A former royal chef has revealed Queen Elizabeth II, the light meal she has been eating for more than nine decades. The 96-year-old Queen has over the decades had many opportunities to develop her food further, but it seems that Queen Elizabeth II has remained faithful to British flavours.

And when it comes to midday, the Queen is particularly fond of scones and chocolate cake, and Darren McGrady, Queen Elizabeth II’s former chef, said she has been eating jam sandwiches every day since she was a little girl.

Darren McGrady added, on his YouTube channel, that the Queen prefers strawberry jam made from the fruit picked from the grounds of Balmoral Castle in Scotland, according to the British newspaper, The Sun.

As part of the wonderful tradition of afternoon tea, McCready, who says he has worked as a chef for the Queen for 11 years, revealed the Queen’s solution to a problem familiar to fans of British muffins, ‘jam first or cream?’ He said in a separate video: ‘The Queen preferred jam first. Followed by that delicious cream.” According to him, the 96-year-old queen was in love with fresh strawberries, and ate them three or four times a week at Balmoral, if they were in season.

“But woe to anyone who tried to serve her berries out of season,” McGrady joked. “Serving berries for dinner in January would mean dismissal.”

Former royal chef, Darren McGrady, has worked for the royal family for nearly two decades, having received his formal training at London’s Savoy Hotel, and after serving the family for 15 years, Mr McGrady has since turned to social media to share some of the insights he has… He learned it on the way by posting several videos on YouTube.