{"id":52929,"date":"2022-08-22T15:08:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T15:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/queen-elizabeth-has-eaten-the-same-thing-every-day-private-chef\/"},"modified":"2022-08-22T15:08:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T15:08:49","slug":"queen-elizabeth-has-eaten-the-same-thing-every-day-private-chef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/queen-elizabeth-has-eaten-the-same-thing-every-day-private-chef\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth has eaten the same thing every day: private chef"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Queen Elizabeth II has eaten jam sandwiches every day since she was a toddler, according to her former private chef.<\/p>\n<p>Darren McGrady claims on his YouTube channel that the monarch favors a strawberry preserve made from fruits picked in her Balmoral Castle grounds in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe queen was served jam pennies in the nursery as a little girl.  She&#8217;s had them for afternoon tea ever since,\u201d he says in a recently surfaced video published in July last year.  The sandwiches are made from bread with a little butter and a spread of jam, then cut out into circles the size of an old British penny.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Queen Elizabeth II has eaten jam sandwiches every day since she was a toddler, according to her former private chef.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Tim Graham Photo Library via Get<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Afternoon Tea At Buckingham Palace (In The Queen&#039;s Garden - Or Yours!)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CrT57PEKzOY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-jam-94.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The royal favors a strawberry preserve made from fruits picked in her Balmoral Castle grounds in Scotland.\" class=\"wp-image-23555576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-jam-94.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-jam-94.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-jam-94.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>The royal favors a strawberry preserve made from fruits picked in her Balmoral Castle grounds in Scotland.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-food-91.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The sandwiches are made from bread with a little butter and a spread of jam, then cut out into circles the size of an old British penny.\" class=\"wp-image-23555580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-food-91.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-food-91.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-food-91.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>The sandwiches are made from bread with a little butter and a spread of jam, then cut out into circles the size of an old British penny.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-food-89.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and King Hassan ll eat with their hands as they attend a feast in the desert on October 27, 1980 in Morocco.\" class=\"wp-image-23555584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-food-89.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-food-89.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-food-89.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and King Hassan ll eat with their hands as they attend a feast in the desert on October 27, 1980 in Morocco.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>As part of the genteel tradition of afternoon tea, McGrady, who says he was a chef to the queen for 11 years, also revealed the monarch&#8217;s solution to a familiar quandary for British scone lovers: jam first or cream?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe queen was always jam first,\u201d he said in a separate video.  \u201cThe jam went on followed by that delicious, clotted cream.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As well as the preserve, the 96-year-old monarch has always been partial to fresh strawberries.  \u201cThe queen would eat strawberries three or four nights a week in Balmoral if they were in season,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-jam-92.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"&quot;The queen would eat strawberries three or four nights a week in Balmoral if they were in season,&quot; McGrady said.\" class=\"wp-image-23555606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-jam-92.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-jam-92.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-jam-92.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>\u201cThe queen would eat strawberries three or four nights a week in Balmoral if they were in season,\u201d McGrady said.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-food-90.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"sandwiches\" class=\"wp-image-23555625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-food-90.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-food-90.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-food-90.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>For scones, the Queen is said to put the jam on first before the cream.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">In Pictures via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-food-86.jpg?resize=618%2C411&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Queen Elizabeth II\" class=\"wp-image-23555654\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-food-86.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-food-86.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-food-86.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-food-86.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-food-86.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>McGrady says he was Queen Elizabeth II&#8217;s chef for 11 years.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"687\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-jam-93.jpg?resize=687%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Queen Elizabeth II\" class=\"wp-image-23555660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-jam-93.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1374 1374w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-jam-93.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1030 1030w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-jam-93.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=687 687w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-jam-93.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=343 343w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/queen-jam-93.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Queen Elizabeth II reportedly also drinks alcohol daily.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But woe betide anyone who tried to give her out-of-season berries.  A January batch at the supper table would mean \u201coff with your head,\u201d joked McGrady.<\/p>\n<p>The Palace would not comment on the queen&#8217;s sandwich preferences.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queen Elizabeth II has eaten jam sandwiches every day since she was a toddler, according to her former private chef. Darren McGrady claims on his YouTube channel that the monarch favors a strawberry preserve made from fruits picked in her Balmoral Castle grounds in Scotland. \u201cThe queen was served jam pennies in the nursery as &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/queen-elizabeth-has-eaten-the-same-thing-every-day-private-chef\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Queen Elizabeth has eaten the same thing every day: private chef<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[109,52,3270,1104,6307],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":71094,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/queen-elizabeth-ii-and-her-royal-corgis-whats-next-for-the-dogs\/","url_meta":{"origin":52929,"position":0},"title":"Queen Elizabeth II and her royal corgis: What&#8217;s next for the dogs","date":"September 9, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"They roamed Buckingham Palace as if they owned the place.Royal chefs prepared their meals. 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