Drinkers can raise a toast to Princess Charlotte in the first pub ever named after the Royal toddler.
The bespoke boozer in Colchester, Essex, has just started serving punters and has proved a hit with regulars.
It was hoped the bar staff could pop a cork of Champagne when the The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s second child was born – but it was hit with a two-year planning delay.
McMullen’s Brewery, who own the pub, said it would invite Kate, William, Charlotte, and George to see what’s on offer.
The Princess Charlotte in Colchester, Essex, is the first pub named after The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s second child
It was due to open just after she was born but was hit by a two-year planning delay
Princess Charlotte has a busy month ahead as she is due to start nursery today. Luckily, owner McMullen’s Brewery said it would invite William, Kate, George and Charlotte along to visit
The pub is the second of the brewery’s named after a royal baby with the Prince George recently opening in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Managing director Heydon Mizon
‘The pub had been due to open shortly after Princess Charlotte was born, the baby wasn’t at the mercy of a lengthy planning delay and so arrived on time, the pub however was significantly overdue.’
The pub is the second of the brewery’s named after a royal baby with the Prince George recently opening in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.
He added: ‘McMullen’s have been brewing beer, operating pubs and looking after our pubs for over 190 years.
‘With this in mind, we try to select names that are interesting, relevant to the time or place that a pub is built and that will stand the test of time.’
Sporting a regal pub sign inspired by The Royal Coat of Arms the establishment stocks traditional English ales.
Despite its high-class name the humble new-built boozer serves classic pub grub like burgers, chicken and curry.
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Managing director Heydon Mizon said: ‘We try to select names that are interesting, relevant to the time or place that a pub is built and that will stand the test of time’
He added: ‘We aim to treat every guest like Royalty at the Princess Charlotte and this would of course include the Princess herself’
The tot is due to start at the Willcocks Nursery School where fees are £9,150 a year for morning sessions and £5,400 for afternoons
With so many pubs named after royalty, it’s no surprise some members of the family are partial to a good pint. Here the late Queen Mother enjoyed a pint in the Queen’s Head pub in London
During a visit to the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin in 2011 the Queen eyed up a pint poured by Master Brewer Fergal Murray
Here His Royal Highness Prince Charles pours a pint while visiting Poundbury, Dorset, in 2002
Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, enjoy their pints at the Old Western Saloon in 2005 during a visit to Point Reyes Station in California