King Charles launches another side venture as he sells $490 bottles of whisky
His Majesty has launched yet another extra income venture by selling $490 bottles of whisky made from the barley grown on his Highgrove Estate.
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King Charles has launched another enterprise withs £250 (A$492) bottles of whisky made with barley from his Highgrove estate
Each bottle of the limited edition single malt whisky is numbered and comes in a gift box featuring a watercolour by His Majesty of the residence near Tetbury, Gloucestershire. There will only be 400 of them, according to The Sun.
It is the most expensive whisky being sold by the estate, with the next on offer costing around half as much.
It offers connoisseurs of the liquor a vanilla and orange peel nose, a hint of candied ginger and a lightly spiced finish.
The whisky is made by the award-winning Cotswolds Distillery in Stourton, Shipston-on-Stour, just across the county border in Warwickshire.
It is aged in premium active ex-red wine and first-fill bourbon casks at the distillery, the only one in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
It uses heritage Plumage Archer barley grown at the Highgrove Estate and traditionally floor-malted at Britain’s oldest working maltings.
The maltings, in Warminister, Wiltshire, is where the barley was first created in 1906.
The use of Plumage Archer “yields a subtle but unique twist” on the spirit, according to the royal estate, which the King rents from the Duchy of Cornwall — now controlled by his eldest son and heir, Prince William.
The estate shop offers a range of whisky and gin, often trading on their locally sourced or organic credentials.
Highgrove produces an extensive range of luxury food, drink and gifts. Browse the collection here.
‘PERFECT TONIC’: KING’S NEW MOVE AFTER AUSSIE TOUR SUCCESS
Meanwhile, King Charles is planning more overseas tours next year after the success of his Australian visit.
The King’s whirlwind Aussie tour, which took in Sydney and Canberra before he jetted off to Samoa for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, proved to be the “perfect tonic”, according to a senior Palace official.
The official told The Sun that the monarch, who will continue his cancer treatment after pausing it during his Aussie visit, had “genuinely loved” the nine-day tour.
The official said the Australian tour had lifted “his spirits, his mood and recovery”.
It came after Queen Camilla had tears in her eyes during a fit of the giggles as the King made an impromptu speech in the village of Siumu on their final morning in Samoa
As the royal couple flew back to the UK, they issued a message saying they would treasure “countless fond memories”.
The Sun reports that Buckingham Palace has now told the British government that the King is ready to go on more trips in 2025.
One is thought to be in Europe while a second may be further afield as part of a plan to secure the 75-year-old monarch’s legacy.
A senior Palace source said: “We’re now working on a full overseas tour program next year.”
King Charles will return to weekly hospital trips for his cancer treatment after flying back to the UK.
The Palace source told The Sun that King Charles had “genuinely thrived” due to the success of the trip.
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