I just read this article in El Mundo (in Spanish) about the leaders of the G8 dining together in Tokyo to discuss how to solve the problems of world hunger, increasing food costs, and food shortages (amongst other issues). The meal? Nineteen courses. It’s good to be the king(s).
Of course, I have recently written about excellent meals myself in Rome and Paris.
Grave Error 
Yes, it is always good to be the aristocrat or oligarch … it beats being one of plebeians.
Tutto salutino il sovrano!!!