‘He loved the simple, clean Mediterranean diet': King Charles' ultra-healthy meals revealed amid cancer battle
Sky News AU2 days ago
Ex-Buckingham Palace chef Darren McGrady has revealed exactly what King Charles typically eats in a day amid the health-conscious monarch's stoic cancer battle.
Charles first disclosed his ongoing cancer battle in early 2024 and the palace has provided intermittent updates about his treatment.
The monarch, 76, is well-known for adhering to a relatively strict 'Mediterranean' diet and typically eschews all junk food, including sweet treats, as well as coffee.
Instead, the monarch reportedly subsists on organic fruits and vegetables, fresh fish and healthy fats and regularly skips lunch.
Mr McGrady prepared meals for the King, as well as the late Queen Elizabeth II and Princes William and Harry for more than 15 years.
The ex-chef confirmed that the King 'wasn't a huge fan of lunch' and avoided American-style processed foods.
'King Charles wasn't a huge fan of lunch, so for breakfast he would always have a selection of different dried fruits, nuts and honeys that he brought up from Highgrove,' he told SkyNews.com.au on behalf of Heart Bingo.
'Anything he had grown on the estate. He had it with yogurt and muesli, so it was like a healthy breakfast for him.
'He loved the plums from the Highgrove Estate. His chefs would bottle these Victoria Plums that were organic and send them up to Balmoral. He had this huge selection for breakfast every morning.'
At dinner time, Mr McGrady claimed the monarch enjoyed wild mushrooms foraged on the royal estates, including Balmoral in Scotland.
'He loved the simple, clean Mediterranean diet,' Mr McGrady said.
'He loved wild mushrooms, he loved to go foraging for them at Balmoral.'
Mr McGrady said that Charles' eating habits were a stark contrast to the late Queen, who was a 'chocaholic' and enjoyed traditional English food.
'The late Queen really was a chocoholic,' he said.
'She loved anything chocolate on the menu, whether it was a little cake or an eclair.
'But Charles doesn't like chocolate, and goes more for the fruit options.'
Charles first disclosed his ongoing cancer battle in early 2024 and the palace has provided intermittent updates about his treatment.
The monarch, 76, is well-known for adhering to a relatively strict 'Mediterranean' diet and typically eschews all junk food, including sweet treats, as well as coffee.
Instead, the monarch reportedly subsists on organic fruits and vegetables, fresh fish and healthy fats and regularly skips lunch.
Mr McGrady prepared meals for the King, as well as the late Queen Elizabeth II and Princes William and Harry for more than 15 years.
The ex-chef confirmed that the King 'wasn't a huge fan of lunch' and avoided American-style processed foods.
'King Charles wasn't a huge fan of lunch, so for breakfast he would always have a selection of different dried fruits, nuts and honeys that he brought up from Highgrove,' he told SkyNews.com.au on behalf of Heart Bingo.
'Anything he had grown on the estate. He had it with yogurt and muesli, so it was like a healthy breakfast for him.
'He loved the plums from the Highgrove Estate. His chefs would bottle these Victoria Plums that were organic and send them up to Balmoral. He had this huge selection for breakfast every morning.'
At dinner time, Mr McGrady claimed the monarch enjoyed wild mushrooms foraged on the royal estates, including Balmoral in Scotland.
'He loved the simple, clean Mediterranean diet,' Mr McGrady said.
'He loved wild mushrooms, he loved to go foraging for them at Balmoral.'
Mr McGrady said that Charles' eating habits were a stark contrast to the late Queen, who was a 'chocaholic' and enjoyed traditional English food.
'The late Queen really was a chocoholic,' he said.
'She loved anything chocolate on the menu, whether it was a little cake or an eclair.
'But Charles doesn't like chocolate, and goes more for the fruit options.'
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