Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq. wrote:

> When the present Queen of England came to the throne in 1952 one of
> the first things Prince Philip (her husband) did was to have
> "kitchenettes" installed in the private quarters of both Buckingham
> palace and Windsor castle. The Queen don't cook but Philip does and
> according to gossip has a fascination with kitchen 'gadgets'. But
> supposedly it irked him to have to call a footman, order a sandwich
> and coffee and have to waite an hour or more for it, but then he also
> likes to cook family breakfasts and is an avid BBQ'er.

Good for him. Seems it was quite common a hundred and more years ago to
have the kitchen set apart from the rest of the house. It was often done
because of the need for chimneys, firewood, water from the well. Even a
mansion would only be 50 feet or so, between eating and coking not the
distance of the castles mentioned.