According to Hello!, former royal footman Charles Oliver documented Philip's love affair with food, stating that the prince traveled everywhere with an electric glass-lidded frying pan so he could cook up his usual breakfasts that included bacon, eggs, sausages, and even kidneys.
Key takeaways. Prince Philip had a ritualistic approach to his daily routine. He started his day with a cup of coffee and a shower. High tea was served at the Palace at 5 p.m., and dinner was relaxed.
Breakfast. Queen Elizabeth prefered to keep it simple when it came to breakfast. A bowl of Special K with some assorted fruits was apparently her go-to meal to get the day started the right way. On special occasions, she allegedly treated herself to some scrambled eggs and smoked salmon if she felt like it!
Chef Darren McGrady once told Delish that Prince Philip's entree of choice was salmon coulibiac. The Russian dish consists of salmon and vegetables stuffed into a puff pastry.
For breakfast she keeps things simple. Royal biographer, Katie Nicholl, has previously said: "HRH typically starts with a simple cup of tea and biscuits, followed by a bowl of cereal." (The Guardian previously reported she likes to keep it in Tupperware to preserve its freshness.)
One of Kate Middleton's favorite breakfast foods is oatmeal. According to Marca, she eats a bowl of oatmeal every day in the morning, along with a nutrient-rich drink like a green smoothie. Over in the United Kingdom, residents sometimes call oatmeal "porridge," per Chef's Pick.
Darren, who also worked at Kensington Palace for four years, said of the Queen's savoury choices: "For a main course she loved game, things like Gaelic steak, fillet steak with a mushroom whisky sauce, especially if we did it with venison. The former royal chef revealed the Queen loves chocolate!
Queen Elizabeth adhered to a daily teatime meal; her preference for delicate sandwiches with the crusts cut off was well-publicized. Her favorite version was reported to be smoked salmon with cream cheese. If the old adage is true, one should eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dine like a pauper.
That's when the Princess of Wales' revealed that her preferred dish is kidney beans. Princess Kate asked Nora what her favorite food is. “Kidneys and brussels sprouts,” the 109-year-old stated proudly. “I love kidneys too!” the princess responded enthusiastically.
Reports are conflicting, but her former staff have cited her partiality to Darjeeling tea, as well as Assam and Earl Grey, with no sugar. If you're wondering what cereal The Queen ate, her choice was apparently Kellogg's Special K, although she also dabbled with Quaker Oats and Weetabix.
In England, cookies or crackers are called biscuits. A piece in Hello! revealed that her all-time favorite biscuits were Chocolate Bath Olivers which are crunchy cookies enrobed in chocolate. These treats are kind of a pre-breakfast.
The affinity for these little finger sandwiches extended into her adult life and throughout her reign. In fact, one of her former personal chefs declared that the Queen had eaten jam pennies every single day of her life since she was five years old.
Several sources report the Duke of Edinburgh completed the simple regime of equipment-free exercises on a daily basis—the workout even made an appearance in an episode of The Crown, a Netflix series about the reign of Prince Philip's wife, Queen Elizabeth II.
The prince credited his breakfast of scrambled eggs, haddock, and omelets for his longevity. For snacks, Philip whipped up dishes like scrambled eggs and smoked haddock, mushrooms sautéed in butter with bacon, Scotch woodcock with mushrooms, and omelets with bacon.
For most of her reign, the Queen was roused by the sound of bagpipes played beneath her window – at all her residences around the country. The Piper to the Sovereign for decades acted as a personal alarm clock, playing for 15 minutes each morning, as well as on state occasions.
According to the royal chef Darren, "Her favourite dish was bell peppers stuffed with zucchini, mushrooms, rice, garlic topped with Parmesan and mozzarella and finished with a smoked tomato and pepper sauce."
Though being her favorite, strawberries were by no means the only berries that the late Queen Elizabeth II would bring back to the kitchen at Balmoral. Along with her sister, the late Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth II would pick blueberries, raspberries, and fraises du bois.
When it's time to treat herself, McGrady revealed that all the Queen wants is a piece of chocolate biscuit cake. The cake is reportedly made in-house (or, more appropriately, in-palace), and Her Majesty consumes one slice per day.
chocolate biscuit cake from the British royal kitchen
Chocolate biscuit cake is Queen Elizabeth's favorite cake ~ she would take a small slice every day with her tea, until the cake was finished, and then she'd start on a fresh one!
“Every day she would have what we called a 'cut cake' – meaning she would cut a slice of it off – small cakes like eclairs or raspberry tartlets, and then scones: one day plain, the next day fruit. And two types of sandwiches: smoked salmon, or Sage Derby cheese and tomato, roast beef, or jam pennies.”
Below we look at ten of the Queen's favourite songs. Among them is “Sing”, which was co-written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and performed by Barlow and the Commonwealth Band featuring the Military Wives. There are also two hymns on the list: “The Lord is My Shepherd” and “Praise, My Soul, The King of Heaven”.
McGrady also shared that pasta is forbidden (albeit only at dinner time) by Her Majesty too, as she's not a fan of carbs in the evening. "When she dines on her own she's very disciplined. No starch is the rule.
In an interview with Us Weekly, chef Darren McGrady said that Queen Elizabeth never once requested pizza (via Us Magazine). The former palace chef explained he began to make the classic Italian dish when he moved to Kensington Palace to cook for Princess Diana, sharing that Prince William was a big fan of the food.