«Breaking News» The Queen's favourite tree to stop for dram of whisky while hunting is revealed in photo exhibition

A new photo exhibition has given a rare glimpse into the life of the Queen and depicts the tree she likes to visit with a dram of whiskey. 

As part of an exhibition on trees, photographer Adrian Houston found out that the Queen would visit the tree with the drink during her November hunting escapades in the grounds of Helmingham Hall in Suffolk.

Adrian Houston, whose work has been exhibited at the National Gallery, asked people about their favourite trees and Lord Tollemache, owner of the hall answered, 'the Queen's oak', alluding to the great oak in his grounds.

Lord Tollemache said the Queen would shelter under the tree on her annual visits in November when she went walking in Helmingham Park.

Queen Elizabeth ll liked to stop for a tipple under an oak tree at Helmingham Hall in Suffolk

The tree has been dubbed the 'Queen's oak' by Lord Tollemache, who owns the land around

The exhibition has also managed to shine a light on the Queen's hunting habits.

'He's got this amazing house in Suffolk, with a drawbridge which goes up at 6 o'clock in the evening,' Houston said. 

'The Queen used to go shooting there every winter and that particular tree, a dead oak tree - when they start getting old they rot from the centre so it is hollow – and she used to shelter in the hollow and have a little whisky during the day.' 

Another tree that played host to a Royal tipple was cedar of Lebanon that once stood in the garden of Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons, a five star hotel and restaurant in Oxfordshire owned by head chef, Raymond Blanc. 

Lord Tollemache is made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order by the Queen 

Helmingham Hall built by John Tollemache in 1480 has been owned by the family since

Another stunning photo from Adrian's exhibition which is showing until September 28

'The greatest memory I have of it is when the Queen Mother and her entourage of knights and ladies-in-waiting drank champagne and Dubonnet in its shadows,' Blanc writes in his accompanying notes at the exhibition of Houston's work called A Portrait of the Tree. 

The exhibition is being hosted at the Unit gallery in Hanover Square, London, until September 28. 

Houston said he's been working on the project for the last five years and money raised from it will be split between charities Future Trees Trust, which works on improving disease resilience, and Trees for Cities, which aims to plant 700,000 urban trees across the world.

'The things they have seen in their lives must be incredible,' Houston told The Times.

'We all take trees for granted but there is so much tree disease around and there is not enough money to research properly and do something about it.' 

Adrian posts his stunning pictures to his Instagram account.

The exhibition is being hosted at Unit gallery in Hanover Square, London, until September 28

Adrian Houston's photography series has revealed Queen Elizabeth's hunting habits

 

 

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