The eating habits of the royal family are some of the most fascinating topics one can read about. The Queen, known for her healthy diet, has developed quite a peculiar way of eating bananas.
The Queen enjoys eating fruit, but, for bananas, she has a very sophisticated eating method reserved. Apparently, Queen Elizabeth II eats bananas with a knife and fork.
And why you may ask? Well, according to former royal chef Darren McGrady, it’s so she can look less like a monkey when eating the yellow fruit. The fact was revealed in his book ‘Eating Royally’, but his spokesperson confirmed it in 2019.
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McGrady explained how the Queen preferred to eat the banana by cutting off the top and bottom, slicing through the skin to allow easy removal, chopping the fruit into small pieces and then stabbing them with a fork to eat.
However, it may strike people weird that monkeys themselves don’t eat bananas like we think they do. Other primates are known to hold a banana by the stem, which we consider the bottom of the fruit.
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