What does the Queen eat for breakfast?

What does the Queen eat for breakfast? Did you know that the monarch enjoys a pre-breakfast each day? We're so copying this. House and Garden reported that the Queen starts her day with Earl Grey tea – minus milk and sugar – and a side of biscuits alongside her corgis.
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What is the Queen's Favourite breakfast?

Queen Elizabeth prefers to keep it simple when it comes to breakfast. A bowl of Special K with some assorted fruits is apparently her go-to meal to get the day started the right way. On special occasions, she allegedly will treat herself to some scrambled eggs and smoked salmon if she feels like it!
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What is the Queen's favorite food?

"She is absolutely a chocoholic," McGrady told Hello! magazine in 2016. "Anything we put on the menu that had chocolate on, she would choose, especially chocolate perfection pie [a layered chocolate pie with white and dark chocolate and chocolate shavings]."
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What time does Queen Elizabeth eat dinner?

Her Majesty also enjoys warm scones with cream and jam and a slice of Dundee fruit cake. After tea, the Queen returns to her office for an hour to wrap up the day's work. Unless Her Majesty must attend an event in the evening, she will typically retire to her room at 6 pm and ready herself for dinner at 8 pm.
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What did royals eat for breakfast?

Former royal chef Darren McGrady also previously told the Telegraph the Queen is a fan of cereal band Special K with fruit. Scrambled eggs and smoked salmon also top the Queen's list of beloved brekkies, with a special truffle topping making an appearance around Christmas time.
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Here's What Queen Elizabeth Typically Eats In A Day



Does the Queen eat junk food?

The Queen. Yes, the Queen gets the occasional takeaway! According to The Sun, the monarch is rather partial to fish and chips and sometimes treats herself to dinner from the local chippy when staying at Balmoral. A footman is reportedly sent to pick up her meal from nearby town Ballater.
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Does the Queen eat cereal?

Options include marmalade on toast, scrambled brown eggs with smoked salmon and her favourite cereal Special K. Her Majesty, who has her cereal stored in a plastic container in order to keep it fresh, is also said to give her cereal the royal treatment by adding fresh fruit.
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What time does Queen go to bed?

Reportedly, the Queen goes to sleep at 11pm every night before waking up at 7.30am - clocking in an impressive eight and a half hours sleep. It's also said the monarch is fond of reading before she retires for the night, a proven way to improve sleep quality and reduce stress.
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Why does Royals sleep in separate beds?

Well, it's just practical. Prince Philip's cousin, Lady Pamela, explained in Sally's biography: “In England, the upper class always have had separate bedrooms. You don't want to be bothered with snoring or someone flinging a leg around. Then when you are feeling cozy you share your room sometimes.
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What is Queen Elizabeth's favorite dessert?

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.
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Does the Queen eat bread?

Darren confessed, "It's only when she's entertaining guests that the Queen has a banquet with lobster and caviar and things like that, but the rest of the time it's just healthy eating – a little bit of grilled fish with some salad. "One of her favourites is Jam Pennies, they're just bread and jam."
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Does the Queen eat her meals alone?

Queen Elizabeth has some unexpected dining habits

Perhaps the secret to Elizabeth's long rule is her healthy, low carb dinner habit. The royal is said to never eat starches while dining alone – meaning pasta, potatoes and rice are off the menu. We wish we had the discipline!
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What is Queen Elizabeth's favorite sandwich?

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Former royal chef Darren McGrady said that the monarch prefers hers without buns, eaten with a knife and fork and served with cranberries rather than ketchup ... resulting in Foodhub creating a "Ma'amburger" in her honor.
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What kind of biscuits does Queen Elizabeth eat?

'Chocolate biscuit cake [made with McVitie's Rich Tea biscuits] is her favourite, but a chocolate éclair or a slice of chocolate perfection pie works too. '
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What does the Queen do with her old clothes?

She secretly donates her clothes

What does Queen Elizabeth do with her old clothes? According to Brian Hoey, the author of Not Infront of the Corgis, Her Majesty donates her old clothes to her dressers, who are then allowed to either wear it themselves or sell it.
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What does the Queen do all day?

The Queen manages to attend hundreds of royal engagements each year – though she is slowing down a little, ranging from visits to schools, military units, newly opened hospitals, and charity headquarters. She really does lead a varied life.
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Do royals bathe themselves?

It's believed that the royals prefer to avoid taking showers, due to their belief that they're for members of the working class. In other royal news, Kate Middleton wore a pair of £2 earrings and debuted brand new hair on her first day back at work since turning 40.
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Why was Diana a princess but Kate is not?

On her children's birth certificates, Kate's occupation is listed as 'Princess of the United Kingdom', but her status as Princess is through marriage rather than birth.
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Did Elizabeth and Philip sleep in the same bed?

They slept in separate beds

As etiquette expert Lady Pam and Her Majesty's cousin explained in a biography about her relative: "In England, the upper class always have had separate bedrooms. You don't want to be bothered with snoring or someone flinging a leg around.
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What does the Queen do for fun?

Stamp Collecting. Perhaps this is a hobby of Queen Elizabeth's that will come as less of a surprise to most people. Stamp collecting is one of the world's most popular hobbies and is done in all cultures all over the world. Queen Elizabeth, herself appears on several stamps, so it makes sense she has a collection!
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Did the Queen Mum drink a lot?

According to Adrian Tinniswood's new book Behind the Throne: A Domestic History of the Royal Household, per the Daily Mail, the Queen Mum — born Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon — enjoyed “steady, rather than excessive” consumption of alcohol.
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What is the Queen's Favourite Colour?

Revealed: Why blue is the Queen's favourite colour... and why she doesn't like beige. Many have wondered what Her Majesty's favourite colour is - until now. Vogue magazine has studied every outfit she has worn in the last 12 months and found that blue is known as royal for a reason.
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What is Queen Elizabeth's favorite soup?

Mark Flanagan, a chef who has worked in Buckingham Palace since 2002, discussed the Queen's favorite dish in a documentary for ITV called “Queen of the World,” and he reports that the Queen is especially fond of a popular Caribbean dish: callaloo soup. It is known as pepperpot soup in Jamaica.
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Does Queen Elizabeth wear the same outfit twice?

The Queen can only repeat an outfit 2 or 3 times before it's redesigned or reserved for private events. The letter F. An curved arrow pointing right. Unlike Kate Middleton, Queen Elizabeth rarely wears the same outfit twice.
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Does the Queen eat out of Tupperware?

"Yes, sometimes… but at Balmoral she'd eat fruit from a plastic yellow Tupperware container." He also revealed that she'd usually have a "simple" breakfast of Kellogg's cereal from a plastic container, along with a cup of Darjeeling tea.
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