The earliest official reference to the tavern now known as The Queens Larder is from a deed drawn up in 1710. The simple Ale House was transferred from hand to hand starting with a London Stationer and eventually ending up in the hands of a Carpenter named Kendrick.
It was during this era that our reigning sovereign, King George III, began to be affected by mental illness, and for a while stayed privately in Queen Square under the care of Dr Willis.
The treatment was helped by the kings consort, Queen Charlotte, who rented out cellars found beneath the present tavern in which she stored special delicacies for her ailing husband.
Later in George’s reign, when the Ale House became a tavern, it was named The Queens Larder in honour on Queen Charlotte.