Kerri WaldronPrincess Anne is known to be the hardest working royal – last year alone, she conducted a whopping 457 official engagements. To fuel her busy days, she relies on a good breakfast – but her choice of food first thing certainly isn’t for everyone.
No-nonsense Anne – who has been taken to hospital after suffering an accident at her Gatcombe estate home – is said to prefer healthy, simple food rather than rich and decadent dishes. And much like her brother, King Charles, she will often skip lunch, preferring to grab something on the go if she does feel peckish.
We take a close look at her daily diet, including her very unusual breakfast…
Breakfast
According to palace staff, Anne likes to start her day with a bowl of fruit, although it does come with a strange request. It’s been widely claimed that Anne prefers her bananas to be overripe and even going mouldy.
Darren McGrady, a former chef to the royals, previously told TODAY: “Princess Anne almost always preferred the bananas almost black – over ripe – because they digested easier.”
Royals traditionally always eat with cutlery, meaning Anne needs her prepared in a specific way. Darren continued: “First, the ends of the banana are cut off. Then the banana peel is sliced down the middle from end to end so the unpeeled fruit can be opened.
“The fruit is sliced into circles and eaten with a fork.”
Lunch
Anne is believed to skip lunch – but she does carry snacks in her handbag when she’s on the go. Her daughter, Zara Tindall , once revealed: “She always has a kiwi fruit.”
The ‘superfruit’ has more vitamin C than an orange plus a large dose of vitamin K – and can aid the digestion of meat and other protein.
Princess Anne is also known to enjoy kippers – and once sent a complimentary letter to Fortune Kippers, a 140-year-old company based in Whitby, North Yorkshire, about their salty fish.
The company’s website reveals: “Members of the Royal Family have also been known to enjoy our kippers and HRH the Princess Anne has written to Barry and Derek telling them how much she enjoys their kippers.”
The Princess Royal is probably fond of an afternoon tea too, just like her late mother.
Dinner
Princess Anne does occasionally enjoy a fancy dinner – and her favourite dish was revealed when she guest-edited an edition of Country Life magazine for her 70th birthday in 2020.
Anne’s perfect meal is devilled pheasant, and the Ritz’s Executive Chef, John Williams, shared the decadent-yet-simple recipe,
John explained: “Basically, a couple of whole pheasants are poached, then taken off the bone, shredded and kept warm in the poaching juices.
“You just add freshly whipped cream, left in the fridge for an hour to stiffen, mixed with a good amount of Green Label mango chutney.”
British game is typically leaner and higher in protein than typical farmed meats – and tends to have more flavour.
John added that Anne’s perfect accompaniment is Sharwood’s Green Label chutney, adding: “I went out and found that especially!”
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Source: bing.com
