Inside Princess Anne's very unusual diet and the food habit she shares with King Charles

Princess Anne is said to skip lunch like her brother King Charles, preferring to rely on a good breakfast to fuel her for the day ahead.

According to palace staff, Anne likes to start her day with a bowl of fruit - although it does come with a very strange request.

Anne prefers her overripe bananas and even likes them if they have gone slightly mouldy, it has been claimed.

Previously speaking on TODAY, former royal chef Darren McGrady said: "Princess Anne almost always preferred the bananas almost black - overripe - because they digested easier."

It is reportedly tradition that royals always like to use culterly when they eat - even things like bananas. Further speaking about Anne, the former royal chef said: "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."

Although she is said to skip lunch, Anne reportedly always carries a snack with her. According to her daughter Zara, she "always has a kiwi fruit".

Much like the late Queen Elizabeth II, the 73-year-old - who recently spent five nights in hospital - is probably fond of an afternoon tea.

For dinner, one of Anne's favourite dishes includes devilled pheasant. As reported by the Mirror, Ritz's Executive Chef John Williams said: "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."

Anne was admitted to hospital on Sunday after it was said she had been kicked by a horse at her Gloucestershire home. She was later released from hospital on June 28. She is now recovering back at home .