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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Kristin Contino

Former Royal Chef Shares the "Biggest Misconception" About Cooking for King Charles and Family

A butler fixing plates on a banquet table at Buckingham Palace.

The public doesn’t often see members of the Royal Family eating, and since the most visible display of a palace dinner would be the sumptuous state banquets at Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, it’s no wonder that visions of lavish ballrooms come to mind. But according to former royal chef Visen Anenden, typical royal meals are hardly extravagant.

“I think the biggest misconception is that when you work for the Royal Family, everything is grand, spectacular, and bling,” Anenden says, speaking on behalf of Heart Bingo Slots. “You think of money being thrown at everything.”

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