From William and Kate’s wedding menu to ten-course royal feasts: TOM PARKER BOWLES uses ten historical palace menus to explain how royal tastes have changed

As train lunches go, it takes some beating. Starting with a mound of caviar, the menu moves through trout, lamb, chicken and partridge, asparagus and cheese soufflé, before finishing with a few serious puddings. It certainly beats a Greggs sausage roll. But this was no ordinary lunch, rather a feast …

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Sunday newspaper round-up: IDS, Ocado, Foxtons

Asset manager Redwheel told regulators they should reduce the UK postal service’s legal obligations. The move followed a failed buyout attempt by Daniel Kretinsky for International Distributions Services, its parent company. The billionaire investor was said to be evaluating a possible improved bid. The company meanwhile has petitioned Ofcom to …

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