EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW AND PHOTOS
HARRIET HASTINGS
CREATING A CORONATION COLLECTION
WE MEET THE LUXURY BISCUIT BOSS WITH SWEET TREATS FIT FOR A KING
King Charles III has been depicted in many ways to celebrate his coronation, but one of the most extraordinary images created for this historic moment is of a monarch wearing a crown and ermine robes – in the form of an exquisitely iced ginger biscuit. Jolly Ginger, as he’s known, is part of a coronation collection that also features an iced sceptre and orb, the glittering Gold State Coach and a mouth-watering Westminster Abbey, alongside royal-themed chocolates and macarons bearing the King’s cypher, CiiiR. The woman behind these creations is Harriet Hastings, the founder of luxury confectionery firm Biscuiteers, which has also made delectable ranges for royal weddings and babies, as well as for the Queen’s Diamond and Platinum Jubilees.
Producing three million hand- made biscuits a year – including 50,000 for the coronation alone – the brand counts Sarah, Duchess of York, Adele, the Beckhams, Nigella Lawson, Robbie Williams and Claudia Winkleman among its greatest fans.
‘Camilla is great — very fun and friendly. She’s passionate about books, so we iced some biscuits like covers’
SUCCESS STORY
And as Harriet prepares lunch with daughter Holly at their 16thcentury home in Suffolk, she exclusively invites hello! into the idyllic country retreat where her success story began.