It is already known that Queen Elizabeth II is very attentive to the way she eats and is a follower of a diet as light and healthy as possible, avoiding processed foods, fried foods, salt, and excess sweets. But did you know that there is something that the Royal Highness never consumes? It’s about garlic.
Queen Elizabeth hates garlic so much that she banned it in the Royal kitchen at Buckingham Palace. Although it has many health benefits, Buckingham refuses to eat garlic because of the unpleasant effect it has on the smell of breath. Onions are in the same situation, but it is not forbidden, but used very rarely and in very small quantities.
Darren McGrady, a former chief of the Royal House, confirmed this in an earlier interview.
“I couldn’t serve anything with garlic or too many onions. But also, I couldn’t serve any steak in the blood, the Queen being a fan of very well cooked dishes “, McGrady explained, according to Bussiness Insider.
John Higging, another former Queen chef, said: “The Queen and her family are wonderful people, but they don’t want to eat that. Buckingham Palace does not cook with garlic. I think he avoids having a bad-smelling ‘royal’ breath. ”
Camilla Parker, Prince Charles’ partner, also confirmed that in the Royal kitchen, garlic is strictly forbidden: “I don’t like to say this, but garlic has a big ‘No’ from us. Because we always communicate with each other and talk often with other people… So we avoid it. ”