Late Queen's 'surprisingly simple' favourite breakfast was served with a twist


Queen Elizabeth’s favourite breakfast food is a classic option, although she preferred it with a slight twist, according to the book Dinner by royal servant Charles Oliver.

The former Buckingham Palace staff member recalled in his diaries: “Every day begins with an egg, and they’re eaten for tea, too – with crumpets, if you’re Prince Charles.

“The Queen favours brown eggs, believing that they taste better. Her great-great grandmother, Queen Victoria, ate her boiled egg, served in a golden egg cup, with a golden spoon.”

House and Garden reported that the late Queen, who died on September 8 2022, started her day with a cup of Earl Grey tea without milk or sugar.

She would sip this with a side of biscuits, which she would snack on alongside her beloved corgis before going to the Palace’s private dining room for breakfast.

Other breakfast favourites for the late monarch were cereal, yoghurt, toast and marmalade, although she and her younger sister Princess Margaret also used to eat kippers together in the morning.

The book further notes: “Kippers, in a number of uncomplicated variations, have remained a favourite with the Queen ever since – for breakfast, as a savoury or a late-night supper. The queen is also fond of smoked haddock as a breakfast dish.”

Former royal chef Darren McGrady gave further insight into the Queen’s eating habits, as he shared what a typical dinner would look like for her.

He explained: “For a main course she loved game, things like Gaelic steak, fillet steak with a mushroom whisky sauce, especially if we did it with venison.

“For a first course she loved the Gleneagles pâté, which is smoked salmon, trout and mackerel. She loved using ingredients off the estate and so if we had salmon from Balmoral from the River Dee, she’d have that, it was one of her favourites.

“We used a repertoire of dishes, mainly British and French food. We cooked a lot of traditional French food like halibut on a bed of spinach with a Mornay sauce.”

When it came to dessert, Elizabeth is said to have loved strawberries from Balmoral and white peaches grown at Windsor Castle, according to The Independent, but she of course had a soft spot for chocolate too.

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