My bookish hen party at Fortnum and Masons 📖👰‍♀️ Afternoon tea and book shopping in London

A few bookish pre-wedding celebrations ✨ Come with me for a beautiful afternoon tea at Fortnum and Masons and book shopping at Hatchards! Featuring a small Penguin Clothbound Classics haul thanks to a Waterstones double stamp weekend 📖
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:01 Tea haul
1:36 Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
3:07 Emma by Jane Austen
4:12 Green Park
4:51 Afternoon Tea (Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon)
6:21 Hatchards Book shop
6:46 Waterstones Piccadilly
7:35 My two books
7:46 Tip me on Ko-Fi
Music: Waltzing in the Rye by Kai Engel is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
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[@bfranklin1052]

Cheers to you, Claire. What a wonderful hen party ☕🫖☕

[@grace2487]

Your walkabout videos always push London just a little higher up my list of places to visit 🫖

[@circleofleaves2676]

☕🫖☕ I was given some Fortnum and Mason tea awhile ago. I like the Afternoon Blend, it's a really lovely tea. I'm sitting down with a cup of tea and carrot cake right now. It's my birthday today and I spent it in the bush/forest (Australia). Day in the bush, night in the books. Now for some quiet cosy reading. I'm re-reading all of Virginia Woolf's novels in chronological order. I'm currently on To The Lighthouse. Glad you had such a good Hen party.

[@bellathereader1328]

Hen party, that’s a fun name for what we call a bachelorette party in the U.S. Very classy, a tea party and book shopping. Love it!!💐💖📚🫖

[@hilarycartlidge6135]

🫖☕ what a great idea for a hen party, tea and cakes with good friends and then beautiful books, discounted as if Waterstones heard about your situation and knew you were coming. Just gorgeous, as were the shots of a London park in spring, and those glamorous white buildings... I love the videos you make that show the places you frequent or those that are important to you. Really happy with the videos you're making. I always stay right to the end... what's a book without it's ending, keep logging the next chapter🏺

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you so much because they're definitely my favourites! This comment made my day ❤️

[@melissaholton5161]

Thoroughly enjoyed this! I'm "catching up" with your videos over the years. Looks like a fabulous hen party! Some day I will get to Hatchard's. 🫖📘📙📗

[@JacquelineCaron]

Happy (upcoming) Anniversary to you and Ben!! enjoyed watching your hen party at Fortnum & Mason!! 🫖☕📚💐

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you! 🫖

[@BookTalksWithMrsThomas]

Now I'm hungry. Thank you for these lovely sights. And your books are beautiful.

[@irhonda31]

Now, that’s my idea of a hen do (or bridal shower, as we say here in the US)! Just lovely! Too bad that Ariel could not have been there, too. 🫖

[@Claire_Fenby]

We had a lovely afternoon tea with just us two which was perfect 🫖

[@percydoeseverything]

What a absolute dream! ☕

[@carobriceno]

Lovely hen party! 💖🫖

[@AveyaC2012]

Excellent, thank you for sharing!

[@beckydoherty6276]

Love! ❤️☕️🫖

[@angiemcdermid4845]

🫖 loved this.

[@ornleifs]

This is actually my all time favourite thing to do in London - go to Piccadilly and go to Hatchards and browse books and buy some of course and then go next door to Fortnums and have scrumptious Afternoon Tea and read my books - pure heaven.

[@leilastackleather9927]

🫖Congratulations to you and Ben.

[@suzannegagne8692]

Perfect hen do!

[@Claire_Fenby]

It really was!

[@janegrace8743]

🫖thank you!

[@lovewithpassion95]

Loved this 🫖 ☕️

[@tamaravalero6037]

So lovely!

[@angelaw4904]

Beautiful video. 🫖👰

[@xMaria72x]

What a gorgeous day you had. Your friends and family know you well to plan such a perfect day for you! The symbolism of the books you bought is so lovely and you will treasure them for years to come! Wishing you and Ben all the best for your upcoming nuptials! 👰🏻‍♀️🫖☕️

[@lcb6534]

🫖☕️ lovely vlog!

[@michaelgarcia2973]

I enjoyed watching Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf in The Film The Hours by the way my sister is Bi-Polar just like Viginia Woolf and it would be great to visit Monks House to see the English Gardens there.

[@salomeleuenberger1592]

thanks for this aesthetic video! 🫖 so intrigued to hear that you will use a passage of emma for your readings at the wedding. i would love to hear more about how your incorporate your love of literature on that day as well if you don't mind sharing that!

[@Claire_Fenby]

I definitely plan on filming a wedding related video so absolutely! It will go up after our wedding so expect it in mid/late May. Thank you so much for watching ❤️

[@TheRitualofReading]

Beautiful day out, so lucky to have friends that know exactly how to make your day special 🙂 I've enjoyed this tremendously, thank you 🫖 Alexandra 🌷

[@cottagechaos2587]

Hatchards is now owned by Waterstones so one can get Waterstone's stamps there too!

[@Claire_Fenby]

It is indeed but only Waterstones had a double stamp day and I wanted the extra ones 😂

[@ingaurban404]

Teapot! (I couldn't find one)😊

[@jamiedianne6778]

What a perfect day! ☕️🫖 I love that you’re doing a reading from Emma on your wedding day! 🥰

[@Claire_Fenby]

Ariel read it beautifully too!

