Darren McGrady has worked as a chef at the royal court for a long time. In addition to dishes he has prepared for the royals, he has experienced quite a few things. Among other things, an embarrassing situation with Prince Philip when he didn't recognise the prince when he came into the kitchen.
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Prince Philip was mistaken for a gardener
McGrady revealed this in an interview with Marie Claire. The conversation was actually mostly about the eating habits of the royals - but this episode seems to have stuck in his mind in particular:
He came into the kitchen and I thought he was the gardener. He was this old man in tatty old clothes [...] I looked and thought, 'Oh, it's the gardener.' It was only after I looked closely that I saw it was Prince Philip
Prince Philip, the grill master
In the course of the conversation, McGrady also describes his stays at Balmoral Castle. The royals were always 'much more relaxed' there than at Buckingham Palace, for example. That was also one of the reasons why Prince Philip came to the kitchen.
In addition, the Prince Consort also liked to stand at the barbecue himself, as McGrady continues. The Queen also liked to be active herself - not in the kitchen, however, but in the garden: she liked to pick strawberries.
This article was translated from Oh!MyMag DE.
Sources used:
-Marie Claire: 18 Things You Never Knew About the Royal Family's *Insane* Eating Habits. The royal chef tells MarieClaire.com all his secrets.
-Mirror: Former royal chef claims he once mistook Prince Philip for the 'palace gardener'
