Great Britain: Charles dins with Beckhams, Mirren and Versace

British King Charles III. (76) celebrated his love for Italy and Italian cuisine with a glamorous dinner. Ex-football star David Beckham (49) and his wife, the ex-spice girl Victoria (50), as well as the actress Helen Mirren (79, “Die Queen”), the Italian fashion designer Donatella Versace (69) and the actress were invited. The Italo -American actor Stanley Tucci (64, “Conclave”).

Charles and Queen Camilla (77) plan a trip to Italy in early April, where they want to meet Pope Francis.

“Re Carlo” talks in Italian

The journey that the couple will also lead to Ravenna has a romantic component: it falls together with Charles and Camilla’s 20th wedding anniversary. The two said yes on April 9, 2005 in Windsor.

“Re Carlo”, as the British monarch in Italy is called, opened the dinner with a speech that he partially held in Italian to the delight of the audience.

Italy and its kitchen have grown dear to him, said Charles, according to the Pa news agency. With regard to the planned trip, he added: “To say that we look forward to it would be a small British understatement.”

Scottish crabless

At the dinner on Charles’ Western English country headquarters in Highmert, Italian-inspired slow food dishes with regional ingredients were served.

On the menu there were, for example, Scottish Krabben-Panzanella, WestCombe-Ricotta and Ravioli with fine herbs from high-grove, where the environmentally conscious monarch operates ecological cultivation.

The slow food movement was founded in Italy in Italy in the opening of the first McDonald’s restaurants in the country. It focuses on the enjoyment and preparation of traditional dish with regional and seasonal ingredients.

Charles, who seemed to be noticeable from his cancer, had an Italian expert guided to the evening when serving a perfect Martini.