King Charles: Foie gras banned at royal residences- PublishedThere will be no foie gras served in royal residences, a letter from Buckingham Palace to animal rights campaigners has confirmed.The King's household wrote to the Peta campaign group that foie gras was not bought or served in royal residences.King Charles, when he was Prince of Wales, had been an advocate of higher welfare standards in farming and for over a decade had stopped the use of foie gras in his own properties and had been instrumental in a wider ban across royal residences.The animal rights group has backed a "cruelty free" alternative called "faux gras" and is sending some of this to the King, which it says is in recognition of his "compassionate policy".But it will certainly not be on the menu next week for the first state visit of King Charles's reign, when he hosts a state banquet in Buckingham Palace for the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa."