Late Queen's favourite tea - and the very regal reason she liked it so much

The staple portion of the UK, beauteous overmuch everyone loves a bully cupful of tea, and the precocious Queen Elizabeth II was perfectly nary objection to this - but however did she instrumentality her tea?

Royal Family fans emotion to get a glimpse of the monarchy down closed doors - including the mode they instrumentality their tea.

A cupful of beverage is Britain's nationalist drink, but everyone likes it their ain way, whether it's a classical builders tea, a mug filled with arsenic overmuch sweetener arsenic possible, oregon thing connected the weaker milky side. There are truthful galore antithetic kinds of beverage retired determination to enjoy, from English Breakfast and Darjeeling, each the mode to Assam - but determination was 1 that the precocious Queen Elizabeth was reported to bask supra each the others: Earl Grey.

Per Luxurious magazine, "The precocious Queen Elizabeth II was each astir Earl Grey. Whether it was the soothing citrus of bergamot oregon the 'Earl' successful the sanction (because of royalty), this classical beverage was her greeting pick-me-up. Fun fact: Earl Grey besides happens to beryllium served astatine the legendary Buckingham Palace plot parties. Cheers, Your Majesty!"

However, Prue Leith - broadcaster, writer, and restauranteur - precocious revealed that getting the royal aides to admit precisely however the precocious Queen took her beverage was a spot of a nightmare arsenic if it were a "state secret", which led to an awkward infinitesimal with the erstwhile monarch.

When the precocious Queen was owed to be a gathering opening, and Prue was tasked with the refreshments, she called the palace up to inquire however the Queen preferred her cuppa, but, "The equerry would not archer me," Prue admitted, per Tatler magazine. "You'd deliberation it was a authorities secret!"

However, Prue was fixed immoderate penetration astatine least, "One: the beverage successful question, immoderate its composition, indispensable beryllium served connected a metallic tray alongside a teapot, other blistery water, and immoderate slices of lemon. Two: 1 indispensable connected nary relationship inquire the Queen however she takes her tea; rather, however she likes it."

When the time came astir she asked the precocious Queen if she preferred achromatic oregon achromatic tea, with the erstwhile monarch confirming it was the latter. Prue swiftly added a portion of lemon, which the monarch promptly made wide she didn't want. Prue didn't person a spare teacup connected manus truthful was forced to instrumentality it out, and made a spot of a messiness successful the process, earlier to adhd insult to injury, the Bake-Off big presumed the precocious Queen wouldn't privation a beardown cupful of achromatic beverage and added much h2o to her drink.

However, the monarch disabused her of this conception erstwhile the harm was done, saying she preferred beardown beverage to weak. "She got anemic lemony tea, erstwhile what she wanted was strong, achromatic tea. I've felt atrocious ever since, but determination it was," Prue said.

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