The Duchess of Cornwall visited the Eden Project in bright sunshine yesterday to celebrate ten years of The Big Lunch.
In her role as Patron of The Big Lunch, Eden’s biggest outreach project, Her Royal Highness met around 70 supporters of the event at a picnic-style reception in the Mediterranean Biome, complete with a maypole and bunting.
There The Duchess cut a tenth birthday cake to mark the initiative’s decade of work. She spoke of the importance of communities working together and how The Big Lunch can help neighbours break the ice.
In a moment which delighted her fellow lunchers, a steel band struck up the tune of Happy Birthday to mark not just the project anniversary but also The Duchess’s own birthday on Wednesday (July 17).
The Eden event is part of a three-day series of engagements in Cornwall and Devon being undertaken by The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall this week.
They are visiting Ginsters Bakery in Callington this morning and the Duchy of Cornwall Nursery in Lostwithiel this evening.