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As records in the national archives show, more than 2,600 gift parcels were distributed in this era of austerity and rebuilding; much of London was still rubble and the country was reeling from two world wars. The food parcels included items such as soap, butter, dried egg, honey, marmalade, bacon and beef. Seventy-six years later, and the King has once again turned his philanthropic efforts to the nation’s mealtimes. The jury is still out on dried egg and marmalade.
