Fitzrovia

This year's Christmas broadcast was delivered in the Fitzrovia Chapel in London, the first time a venue outside a royal residence had been used for over a decade.

It was recorded in the Fitzrovia Chapel, central London, which once served as the chapel of the Middlesex Hospital.

The location for the traditional Christmas Day broadcast is the Fitzrovia Chapel in central London, which once served as the chapel of the Middlesex Hospital.

That first speech was scripted by Rudyard Kipling, who lay in state in the Fitzrovia Chapel before his funeral in Westminster Abbey.

Around the corner from Akoko in London's Fitzrovia neighbourhood another West African chef is also basking in pride.