaurant staff £700.”
A balthazar is a 12 liter bottle and would cost around £500 in a wine shop.
The Princess of Wales attended her first music festival last weekend and staff have now revealed she left a £700 tip. Catherine is pictured chatting with Rose Hanbury at the charity event at her Norfolk estate in 2016
Catherine joined revelers at the Houghton Festival in Norfolk, where DJs played music 24 hours a day. A DJ is depicted performing at the Houghton Festival
On her night out, she is said to have avoided the festival’s food trucks, opting instead for the in-house restaurant Turntable & Napkin, where diners pay £60 each for a four-course meal. Houghton Festival is pictured above
Catherine, 41, is believed to have made her first-ever visit to a weekend music festival, albeit a very high-class one.
She was dining with her Norfolk neighbours, the Marquess and Marchioness of Cholmondeley, David and Rose, at their Palladian country house, Houghton Hall. At that time, the Houghton Festival was taking place on their 400 acre estate.
Richard Eden (pictured) announced in the Daily Mail on Tuesday that Catherine was attending the festival
“After dinner, one of the guests suggested that Catherine go to the festival,” a source told the Daily Mail yesterday.
Catherine was nervous about the idea, but after much discussion with her security guards, she went with a lot of security. William wasn’t there.’
Billed as Britain’s only 24-hour music festival, it is the brainchild of DJ Craig Richards, who launched the event in 2017.
More than 200 artists performed on 13 stages from last Thursday to Sunday, with music always playing somewhere on the Houghton Estate grounds. More than 12,000 revelers were expected.
While Catherine is not known to have attended any festival before, she does enjoy dancing. While still just Kate Middleton, she was pictured attending a roller disco in 2008 with friends including the jockey Sam Waley-Cohen.
A Kensington Palace spokesman declined to comment, so it’s not clear why the prince didn’t join his wife.
The Princess of Wales was having dinner with her friend, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley (seen right) when the idea of her going to a music festival was floated. The friends are pictured here together at Houghton Hall in 2016
Prince William pictured himself dancing with friends at Camden club Koko in June. It is clear that he did not join Catherine at the Houghton Festival last weekend
This year, more than 200 artists performed at the festival. Above, attendees can be seen enjoying a live performance at a previous Houghton Festival
Catherine’s lively night out is just the latest example of the warm friendship between the future King and Queen and the Cholmondeleys, nicknamed the ‘Turnip Toffs’, who live just a few miles from their Norfolk retreat, Anmer Hall.
Last September, the Marquess was replaced as Lord Great Chamberlain following the death of Queen Elizabeth.
However, King Charles made sure that the Marquis, aka filmmaker David Rocksavage, did not lose his intimate connection to the monarchy.
In March, I reported that the King had given the Marquess a new position that would see him and his wife, Bohemian former model Rose Hanbury, return to the heart of the royal court.
Charles appointed the Marquess, 63, as his Lord-in-Waiting, a prestigious position that would see him attend important state and royal occasions, as well as being called upon to represent His Majesty at various events.
Rose married Rocksavage in 2009. He is 23 years her senior and friends had almost given up hope that he would ever get married. She soon produced an heir and reserve, the twins Alexander and Oliver. Like Catherine, she has since given birth to a third child, Iris.
The Princess of Wales dances with Prince William during a trip to Belize in 2022
While Catherine and William reside in ten-bedroom Anmer, formerly let to a kitchen carpenter, the Marquis and Marchioness live in splendor at nearby Houghton Hall, one of the finest Palladian houses in the country.
In his previous role as Lord Great Chamberlain, the Marquess had to walk backwards ahead of the monarch at the State Opening of Parliament.
Cholmondeley left the position because of the tradition of changing into another aristocratic family on the death of the monarch.
He was succeeded by the 7th Lord Carrington, whose late father served as Secretary of State under Margaret Thatcher.