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Daily Mail
6 days ago
- General
- Daily Mail
Revealed: King Charles III's fussy eating habits from his peculiar eggs request and premixed martinis to his 'groussaka'
King Charles III, like many Brits across the country, is what you might describe a fussy eater. In fact, according to YouGov, a whopping two in five British people would consider themselves picky eaters but the King's preferences are perhaps uniquely royal. But, Charles allegedly has an ability to make simple dishes extravagant in order to suit his palate. Tom Quinn writing in Yes Ma'am - his bestseller about the history of the royal servants - claimed there was a very particular way the monarch likes his eggs cooked for his afternoon tea. Quinn wrote: 'He [the King] had never once cooked his own eggs and muffins. Because, like many people, Charles is fussy about how his own eggs are cooked, and because eggs are notoriously difficult to get just right, he insists that six eggs should be cooked so that at least two will be just as he likes them.' If true, this means if Charles was to enjoy his eggs and muffins every afternoon, the royal kitchen would go through an average 42 eggs a week in order to provide the King with his perfect eggs. However, the royals have in the past denied this allegation that the King has multiple eggs cooked at once. Charles is reportedly not just particular about how his eggs are cooked. Writing in her royal biography The Palace Papers, royal insider Tina Brown claimed that the King travelled with a premixed martini on hand when he was attending dinner parties. 'Unlike the Queen, who always ate what she was served, the Prince stipulated his menu preferences up-front, and sometimes arrived at dinner with his protection officer bearing a martini premixed and ready to be handed to the butler and served in his own glass,' Brown wrote. Away from eggs and martinis, Charles has other interesting eating habits. Up until a few years ago the King was known to not eat lunch. However, at the request Queen Camilla and doctors, Charles has now started eating a midday meal where he enjoys half an avocado. Charles also occasionally swaps meats for a plant-based diet to reduce his carbon footprint. He told the BBC in 2021: 'For years I haven't eaten meat and fish on two days a week and I don't eat dairy products on one day a week.' The King also likes putting his own very unique spin on classic meals. These fresh takes on popular dishes often involve using game meat - which is known to be a favourite among the royals. When he was guest editing Country Life in 2018, Charles revealed that he invented a grouse coq au vin and a grouse moussaka which he calls 'groussaka'. Magazine also featured his favourite recipe - pheasant crumble pie. Charles also foregoes English Breakfast tea, preferring to drink Darjeeling tea with honey and milk. It isn't just his food that the King is allegedly fussy about. According to Brown, Charles is accompanied on his travels to meet friends by a truck full of his furniture. Brown said: 'When he travelled to stay at friends; country houses, a truck arrived the day before, bringing his bed furniture and even pictures, which his pampering aide Michael Fawcett ensured would be hung in his allocated bedroom in place of the possessions of his host.' Charles isn't the only royal who has a unique palate when it comes to popular meals. The late Queen Elizabeth II enjoyed a fish and chips but with the traditional haddock or cod swapped for hake. Similar to cod and haddock but softer and with a more mild flavour, hake is usually used in curries and soups rather than in fish and chips. Darren McGrady, the Queen Elizabeth's personal chef from 1982 until 1993 ,revealed in a YouTube video how the Queen liked her fish and chips cooked - and it wasn't only her choice of fish which departed from the usual ingredients. Darren said: 'The Queen wouldn't really eat the fish fried in all that crispy rich batter - a little bit too much for her. She preferred a more refined fish and chips. 'The chips were all cut the same length - every one the same length, perfect rectangles.' So, instead of deep-frying the hake in batter, it was dunked in flour, egg yolk and butter before it was rubbed with panko crusting and popped into the oven at 200C for ten minutes. While most Brits might enjoy their fish and chips with a healthy dollop of tartare sauce and a side of mushy peas the Queen's choice of condiment was a little more off-menu. She enjoyed homemade tarragon hollandaise sauce made of egg yolks, lemon, tarragon, clarified butter with salt and pepper as well. Presentation of the dish was also crucial. The perfectly asymmetrical chips had to be stacked into a square. Then the hollandaise sauce was drizzled around the side of the plate before a flower was placed on top of the fish for decoration. Answering the question of whether the Queen did eat fish and chips, Darren said: 'Sort of I guess. 'I love the combination of flavours in this dish and we'd serve this a lot when the Queen had guests for lunch.'
