What is the Queen's favorite sandwich?

According to the royal's former personal chef Darren McGrady, she loves eating her tried-and-true “jam penny” every day, which has been a staple in her diet for many years. The sandwich is simply made up of three ingredients: bread, jam and butter.
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What sandwiches does the Queen like?

Queen Elizabeth II has eaten jam sandwiches every day since she was a toddler, according to her former private chef. Darren McGrady claims on his YouTube channel that the monarch favours a strawberry preserve made from fruits picked in her Balmoral Castle grounds in Scotland.
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What was Queen Elizabeth's favorite jam sandwich?

The snack in question, jam pennies, is a crustless jam and butter sandwich cut into circles the size of an old English penny. The Queen's favorite was strawberry jam, preferably the one made with strawberries from the gardens of Balmoral Castle.
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What is the Queen's Favourite lunch?

Lunch for the Queen usually meant a simple plate of grilled meat or fish and vegetables: chicken with salad, perhaps, or Dover sole with wilted spinach or courgettes.
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What is the Queen Elizabeth's favorite food?

The former royal chef revealed the Queen loves chocolate!

"For a first course she loved the Gleneagles pâté, which is smoked salmon, trout and mackerel. She loved using ingredients off the estate and so if we had salmon from Balmoral from the River Dee, she'd have that, it was one of her favourites.
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Former Royal Chef Reveals Queen Elizabeth's Fave Meal And The One Thing She Hates



What was Princess Diana's favorite food?

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." "She asked for this dish several times a week."
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What's the Queen's favorite dessert?

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!
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What does the Queen like for breakfast?

Her Majesty favoured brown eggs

Dinner at Buckingham Palace revealed: "Kippers, in a number of uncomplicated variations, have remained a favourite with the Queen ever since – for breakfast, as a savoury or a late-night supper. The queen is also fond of smoked haddock as a breakfast dish."
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What is the Queen's Favourite meat?

The Queen's dinner

For dinner, The Queen usually enjoyed meat, such as a fillet of beef, venison or pheasant, or salmon from Sandringham or Balmoral. Interestingly, Prince Charles' former butler, Grant Harrold told MyLondon: “The Queen likes beef well done, which is really interesting.
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What scent does the Queen wear?

Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth wore Guerlain L'Heure Bleue, a spicy citrus with a powdery dry down. It's been a classic for the fragrance house ever since the scent was created in 1912.
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What cookies does the Queen eat?

These Buckingham Palace Shortbread Cookies are rich, tender, and buttery. They were among the late Queen Elizabeth's favorite sweets for her afternoon tea. This recipe is from the Buckingham Palance Pastry Chef, John Higgins.
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What is Queen Elizabeth's favorite cereal?

Queen Elizabeth II was a fan of an American cereal brand

Special K was introduced by Kellogg's in the US in 1955, early in the Queen's reign, and has seen its global popularity grow in the 67 years since. The company was given a royal warrant many years ago and is an official supplier to Buckingham Palace.
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What is Queen Elizabeth's least favorite food?

According to an interview McGrady gave to the DailyMail, the Queen hated garlic and forbade dishes containing the ingredient from being served at any table she was seated at. However, just as some royal family members love shellfish even though Her Majesty avoids it, the Queen's husband was a big fan of garlic.
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What sandwich does the Queen have everyday?

According to the royal's former personal chef Darren McGrady, she loves eating her tried-and-true “jam penny” every day, which has been a staple in her diet for many years. The sandwich is simply made up of three ingredients: bread, jam and butter.
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Does the Queen carry a sandwich in her bag?

"I always keep one for emergencies." "So do I. I keep mine in here," the Queen says, pulling a sandwich out of her trusty handbag, an accessory that she's rarely seen without.
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Does the Queen like fast food?

Speaking to Insider, McGrady recalled how the Queen would avoid fast food at all costs, and if she ever fancied takeaway food, royal chefs would create their own versions of the dishes.
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Does the Queen like pasta?

The royal family very rarely eat pasta. In fact, it's only really served on special occasions or at dinner parties. Apparently, it's all to do with it being too starchy and filling, and the Queen's simply not into that. The same goes for rice.
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What cheese does the Queen eat?

But it's Dairy Crest Limited who can claim not just the warrant, but also Elizabeth's favorite cheese of all: Cathedral City Cheddar (via Food Network).
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What is Queen Elizabeth's favorite fruit?

It is this terrain that also grew the Queen's favorite fruit, one of which she loved to pick herself: Wild strawberries.
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What soap does the Queen use?

Royal residences reportedly keep Yardley soaps on-hand, and per Marie Claire, private guests to Windsor Castle are given Yardley products, too.
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What sweets does the Queen eat?

No fussy truffles or trendy mash-up desserts for this world ruler, no, no. 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 ever do housework?

At her former primary residence, Buckingham Palace, and at her current home, Windsor Castle, the Queen has a staff on hand to take care of most of the chores we non-royals dread: The laundry. Vacuuming. Washing the dishes after a meal.
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What is the Queen's favorite ice cream?

The Queen's favourite ice cream bombe dessert recipe revealed by former royal chef Darren McGrady - and it's so decadent. How to make the Queen's favourite dessert: Former royal chef Darren McGrady shares the recipe for the chocolate and mint ice cream pudding, known as a Bombe Glacée Royale.
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What is the Queens Favourite cookie?

And Scottish shortbread is surely on the afternoon tea menu when the Queen is at Balmoral. Shortbread is the Queen's favorite cookie/biscuit.
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What's the Queen's favorite biscuit?

Favourite afternoon treat 'by far'

Little less known was her love of chocolate biscuit cake, typically returning to nibble on it until the entire cake was finished,​ according to Chef Darren McGrady, her former personal chef. He told Hello!
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