- Queen Elizabeth has been around for nearly 92 years, and in that time she's picked up some interesting eating habits.
- The Queen enjoys eating cereal, particularly Special K, for breakfast each morning.
- She also loves chocolate cake so much that her mother's former chef concocted a recipe just for special events in her honor.
The British monarch’s eating habits aren’t nearly as decadent as you had imagined!
Tea
Queen Elizabeth II wouldn’t be very British without waking up to a piping hot pot of freshly brewed Earl Grey tea or Darjeeling with a spot of milk and no sugar, according to BT. Her morning tea is accompanied by a plate of biscuits before she sits down to eat breakfast. (Here's why you should never call Queen Elizabeth by her name.)
Cereal
You may be surprised to find that Queen Elizabeth II enjoys a normal breakfast just like any other commoner — with a bowl of cereal. Her favorite brand is Special K. That’s right, the Queen gets her cereal from a cardboard box like the rest of us! And she eats her cereal out of a plastic container instead of the million-dollar jeweled bowl you probably envisioned.
Scrambled eggs
Sometimes, the Queen swaps out her morning cereal for a steaming hot plate of scrambled eggs, preferably brown eggs because she thinks they have a better flavor than white eggs. If she’s feeling a bit extravagant, she may ask for her eggs to be served with smoked salmon and a light grating of fresh truffle.
But this added decadence is usually reserved for special occasions only. “She was too frugal to ever order fresh truffles,” Darren McGrady, a former chef for the royal family from 1982 to 1993, told the "Telegraph."“She only really enjoyed them at Christmas when the truffles were sent as a gift.” (Don't miss these nine bizarre eating habits of the royal family!)
See the rest of the story at Business Insider