Images of royal banquets couldn't be further from the truth at Buckingham Palace, as Queen Camilla's son revealed she opts for a humble bowl of porridge on cold winter mornings. Speaking on BBC Breakfast, Tom Parker Bowles confirmed we could all eat like Kings and Queens for the day by simply having the winter staple with a generous serving of honey. Referencing the recipe in his new cookbook, he said: "That's what my mother eats in the winter.
Porridge with her own honey as she has bees. "It's just good old fashioned porridge made with milk and cream and a bit of honey." The author was discussing his latest cookbook, Cooking and the Crown, which details the history of food within the Royal Family - from the reign of Queen Victoria beginning in 1837 and Edward VII up to present day.
Gone are the days of lavish six course banquets, which Queen Victoria was renowned for. Mr Parker Bowles explained to The Mail that her extravagant banquets could start with two kinds of soup. This would be followed by fish, then a course of roasted meat followed by a different roasted meat - usually a smaller bird - and finished off with a selection of vegetables and puddings.
Charles and Camilla opt for a simpler diet, following in the footsteps of the late Queen, who Tom described as "not a great eater". He said: "[She] was just as happy with a salmon fishcake, a mild curry or scrambled eggs on toast.".
