Royal household spent £1.7m on food and drink last year - including £400,000 on wine and spirits alone Costs include 75 dinners at Buckingham Palace as well as nine garden parties Around 160,000 guests were entertained at residents during 12-month period Wine and spirits bill was £400,000 from grant, with wine being held to age
By Dianne Apen-sadler For Mailonline
Published: 01:20 BST, 25 June 2019 | Updated: 01:20 BST, 25 June 2019
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The royal family's household spent £2.3million on official hospitality and housekeeping last year, including £1.7million on food and drink, royal accounts showed.
Some 240 receptions were held by the Master of the Household's Department, as well as 158 lunches, nine garden parties and 75 dinners at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, St James's Palace and the Palace of Holyroodhouse in 2018-2019
About 160,000 guests were entertained at the residences during the 12-month period from April 1, 2018, to March 31, 2019.