King Charles' Christmas dinner menu was changed after royal 'choked' at the table
Christmas dinner is one thing we can all relate on, even with the royals. However, one English tradition is skipped by King Charles’ family, as...Christmas dinner is one thing we can all relate on, even with the royals. However, one English tradition is skipped by King Charles’ family, as chefs were too nervous to include it after a ‘close’ incident with the Queen’s mother.
This year will mark the second Christmas under King Charles‘ reign, and he’ll broadcast the King’s speech across the country. The royal family will be enjoying a lavish dinner, but there’s something that won’t be included, as well as Prince Harry and Meghan.
King Charles’ Christmas Dinner won’t include a coin in the pudding
A classic English tradition, over Christmas, was placing a silver sixpence in the pudding mix. Every member of the household would stir the mix.
The member who then found the coin in their pudding piece would see it as a sign of wealth and luck in the year to come.
However, the royals won’t be adhering to this tradition. Former chef to Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip, Darren Grady told BBC Food: “No, we never did that! Ever since the Queen Mother choked on a fish bone that time… we were too nervous to do that.”
In 1982, the Queen Mother spent four days in hospital, after having an operation to remove a fishbone which had become lodged in her throat.
It’s not the only tea he spilled. Apparently, the family enjoys a fully-cooked breakfast on Christmas Day, and open their presents on Christmas Eve!
“After breakfast, they’d go to church, come back, and go on to lunch,” the former royal chef revealed. They sit down for a classic roast turkey with all the trimmings for their lunch. Delicious!
The palace is a sucker for tradition, so they won’t stray too far from the schedule and Christmas dinner they’ve had for decades.
Harry and Meghan won’t be spending Christmas with the royals
Harry and Meghan Markle may well be participating in the coin tradition, as it looks like they won’t be spending Christmas with the family.
The couple hasn’t spent Christmas with the royal family since 2018 “and with every year it just gets less and less likely that they will ever return,” author Christopher Anderson told The Standard.
“If the king were to invite Harry and Meghan to Christmas, you would see Prince William and the Princess of Wales choose to spend the holiday elsewhere and right now, Charles and William must look unified,” LA-based royal expert Kinsey Schofield told the publication.
It comes after a bombshell year of revelations, from the Duke’s memoir Spare to Omid Scobie’s Endgame. We don’t think there’s a happy family meal on the cards anytime soon.
