{"id":115553,"date":"2026-01-28T21:11:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/115553\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T21:11:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:11:25","slug":"queen-elizabeths-very-floral-secret-chocolate-habit-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/115553\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth\u2019s \u201cVery Floral\u201d Secret Chocolate Habit Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite being a major historical figure of the 20th and early 21st century, the late Queen Elizabeth II<\/a> was just a girl. And like most girls, she loved chocolate<\/a>. Her former royal chef<\/a> once revealed she was a true chocoholic, and we now know the lengths Her Majesty<\/a> was willing to go to protect her special treats.<\/p>\n

In the ITV documentary, My Years With the Queen, Lady Pamela Hicks\u2014the late Queen\u2019s cousin and former lady-in-waiting\u2014revealed that Queen Elizabeth<\/a> always had a box of chocolates, but she had to hide them to keep them to herself. “She does have her own box of chocolates,\u201d Lady Pamela shared in the documentary. The former lady-in-waiting shared that the late Queen \u201clearnt to keep them in her room otherwise, she says the family are so greedy they all eat them before she can.”<\/p>\n

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Queen Elizabeth II always kept boxes of chocolates in her sitting room.<\/p>\n

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Four boxes of chocolates can be seen in her sitting room in 2022.<\/p>\n

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Relatable. Apparently, even stashing them in her room wasn\u2019t safe. Lady Pamela shared a story where her pet mongoose, Neola, managed to sneak into the late Queen\u2019s private quarters. \u201cOne evening we were waiting for her to come down for dinner,” explained Lady Pamela. “It was very unusual for the Queen<\/a> that she was four or five minutes late. And she said to me, ‘I don’t mind Neola coming into my room. In fact, I quite enjoy it. I don’t mind Neola opening my box of chocolates, but does he have, always, to take just a bite out of every one?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Queen was said to have a deep love of animals because they did not know that she was Queen, but perhaps this was one time she wished the mongoose knew of her important role<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The late Queen Elizabeth II admires chocolate makers on a visit to Mars Chocolate in 2013.<\/p>\n

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Charbonnel et Walker<\/p>\n

Rose and Violet Creams <\/p>\n

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The late Queen<\/a>\u2019s chocolates of choice came from Charbonnel et Walker, the famed British chocolatier. Charbonnel et Walker\u2019s chief chocolatier once revealed that the Queen has \u201cvery floral tastes,\u201d and shared that the company has a list of her all-time favourites. On an episode of ITV\u2019s Billion Pound Bond Street, the brand\u2019s chief chocolatier Adam Lee said \u201cthe Queen does have a list of favourite chocolates with us. But I’m not allowed to divulge that directly to you\u201d before adding \u201cI can just say that she has very floral tastes.\u201d As the show continues, Lee suggests \u201cmaybe we should start with our two most popular chocolates, which are rose and violet creams. I never said a word, never said a word.\u201d<\/p>\n

The late Queen was also rumored to enjoy dark chocolates, mint chocolates, chocolate cakes, chocolate supreme pie\u2014it would seem she loved all chocolates, in any form.<\/p>\n

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