Princess Anne's unique breakfast that could be the key to her staying so busy

15 August 2023 , 06:00

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Princess Anne's unique breakfast that could be the key to her staying so busy

Princess Anne is famous for her no nonsense attitude and her steadfast dedication to her official duties.

As a result, she is consistently ranked as one of the hardest working royals every year. But just how does she do it? At the age of 73, the royal is over the UK's average age of retirement and is still out-performing her younger counterparts.

We wonder if her incredibly 'unroyal' diet plays a part in keeping the 73-year-old in peak condition. If there was one word used to describe Princess Anne's diet, it certainly wouldn't be 'luxurious'. The princess favours practical, healthy and vitamin-rich foods over rich and exuberant dishes - and it is safe to say that it has done her good!

The Princess Royal enjoys a very healthy diet (Getty Images)

The late Queen's former royal chef Darren McGrady previously explained some details of the princess's breakfast diet. He told TODAY: "Princess Anne almost always preferred the bananas almost black - overripe - because they digest easier."

But Princess Anne isn't the only royal who favours a less-than-popular breakfast food. Her late mother was believed to be a big fan of kippers and would enjoy them regularly and often. According to former royal servant Charles Oliver, they were one of the late monarch's favourite breakfast foods, as he wrote in his book 'Dinner at Buckingham Palace'.

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Writing before the Queen's death, Oliver revealed she "has been partial to kippers since the war years" and that when she and Princess Margaret were exploring around different areas of Windsor Castle, they came across a "compelling aroma".

Oliver wrote: "Fascinated, they traced the smell to its source and found themselves outside the private kitchen of Mrs Alice Bruce, then housekeeper at the castle. They politely knocked on the door and were welcomed into the old-fashion kitchen with its great iron oven range – and its frying kippers. Mrs Bruce gave the princesses their first taste of kipper, and showed them how to cook the fish as well."

The author goes on: "Kippers, in a number of uncomplicated variations, have remained a favourite with the Queen ever since – for breakfast, as a savoury or a late-night supper."

Rebecca Russell