Yahoo
05-08-2025
- Yahoo
Mass. man found guilty of sexually assaulting his three daughters
A Fall River man has been found guilty of sexually assaulting his three daughters during visitations with them while they were children, the Bristol County District Attorney's Office announced Monday. On July 31, a New Bedford Superior Court jury found 46-year-old Daniel 'Danny' Arruda guilty on three counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, three counts of indecent assault and battery on a child over 14 and one count of aggravated rape of a child, the district attorney's office said in a press release. Arruda sexually assaulted his three daughters in Fall River on various dates between 2013 and 2021 when the girls were between the ages of 12 and 16, the district attorney's office said. He committed the sexual assaults and rape during child visitations, as his daughters did not live with him after he and their mother divorced. In May 2021, the youngest victim disclosed the abuse she had endured, the district attorney's office said. This ultimately led authorities to charge Arruda with abuse against all three victims. 'This repulsive behavior was a betrayal of trust against his own flesh and blood,' Bristol County District Attorney Tom Quinn said in the release. Arruda's sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 5, the district attorney's office said. More local crime stories Salem man guilty of 1971 cold case murder convicted of more charges Boston man tried to put chemical-soaked handkerchief over teen's mouth, DA says Woman stole 8 boxes of ice cream from Boston CVS at knifepoint, police say Man shot, killed in Roxbury late Sunday night Central Mass. man indicted in connection with scheme involving more than $1M Read the original article on MassLive.
CBS News
22-07-2025
- CBS News
Watch live: Update on deadly fire at Gabriel House in Fall River, Massachusetts
New information is expected be revealed Tuesday as to what caused the deadly fire at the Gabriel House assisted living home in Fall River, Massachusetts last week. Bristol County District Attorney Tom Quinn will hold a news conference "related to certain preliminary findings" in the investigation, his office said. You can watch it live at 2 p.m. on CBS News Boston in the video above. Ten people were killed and more than 30 people were hurt in the fire on Sunday, July 13. It was the deadliest fire in Massachusetts in 41 years. There's been no official word yet on how or where the fire started. Investigators have been looking into a number of issues, including the possibility that it was caused by smoking near an oxygen tank, according to WBZ-TV I-Team sources. The sources said investigators are also looking into the possibility that the building's sprinkler system may have been clogged and not working properly. A spokesman for Gabriel House owner Dennis Etzkorn said in a statement Monday that there were "quarterly inspections of the fire suppression system - the latest as recently as five days prior to the fire" and "that test reported the sprinkler system to be in working order." The spokesman also said authorities took "several sprinkler heads for further investigation." Fall River Mayor Paul Coogan said only two people were working at Gabriel House when the fire broke out. An employee told CBS News both workers were new to the job. There were 70 residents at the home during the fire. Coogan will meet with Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey at Fall River City Hall at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday to discuss the city's response to the fire in the last week.
CBS News
17-07-2025
- CBS News
Investigators look at possibility deadly Fall River fire may have been caused by smoking near oxygen tank
Investigators in Fall River, Massachusetts are looking into a number of issues in connection with the deadly fire at the Gabriel House assisted living home, including the possibility that the fire was caused by smoking near an oxygen tank, according to WBZ-TV I-Team sources. The sources also said investigators are also looking into the possibility that the building's sprinkler system may have been clogged and not working properly. Ten residents, all between the ages of 61 and 86, died in the fire Sunday night and more than two dozen were hurt. The tenth victim died Wednesday, according to Bristol County District Attorney Tom Quinn. Investigators have not said officially how or where the fire started, but they do not believe the cause was suspicious. Fall River Mayor Paul Coogan said only two people were working at the Gabriel House when the fire started.
Yahoo
14-07-2025
- Yahoo
Victims ID'd from deadly fire at Fall River assisted living facility
Authorities identified some of the residents of a Fall River assisted living facility who died due to a large fire on Sunday night. The residents were: Rui Albernaz, 64 Ronald Codega, 61 Margaret Duddy, 69 Robert King, 78 Kim Mackin, 71 Richard Rochon, 78 Eleanor Willett, 86 A 70-year-old female and a 77-year-old male will be identified after the next of kin are notified, according to the Bristol District Attorney's Office. The origin and cause of the fire remain under investigation by state and local authorities. The cause does not appear to be suspicious at this time, the office said. 'My heart goes out to all of the victims, their families and all of those impacted by this terrible tragedy. I would like to commend the first responders for their efforts in bringing many of the residents to safety while being confronted with very difficult circumstances,' District Attorney Tom Quinn said in a statement. A fire broke out at about 9:30 p.m. on Sunday at the Gabriel House Assisted Living Residence, which drew nearly 50 firefighters to the scene and left a vulnerable population calling for help from their windows. The Gabriel House opened in 1999 and has a total of 100 units, according to a state website. Fall River Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon described rescue efforts as 'super labor-intensive and man-power intensive' due to the mobility issues for many of the residents. The first firefighters at the scene saw flames coming out of the front doors and multiple residents were hanging out of the window, screaming for help, Bacon said. Bodies of two missing Mass. brothers recovered near R.I. beach Tewksbury man photographed woman under business' bathroom stall door, police say Mass. weather: Storm chances Monday night bring flash flooding risk Northampton gives up on stalled Calvin deal, puts liquor license back into circulation Fall River firefighters' union says 'lives would've been saved' with adequate staffing levels Read the original article on MassLive.
