The dinner has been in the works for nearly two years, according to Tucci’s recently released memoir. In his memoir, What I Ate in One Year, Tucci details his year of eating in 2023—which included filming the Oscar-nominated film Conclave in Italy. A few passages, however, discuss this dinner for King Charles.

Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images It’s not every day that food royalty comes face-to-face with actual royalty. But that’s exactly what happened when King Charles III and Queen Camilla hosted Stanley Tucci,

King Charles praises the culture of Italian cooking as he hosts a dinner ahead of a state visit to Italy.

King Charles and Queen Camilla hosted the actor at Highgrove for a dinner using British ingredients blended with Italian culinary traditions