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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Christine Ross

Former Lady-in-Waiting Reveals Queen Elizabeth II’s “Very Floral” Secret Chocolate Habit

Queen Elizabeth's favorite chocolates.

Despite being a major historical figure of the 20th and early 21st century, the late Queen Elizabeth II was just a girl. And like most girls, she loved chocolate. Her former royal chef once revealed she was a true chocoholic, and we now know the lengths Her Majesty was willing to go to protect her special treats.

In the ITV documentary, My Years With the Queen, Lady Pamela Hicks—the late Queen’s cousin and former lady-in-waiting—revealed that Queen Elizabeth always had a box of chocolates, but she had to hide them to keep them to herself. "She does have her own box of chocolates,” Lady Pamela shared in the documentary. The former lady-in-waiting shared that the late Queen “learnt to keep them in her room otherwise, she says the family are so greedy they all eat them before she can."

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