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Camilla sends cake to Test Match Special team at Cricket World Cup final | Camilla sends cake to Test Match Special team at Cricket World Cup final |
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The Duchess of Cornwall has sent a cake to the BBC's Test Match Special team during the World Cup final between England and New Zealand. | The Duchess of Cornwall has sent a cake to the BBC's Test Match Special team during the World Cup final between England and New Zealand. |
The iced elderflower and lemon sponge features both teams' helmets, a World Cup trophy and figures of captains Eoin Morgan and Kane Williamson. | The iced elderflower and lemon sponge features both teams' helmets, a World Cup trophy and figures of captains Eoin Morgan and Kane Williamson. |
Commentator Jonathan Agnew said it was "incredible... a work of art". | Commentator Jonathan Agnew said it was "incredible... a work of art". |
Julie Brownlee started baking seven days ago, but with the finalists only known on Thursday had her work cut out. | Julie Brownlee started baking seven days ago, but with the finalists only known on Thursday had her work cut out. |
It was "probably two weeks' work in one week", she told the radio programme from the commentary box at Lord's. | |
A note on Clarence House paper sent with the cake reads: "I hope this cake will bowl you over! With my best wishes, Camilla." | A note on Clarence House paper sent with the cake reads: "I hope this cake will bowl you over! With my best wishes, Camilla." |
Agnew told TMS listeners the cake's helmets had "absolutely perfect crests" while a cricket ball featured an "astonishingly accurate seam in white". | Agnew told TMS listeners the cake's helmets had "absolutely perfect crests" while a cricket ball featured an "astonishingly accurate seam in white". |
It also features cricket bails made from sugar and the flags of all 10 nations who took part in the competition. | It also features cricket bails made from sugar and the flags of all 10 nations who took part in the competition. |
Stroud-based Brownlee said she received a telephone call from the Duchess of Cornwall's private secretary with the order, adding Camilla had requested the flavour and was closely involved with the design. | Stroud-based Brownlee said she received a telephone call from the Duchess of Cornwall's private secretary with the order, adding Camilla had requested the flavour and was closely involved with the design. |
The Duchess of Cornwall is a TMS fan and so was aware of the tradition of listeners sending cakes to the commentary team. | The Duchess of Cornwall is a TMS fan and so was aware of the tradition of listeners sending cakes to the commentary team. |
She is the second member of the Royal Family to do so, after the Queen presented them with a Dundee cake in 2001. | She is the second member of the Royal Family to do so, after the Queen presented them with a Dundee cake in 2001. |
Another TMS listener to follow the tradition was Prime Minister Theresa May, who delivered homemade brownies when appearing on the programme during a test at Lord's in 2017. | Another TMS listener to follow the tradition was Prime Minister Theresa May, who delivered homemade brownies when appearing on the programme during a test at Lord's in 2017. |
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