Author: A Staff Reporter
Publication: Afternoon Despatch
& Courier
Date: April 11, 2005
URL:
http://www.cybernoon.com/Displayarticle.asp?child=§ion=fromthepress&subsection=news&xfile=april2005_news_standard2045
Guess where Raghunath Medge and
Sopan Mare, the dabbawallas from Mumbai, stayed in London over the weekend
when they went there to attend the wedding of their 'friend' HRH Prince
Charles to Camilla Parker-Bowles?
Guess where Raghunath Medge and
Sopan Mare, the dabbawallas from Mumbai, stayed in London over the weekend
when they went there to attend the wedding of their 'friend' HRH Prince
Charles to Camilla Parker-Bowles? At 51 Buckingham Gate, the luxury townhouse
hotel of the Taj Hotels, Resorts and Palaces in London. The dabbawallas
met the newly-weds at the reception at Windsor Castle on Saturday and presented
Camilla with a pearl mangalsutra and wished the couple a happy life. They
were also amazed to see that the royal wedding was a very sober affair
and unlike Indian weddings did not have any loud music and dancing. The
dabbawallas were given a home from home welcome by Taj Hotels at 51 Buckingham
Gate, which is just a stone's throw from the royal residence. During their
stay, their needs were taken care of by butlers, all of whom had been trained
by the Ivor Spencer butler school, which has also provided butlers for
members of British royalty over the years.
However, the best was to come when
the dabbaallas told Prince Charles that they were leaving on Sunday. The
Prince replied, "Stay back for a day, take a look around London, what's
the hurry?" So, Medge and Mare are staying back in London today and
will be going on a tour of the city and also visiting some management schools
which have invited them over as honorary guests. And if you dabba has been
late for lunch today, you know whom to blame!
