Queen Victoria was Given the World’s Largest Cheddar Wheel as a Wedding Present
In 1840, then British monarch Queen Victoria received what was at the time the world’s largest wheel of cheddar cheese as a wedding present. The cheese measured over 9ft in circumference and 20 inches in depth. The makers requested that their gift to the queen be exhibited for all to see; Victoria agreed, on the condition that she did not have to take back the smelly, rotten thing after the exhibition had finished. Good call.