What is the Queen not allowed to eat?

Royal Family Members Can't Eat Shellfish, Potatoes, or Pasta in Public. Next time you're tempted to marry a royal, remember these facts. In some respects, it makes sense that the royal family must follow intense rules.
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What does the Queen not eat?

Mr McGrady worked at Buckingham Palace as a royal chef from 1982 to 1993, and he told The Telegraph: “No potatoes, rice or pasta for dinner.” The Queen is reportedly not a fan of carbohydrates, so they are never present at the dinner table for any members of the Royal Family.
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What can the royal family not eat?

The Queen personally dislikes onions and garlic, so those items are seldom found in the royal kitchen. During an appearance on MasterChef Australia, Camilla herself confirmed the latter after being asked what foods royals won't eat. “I hate to say this, but garlic,” the Duchess of Cornwall said.
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Can the Queen eat seafood?

Previously Prince Charles has sometimes broken the rule to sample shellfish—but the Queen has always stuck by the no seafood rule. It's sure to be a tricky realization for foodie Meghan, who previously confessed that seafood would feature in her 'ideal food day'.
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Does Queen Elizabeth eat pizza?

Former royal chef Darren McGrady revealed in 2020 that Queen Elizabeth II has never eaten pizza, at least during his 15-year tenure with the family. McGrady claimed the queen has a no-carbohydrates diet, which could be why she doesn't eat pizza.
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Does the Queen eat chocolate?

"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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Does the Queen eat ice cream?

Eating an apple at a royal banquet isn't easy!

Darren reveals how at Buckingham Palace, her Majesty eats a course of dessert fruit after her pudding, which is what we know to be sweet foods like tarts, mousses and ice cream.
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Can the Queen eat spaghetti?

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Does the Queen eat chips?

A former personal chef for Queen Elizabeth revealed the interesting way Her Royal Highness likes to eat her fish and chips. Darren McGrady, who served as the Queen's chef at Buckingham Palace in the 1980s and 1990s, said he would prepare the fish baked and bread-crumbed, not deep-fried and battered.
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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 spicy food?

In 2000, the BBC revealed that the royal entourage is banned from eating "any food that is too spicy or exotic." There is a risk they won't like it or it might make them ill. The Queen, for example, is said to despise spicy foods.
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Can the Queen eat garlic?

Garlic and onions are banned from the royal table. Despite being the key ingredients to lots of tasty dishes, the Queen reportedly loathes them. Plus, it's considered poor manners to have unpleasant breath when meeting new people.
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What the Queen eats every day?

She is also partial to a simple grilled chicken with salad - a low carbohydrate option. Then, in the late afternoon, McGrady says, the Queen will have an afternoon tea. (The Queen always has scones with jam and clotted cream - and she puts jam on first).
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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 fruit?

Strawberries. The Queen reportedly loves strawberries, but she refuses to eat them if they are not in season and locally sourced. Darren McGrady revealed that when she is in Balmoral for the Summer, she adores eating this tasty 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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What is the Queen's Favourite food?

On YouTube, McGrady explained: “She'd always have afternoon tea wherever she was in the world.” He said that her favourite food was: “Morecambe Bay potted shrimp on toast” adding in an interview with Hello Magazine that she “is absolutely a chocoholic.”
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Has the Queen ever eaten a kebab?

The Queen tucked into a takeaway doner kebab with all the trimmings after accepting a dare from Prince Harry, we can reveal today. She munched through half of the feast, which was delivered to the Sandringham Estate, her country retreat in Norfolk, by a wide-eyed kebab shop worker in his beaten-up old Nissan Micra.
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Does the Queen dress herself?

According to The Express, the answer is yes. The outlet noted that “Up to 12 people staff the queen's wardrobe department for big occasions including three dressmakers, a milliner and four dressers whose job it is to help the queen get dressed as well as keep her clothes in pristine condition.”
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Why can't royals play Monopoly?

MANY families will settle down for a game of Monopoly this Christmas, but not the royals as the Queen has banned them from playing. The popular board game is beloved by many, but the Monarch claims it "gets too vicious" so forbids the game altogether.
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Does the Queen eat meat?

The Queen is reportedly not a fan of rare meat - according to former royal chef Darren McGrady, she likes her meat well done. Royals are also prohibited from eating foods containing raw meat such as steak tartare when on official engagements to avoid food poisoning.
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Does the Queen eat dairy?

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. She then takes her main breakfast in her private dining room in Buckingham Palace; cereal, yoghurt, toast and marmalade are said to be the mother-of-four's favourites.
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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 is the Queen's Favourite fruit?

Along with chocolate, the Queen enjoys some strawberries or peaches for dessert.
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What sweets does the Queen eat?

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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