What does the Queen eat for Christmas? Kate, Meghan, Charles and Philip tuck into this
QUEEN ELIZABETH II, 92, is celebrating yet another Christmas with her family this year. What do she, Prince Philip, Prince Charles, Prince William, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton eat on the big day?
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Queen Elizabeth II may be the most senior royal but the monarch continues to enjoy Christmas with her family. Most Britons sit down to a roast dinner on Christmas day, eating turkey roast potatoes, Brussels sprouts and more. But what does the Queen eat today? An insider has revealed what Her Majesty actually tucks into.
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The typical Christmas Day meal for Britons across the country is roast turkey.
What does the Queen eat for Christmas?
Darren McGrady, former chef to Queen Elizabeth II, Diana Princess of Wales and Princes William and Harry told Cosmopolitan what the Queen has for Christmas dinner.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Queen Elizabeth II opts for tradition on the Christian holiday.
Darren McGrady said: “After church, that's when (the Royal Family) have a big lunch that includes a salad with shrimp or lobster, and a roasted turkey, and all of your traditional side dishes like parsnips, carrots, Brussels sprouts and Christmas pudding with brandy butter for dessert.
“They stick with the same meal year after year.”
The Queen’s Christmas meal
Starter:
Salad with shrimp or lobster
Main:
Roasted turkey, parsnips, carrots and Brussels sprouts
Dessert:
Christmas pudding with brandy butter
Do the Royal Family at Christmas have a full staff?
With many of the Windsors heading to Sandringham House, on the Queen’s Norfolk estate each year, it’s likely she may take an entourage with her.
Meghan Markle gave the Queen a gift for Christmas last year.
Prince Harry’s then-fiancée gave Her Majesty a singing toy hamster, according to the Daily Star online.
The gift is said to have left the Queen in hysterics.