Lancashire's luxury chocolatiers Beech's have launched a chocolate bar fit for a king - quite literally!
The Preston chocolate makers welcomed royalty to their factory in Fletcher Road. Visiting from rural Eti-Oni in Nigeria was His Majesty Oba Dokun Thompson Gureje IV and his Queen Angelique-Monét and her puppet 'Milk the Cow'.
The Preston chocolate makers welcomed royalty to their factory in Fletcher Road. Visiting from rural Eti-Oni in Nigeria was His Majesty Oba Dokun Thompson Gureje IV and his Queen Angelique-Monét and her puppet 'Milk the Cow'.
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00:00 Well, Your Majesty, what will be the benefits of the partnership between yourself and your
00:07 community back home in Nigeria and Beaches Choclo?
00:10 Well, first of all, it's an exciting partnership.
00:14 It brings international exchange and also helping to create the Coco culture along with
00:22 the vision of His Majesty.
00:23 That's right, His Majesty.
00:24 The Ohlone, Ovetione, Gorgega IV over to Cook Thompson and most importantly, we're proud
00:32 of our Coco and we're proud of our Coco farmers and being generations.
00:38 We have the oldest Coco plantation in Nigeria and so we're also excited that this is the
00:46 first time children will have a candy dog.
00:52 Yes, it's the first time that children in our community will have a candy bar.
00:58 So that's so exciting for us.
01:00 So does Milka have any message for the people of Preston and Lancashire going forward?
01:05 Thank you for welcoming us.
01:07 We welcome you to Etione in Eshoon State.
01:11 Wow, we're very much looking forward to that partnership and we love you.
01:17 That's right.
01:18 Milka the cow, Gorgega IV and we want you to love our chocolate.
01:25 I think that's a great message.
01:27 And the other thing is what's beautiful about the chocolate is, would you like to read the
01:33 back of the bar?
01:37 That's right, darling.
01:38 A gift of heritage from the land of Etione, every purchase helps the Coco farmers achieve
01:45 the vision of the Ohlone of Etione, His Majesty Ogadukun Tonsen Gorgega III to transform the
01:54 rural Coco community into a sustainable, noddle, smart town.
02:02 Thank you very much, Your Majesty.
02:03 And thank you very much, Milka.
02:04 Of course, darling.
02:05 Delicious!
02:05 Darling, delicious.
02:07 Kiss.
02:07 - I'm just kidding.