Enjoy afternoon tea at Bettys Cafes Tea Rooms - York or similar (subject to confirmation). Taking a small meal in the middle of the afternoon with a pot of tea has its origins in England in the nineteenth century. Anna, Duchess of Bedford, would get peckish at around four p.m. but would have to wait until eight o'clock before dinner was served in her home. She would order a pot of tea with cakes to accompany it, and the tradition of afternoon tea was born. Anna was a friend of Queen Victoria, and the fashion soon spread throughout the country.
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Oct 13