You may expect The Queen to only have a taste for the finer things in life but it seems she is just like everyone else when it comes to having certain food preferences.
Her Majesty is known to prefer simple dishes packed full of fruit and vegetables over meals involving rich sauces and lots of flavour. While The Queen is perhaps one of the best-travelled nonagenarians in the world and has sampled hundreds of different types of food, it is only expected that she will have come across something that she does not like. And one of her food aversions is surprisingly relatable and is something that we can imagine she shares with her great-grandchildren, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
You would be forgiven for confusing The Queen’s food avoidance with that of a fussy toddler because, believe it or not, Her Majesty has the crusts cut off of her sandwiches.
Former royal chef Owen Hodgson told The Telegraph : “A chef told me off for serving the sandwiches with crusts."
For the curious amongst you, Queen Elizabeth's favourite sandwich is tuna mayo. She likes it made with thin slices of cucumber and a sprinkle of pepper.
But having no crusts is a simple step compared to another food-related requirement that links to centuries of royal history.
In the documentary Secrets of the Royal Kitchen, former royal chef Graham Newbould revealed: "The royals never have square sandwiches because tradition has it that anyone presenting them with pointed-edged food is trying to overthrow the throne of England."
Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, is also said to have subscribed to superstitious beliefs at meal times as he allegedly believed eating coffin-shaped food was unlucky.
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There is also another snack the 96-year-old monarch reportedly enjoys every morning that would certainly go down a treat with her great-grandchildren.
The Queen's love of chocolate has been well recorded with a former royal chef, Darren McGrady, referring to her as a "chocoholic".
He previously revealed that if there is something containing chocolate on the menu, The Queen will go for it, with her favourites being chocolate perfection pie and chocolate biscuit cake.
But McGrady also detailed how the monarch will always enjoy a few biscuits when she first wakes up in the morning. McGrady explained that her treat of choice was Chocolate Bath Olivers.
While we expect that the royal children enjoy the fact that their great-grandmother is something of a picky eater, they are certainly not allowed to be.
Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis are all being raised under the watchful eye of their nanny Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo.
Ms Borrallo comes from the city of Palencia in Spain and received her formal training at the prestigious Norland College in Bath.
She has been the nanny to the Cambridge children since they were small, having started working for the family when George was eight-months-old in 2014.
The college website reads: “Norland offers world-class training to those aspiring to be the very best professional childcare practitioners.” Louise Heren, author of ‘Nanny in a Book’, spoke to The Sun to explain what life is like for the three young royals.
“There will be no messing,” Heren explained to the paper. “That’s because Maria will be aware that as they step off planes, holding mum’s hands, smiling and waving to the crowds, there can’t be any crying or terrible twos or tantrums.”
She added that picky eaters will not be tolerated. The children are expected to try everything that is put in front of them, this is because they will have to sample a variety of foods at official events when they are older.