[@lesleyc4053]

🫖 this was so lovely and relaxing to watch and 100% put me in the mood for an afternoon tea!

[@keef5543]

🫖☕️ I love your Channel with all my heart 🖤 sent this to my girlfriend for ‘inspiration’ (basically love the idea of 2 goths having afternoon tea)

[@Claire_Fenby]

Yes!!!

[@KikiFu]

I'm so happy for you Claire!☕🫖☕ I love these types of videos. It's wonderful to be included in seeing you so joyous. A lovely double stamp Sunday ❤️📚

[@xcherry.inkx1950]

🫖☕ I'm so glad you had your hen party and that you are finally able to get married ✨

[@gogo_lopez]

Aaa this was such a dreamy start to my day 💕 The clothbound editions are do gorgeous, and that teahouse is to die for 🥺🫖☕

[@Claire_Fenby]

Fortnum and Masons is the most amazing place 🌸

[@Karoline12777]

Soooo peaceful ! Thank you

[@MegBookishRamblings]

I'm glad you had such a wonderful hen party. When I enjoy certain kinds of tea, I also like to have it in a variety of different ways. That tea tin is so pretty and the high tea was wonderful to get a glimpse of. I'm glad it was everything you were hoping for! ☕

[@CoynieReads]

Aww, Claire this was lovely! The dream hen party! 😍

[@samwright8599]

It doesn't have to be drunk essex girls though. Hen parties with the hen enjoying it is everything xx

[@Claire_Fenby]

I’m just allergic to the idea of a hen party 😅 Full respect to drunk women always

[@samwright8599]

@@Claire_Fenby totally

[@jessh8716]

☕️ what a lovely hen do idea

[@WhatVictoriaRead]

What a beautiful, perfect day! I’m so glad you got such a wonderful day! 🫖🫖🫖

[@sashahawkins]

This definitely looks like my ideal hen party too!!! Glad you had a great afternoon.

[@moonthe0ry]

So happy you had a wonderful time Claire! 🫖

[@eshaquiche21]

🫖 such a beautiful hen do!

[@ReadingNymph]

The perfect hen party! Love afternoon tea 🫖

[@happyinfloral]

🫖 this looked like such a lovely day! My ideal day in fact! Congratulations 💖

[@sallyandbooks545]

☕ oh my goodness what a perfect hen party 😍

[@sarafatyukhina6632]

🫖☕️ Congratulations on your upcoming wedding!

[@giselleescobedo6109]

🫖🫖 Congratulations Claire!!!

[@melanieholmes8153]

Such a beautiful video - just the perfect way to celebrate! 🫖 + 📚

[@mandys1954]

🫖 thank you for sharing your gorgeous books and lovely day out📚

[@gillwoolley6515]

What a lovely afternoon you had. Next year will be my 40th wedding anniversary, and this is something I would like to do. ☕️🫖

[@Claire_Fenby]

It was a wonderful day! The perfect way to celebrate your anniversary x

[@thedrolldiaries]

🫖 such a lovely hen party! I have the same Emma edition and clearly need to add the clothbound Mrs Dalloway to my collection now, too. :)

[@dibbledabble]

🫖 what a dreamy day and best wishes!

[@Mano-Wan]

🫖☕ Congrats on your upcoming nuptials ☺

[@arwamais]

🫖 🍵 so relaxing to watch…

[@thoroughlyenjoyedbooks8565]

This looks like such a lovely, soothing hen party. I love it! I hope everything goes smoothly with the wedding, at last!

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you Charr! It was perfect ❤️

[@CarolynsReadingRamblings]

🫖🫖🫖🫖☕☕☕☕ Congratulations Claire! This was lovely to watch😄

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you Carolyn!

[@heytherejuliee]

🫖 this looks like an amazing day, a real dream! Happy hen party, Claire!

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you! It was perfect

[@mariat.3961]

What a lovely day 🫖

[@BookishTexan]

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[@AlwaysLostInPages]

🫖 ☕️ a lovely vlog as always! You’ve convinced me to finally read Mrs Dalloway, the penguin clothbound edition is stunning!

[@Claire_Fenby]

I hope you enjoy it!

[@nanimaonovi2528]

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[@starr6198]

What a lovely idea! Just wanted to pop in to ask if you've picked up the Annotated Mrs. Dalloway. I think it's one you need for your collection. :)

[@Claire_Fenby]

I do indeed! I have a problem 😅😅

[@janethocevar3760]

I loved watching this video. You look so happy. I have been following you for about a year now and I am so happy that you finally get your wedding. I enjoy all your content. I love Emma but Mrs dalloway isn't a favourite of mine.

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you so much Janet!

[@beckya2527]

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[@babettedejong2975]

Seems like it was such a lovely day! 📚 (can't find the tea pot😅)

[@Claire_Fenby]

It was wonderful! Thank you 🫖

[@circlesofrainsarah]

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[@ann-kathrinmeyenburg7265]

🫖 What a wonderful „you“ Day!

[@rachaelrobinson2050]

🫖 I love the small intimate group you got to spend this special day with.

[@Claire_Fenby]

Some of the most important women in my life ❤️

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