Princess Catherine recently paid a visit to Sussex, where she was “genuinely so great” with the elderly. The 44-year-old surprised elderly passengers who use a rural minibus service by helping to pick them up and take them to a local lunch on Wednesday. During the visit, she revealed that she likes to eat crisps, particularly salted ones. As she sat down with a lady called Linda, Catherine was asked whether she liked crisps, and another person on the visit asked royal editor Rebecca English why the princess didn’t try the soup.
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Princess Kate was seen enjoying crisps on the visit – but didn’t try the soup (Image: GETTY)
Speaking on the latest episode of Palace Confidential, Ms English said: “She was so genuinely great with them, on their level, laughing, joking, eating crisps with them. I’ve never seen that before.”
She added: “There was a hilarious lady called Linda. You did not know what she was going to come out with, and so, for a journalist, that is brilliant. For the palace team, less so.
“And she just looked at [Kate] and went, ‘Bet you don’t eat crisps.” And Catherine went, “Oh, I do, and those are my favourites,” and she just picked up a crisp, grabbed it…”
She then spoke of being asked about the soup, adding that it is often deemed a “recipe for disaster” on engagements.
Princess Catherine was ‘genuinely so great’ with the elderly (Image: GETTY)
“So she ate one, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen her eating on an engagement before,” she added. “In fact, one of the ladies was saying to me, why doesn’t she eat the soup? And I was like, ‘for royals, you know, recipe for disaster, soup’.”
Royals also typically follow major food rules during visits or engagements, especially when they are overseas. The royals are typically told to avoid seafood, for risk of falling unwell, as well as garlic and foie gras.
The King has previously avoided the seafood rule, although Queen Camilla has firmly stuck by it. Meghan Markle also revealed that she likes seafood, saying that it would be part of her “ideal food day”.