Tarts and Tiaras Walking Tour in London Tour

Sightseeing  :  United Kingdom  :  London  :  London  :  Walking Tours

This tour has been designed to uncover the scandals, truths and reveal the funnier and more human side of our Monarchs. This walking tour is educational, hilarious and totally scandalous. Using pictures, video clips and even a little dance lesson you will be introduced to every Monarch from 1600 - 2015.Discover which king was so fat he had a specially made corset to stop his tummy dragging on the floor. Find out all about the dealings of London's Gentleman clubs. You will be regaled with stories about who held the title of "King-ky" and "Dirtie Bertie" as well as the Princess who would stink out a ballroom with her reeking bad breath.

You will hear the sad stories of a Queen who had 15 failed pregnancies and a King who buried lumps of beef to grow beef trees in his Royal gardens. Along the way you will be taken to shop in favored Royal boutiques. Find out which Lord served his guest a meal of elephant trunk soup and roasted rhino and which King spent £15m on clothes and jewels in just 10 years. You will get to hear about the royal mistress with "oceans of cheek and acres of neck". Finally find out which Princess never washed her knickers.