The Royal Family’s unexpected favourite food and meals laid bare

The Royal Family is lucky enough to try some of the best cuisines from around the world.

Although they may live remarkable lives full of experiences many of us could only dream of, they have normal tastebuds just like everyone else.

Nevertheless, their choices may surprise many.

While Princess Anne enjoys tucking into salty fish for breakfast, Queen Camilla’s best-loved meal is one that most of have the ingredients for in our cupboard.

Here, Express.co.uk takes a closer look at the often surprising foods and meals adored by the Royal Family.

Much like his younger brother, the Prince of Wales is a big fan of chicken with the brothers loving it with crispy skin. The future King is said to be a fan of traditional dishes such as lasagne.

He also likes a rare Swiss delicacy called Kaltbach, a creamy cheese made using fresh cream and cow’s milk.

It’s well known that the Princess of Wales is a big fan of spice and curry. When she was pregnant with Prince George, she would reportedly tuck into a spicy Indian vegetable curry made locally in Upper Bucklebury village in Berkshire.

Although Kate is very healthy, when it comes to sweet treats, she enjoys tucking into a sticky toffee pudding whereas her husband of 12 years likes to have chocolate biscuits.

During a visit to Great Ormond Street Hospital, the Princess revealed her unusual favourite snack as a child. She told a four-year-old patient in 2018: “I used to eat lots and lots of olives when I was little as well.”

According to the Daily Mail, Princess Charlotte is already following her mother’s footsteps and frequently tucks into the unusual snack.

It seems the little royal’s refined taste does not end there as she enjoys making cheesy pasta sauces from scratch with the help of her older brother. Kate has also revealed in the past that her children enjoy “getting their hands messy” and making pizza dough.

Harry not only made revelations about his own eating habits in his book but his father’s too. The Duke revealed that King Charles likes snacking on crackers with “shredded basil”.

He described the immaculate spread laid out when the Monarch met Meghan, writing: “We came to a round table laid with a white cloth. Beside it stood a trolley with tea: honey cake, flapjacks, sandwiches, warm crumpets, crackers with some creamy spread, shredded basil — Pa’s favourite.”

Although Charles enjoys the simpler things in life — his favourite food is a boiled egg — his best-loved meal is slightly more high-brow.

Royal Editor Russell Myers, speaking on Lorraine last year, said: “His ideal meal is wild mushroom risotto with organic lamb. But the mushrooms obviously must be foraged from his own estate.”

Former royal chef Darren McGrady recalled how the King would encourage staff to venture out onto the Firm’s Balmoral estate in Scotland and collect mushrooms. He added: “We brought them back to Buckingham Palace and they were the most amazing porcini mushrooms.”

The Monarch has however banned foie gras, a delicacy made from duck and goose where the animal is force-fed to enlarge its liver, from under his roof as his chefs are barred from buying it.

One of the Queen’s Consort’s best-loved meals is cheap, easy to make and loved by many Brits.

Camilla is a big fan of beans on toast although she is picking about the brand as she always opts for Heinz. It seems she loves the British classics as her other favourite dish is fish and chips.

In an interview with her son Tom Parker Bowles for You magazine last year, the Queen said: “One of my favourite foods is baked beans on toast. Always Heinz. And freshly cooked fish and chips, wrapped in paper. That smell. You cannot beat proper fish and chips.”

Camilla also laid out her dislikes which may surprise many. She “avoids” staples like chilli and garlic and also “cannot bear” peppers regardless of whether they are raw or cooked.

She added: “I’m not a fan of offal either, aside from very good liver.”

The Princess Royal appears to have an acquired taste which might repel some as she gravitates towards having kippers for breakfast. Anne made the revelation about her love of the salty fish in a letter sent to Fortune Kippers, a 140-year-old company based in Whitby, Yorkshire.

When feeding guests, Anne is down to earth, offering up pork pies or “anything Fray Bentos”, a brand of tinned meat, according to the Daily Mail.

But when she is pushing the boat out, she often serves game. When she guest-edited Country Life in 2020 to mark her 70th birthday, Anne revealed that devilled pheasant was her go-to dinner.

The recipe included involved poaching the pheasants before taking them off the bone, shredding the meat and keeping it warm in the fridge in the poaching juices. Whipped cream is added before it is left in the hour to stiffen before mixing through a generous dollop of Green Label mango chutney.