King Bean and Queen Pea
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King Bean and Queen Pea
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 6 Jan 2013
King Bean and Queen Pea (either side of the mace bearer) are chosen at the end of the Mummers play, being the people who find a bean and a pea in the cakes that are handed out. The King and Queen are then crowned for the day as part of the general revelry, and 'Twelfth Cake' or 'King's Cake' (referring to the three Magi) was once very popular in London.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.508142
Longitude
-0.09576