We know there are a whole host of royal rules when it comes to mealtimes at the palace, including not serving raw fish and undercooked meats during tours or engagements and ensuring King Charles' biscuits are heated up to the perfect temperature. It turns out Queen Camilla has a surprisingly simple palete, with a penchant for a student favourite.
In an interview with her son, food writer Tom Parker Bowles, for YOU Magazine, Camilla opened up about her own culinary specialties. She described her approach as "nothing too mucked about, or fussy or fiddly", adding baked beans on toast, "always Heinz," and cheese on toast to her culinary specialities. With Heinz beans coming in at anything from £1-£1.50 per tin, and bread at £1.20-£1.40 for a whole loaf, Camilla could rustle up her dish for around £1.50 a pop.
© Alamy Stock PhotoShe admitted that she's no stranger to a "cooking disaster". "I'm not a natural baker, to say the least. As for baked potatoes… many a poor, incinerated specimen has been found in the bottom of the Aga, put in, then forgotten about."
Fellow royal who shares Camilla's food tastes
A fellow royal who will approve of Camilla's simple approach to food will be King Charles' sister Princess Anne. She reportedly has been known to serve her dinner guests "pork pies" or "anything by Fray Bentos," a supermarket brand of tinned meat pies.
© Getty ImagesAccording to MailOnline, the Princess prefers to serve "whichever she could defrost the quickest," along with boiled potatoes and either peas or green beans.
She even gives her visitors a simple dessert to have en route home. Anne previously explained: "After all, one wants everyone out of the house by 9.15pm at the latest. For pudding, I pass them a choc ice to eat in the car."
The simple ingredient banned in royal dishes
© AFP via Getty ImagesDespite having many culinary uses, garlic is firmly off the menu for the royal family – and this has been confirmed by Queen Camilla herself.
During an appearance on MasterChef Australia in 2018, she was asked about prohibited royal foods, to which she responded: "I hate to say this, but garlic. Garlic is a no-no." It's likely due to the pungent smell and their busy schedule meeting members of the public. The late Queen Elizabeth II famously disliked garlic on both a professional and personal level. Former palace chefs confirmed she refused to allow garlic in any meal served to her.
Conversely, Princess Kate has admitted she likes spicy curries, which could well contain garlic and Meghan Markle has shared many of her favourite recipes containing garlic.
