SAVE HISTORIC INSTITUTION

KORMA on your majesty - and save our curry! That's the message from the Daily Star as we launched a bid to get Charles III to rescue the UK's oldest Indian restaurant. Earlier this week we revealed that London's iconic eatery Veeraswamy, which dates back to 1926, faces being turned into offices by landlord the Crown Estate. But we reckon it's a naan too clever idea. Here JAMES MOORE dishes up a dozen reasons why curry is central to British life...

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Poppadum well: Brits have had a passion for curry for centuries. The country’s first curry house opened in London in 1810 and even Queen Victoria was a fan, enjoying a chicken curry.

We vinda-love it: Today, a whopping 23million of us eat curry regularly and a poll found one in six of us would rather have it than traditional Christmas dinner.

Chilli thriller: Curry now beats spaghetti bolognese and roasts as our favourite food to make at home, according to another study.