A special “hangover cure” is being sold at King Charles’s shop on his Sandringham estate, priced at just £3.99, and is available in time for those having a tipple over the Christmas season.
The item is shaped like a Christmas cracker and the mixture contains a herbal infusion meant to ease a bad head and drowsiness. It contains five ingredients – fennel, which soothes digestion and reduces nausea, anti-inflammatory chamomile and caraway seeds, which are said to support liver function, ginger and dill. Brand, Green Cuisine, says the cracker is “a great stocking filler for anyone known to overindulge” reports, The Sun. It adds: “Each cracker contains two sachets of a herbal mix that, when infused in hot water and drunk, may comfort those suffering the ‘morning after’ this Christmas.”
The shop on the estate also sells a wide variety of alcohol. Sandringham gin, priced at £50, includes Sharon fruit. It is grown in the Walled Garden on a sheltered wall at the end of what was the Persimmon range of glass houses, built on the winnings of the famous racehorse, Persimmon, owned by King Edward VII.
Also used in the Sandringham gin is foliage from myrtle plants which originated from a cutting taken from Princess Alexandra’s wedding bouquet on her marriage to Prince Albert Edward, who later became King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.
This December, King Charles, who is known to sometimes enjoy a pint or an alcoholic beverage, poured a Guinness on a visit to the firm’s new brewery in London’s Covent Garden.
At the end of the process, Guinness experience ambassador Leo Ravina, said, “That’s a perfect pint of Guinness”.
Charles provided an update on his cancer diagnosis last week, revealing that his treatment can be reduced in the new year because of early diagnosis.
The monarch, who announced he had been diagnosed with an unspecified type of cancer in February 2024, also urged Britons to take up available screenings for the disease.
Charles will be celebrating Christmas with the wider Royal Family in Sandringham this year.
The NHS has guidance on drinking responsibly this Christmas.
