Royalty information - Did you know

During the 16^th century sugar cost nine times as much as milk. Queen Elizabeth I’s teeth turned black because she ate too many sweet things. Consequently, black teeth were regarded as a status symbol.

Queen Victoria loved beef marrow and ate it on toast for tea every day. She also enjoyed roast beef and Yorkshire pudding followed by ice cream.

Before his execution in 1649, Charles I ate the condemned man’s breakfast of claret and swan pie.

King Henry II popularised Cheddar cheese when he declared it the best in England in 1158.

In 1670 pineapples were so rare in Europe that King Charles II posed for an official portrait receiving one as a gift.

Edward VII was well known for his extravagant court functions and his obesity. For breakfast he had eggs followed by large thick slices of bacon then fish (lobster, turbot or salmon) and finally a little game or poultry. He then had a 10-course lunch at 1 o’clock and dinner could be up to 12 courses.

The British monarch’s motto of ‘Dieu et mon droit’, translates to ‘God and my right’.