The Queen reveals her top diet tip – ditching the potatoes – The Sun

THE Queen has managed to retain her slim figure throughout the years despite the countless banquets and royal dinners she attends.

And now her slimming secret has been revealed – and it could be down to avoiding potatoes.

Organic vegetable box pioneer Guy Singh-Watson said at a luncheon party that took place at Buckingham Palace this week that the Queen has made a major tweak to her diet.

According to the Daily Mail, he said: “I can’t remember how, but we got into a conversation about diabetes and diet, and the Queen said she doesn’t eat many potatoes.”

It has been previously speculated that the Queen, 93, monitored her weight by consuming small portions when she dines.

The Wednesday lunch was held by the Queen to raise some environmental issues she had, and Guy was joined by TV celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley- Whittingstall among others.

According to fellow guest Oxford professor of ecosystem science Yadvinder Malhi, attendees had prawns to start and pheasant as the main course.

The Queen’s former chef Darren McGrady said Her Majesty is “not really bothered about food” usually sticks to traditional “British and French” dishes.

Preferring to stick to classic dishes she knew and loved, Darren said if they wanted to cook anything new, the Queen would demand to look over the entire recipe before signing it off.

Her palette was in stark contrast to Prince Phillip’s, who was more adventurous and loved trying out different foods and would “get excited about new ingredients”.

Instead the Queen ate the “same dishes week in and week out”, and was a big fan of game.

HOW THE QUEEN AVOIDS HER FOOD BEING TAMPERED WITH AT STATE BANQUETS

Palace staff have a sneaky way of trying to ensure that no one poisons the Queen at state banquets.

According to a new Channel 5 documentary, after the chef has prepared all of the dishes, one plate is chosen at random for Her Majesty to eat.

Speaking on Secrets of the Royal Kitchen, which airs tomorrow, Sun royal correspondent Emily Andrews says: “After everything in plated up, a page chooses at random one of the plates to be serves to Her Majesty.

“So if anyone did want to poison the monarch they’d have to poison the whole lot.”

And the monarch has reportedly banned certain food from her Buckingham Palace kitchens, with Darren revealed: “We can never serve anything with garlic or too much onions.”

Darren, who worked for the royal household for 15 years, said the Queen has a royal menu book that is completed by the chef.

He explained: “The chef does three days menus and that gives us enough time to get all the produce in and prepare it.

“When the menu book goes up to the Queen she put a line through all the dishes she doesn’t want.”

We shared how the Queen yawned in Miranda Hart’s face and stared at her for ages after the Jubilee Concert.

And Simon Pegg joked he’d ‘broken the Queen’ after she struggled to start a conversation with him in 2010 – and claims to have ‘made her cry’ with his performance.

Meanwhile Michael Sheen said the Queen ‘shoved’ his hand away after he received his OBE as it was her way of showing him ‘it’s time to go’.

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