{"id":280288,"date":"2026-06-28T07:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T07:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/280288\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T07:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T07:50:15","slug":"i-learned-from-my-grandmother-prince-william-settles-jam-cream-scone-debate-saying-which-queen-did-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/280288\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI learned from my grandmother\u201d: Prince William settles jam & cream scone debate saying which Queen did first"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s one of the longest-standing debates in Britain – which has two counties in particular locked in an everlasting battle over who\u2019s correct. So, does jam really go on the scone before the cream? Or should it always be cream first? Well, it looks like Prince William may finally have the answer.<\/p>\n

During a recent radio interview, the Prince of Wales was asked about his own preference. In Devon, it\u2019s cream before jam, and Cornwall, it’s the other way around. Both counties are adament theirs is the one and only acceptable way. Now, we know the method Prince William follows, which he revealed was passed down to him by his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n

\"london,<\/p>\n

Oli Scarff<\/p>\n

\u2018I love that I\u2019m the authority on scones,\u2019 Prince Williiam laughed when the age-old question was put to him. For an answer, he turned to the wisdom of the late Queen Elizabeth II. Is there anyone with more authority on afternoon tea etiquette than Her Majesty?<\/p>\n

\u2018I can only tell you what I learned from my grandmother,\u2019 he told Amanda Holden and Jamie Theakston during a special episode of their morning radio show. \u2018She had the cream on first. Cream on first, jam on top.\u2019<\/p>\n

However, the Prince was quick to add a diplomatic disclaimer that, \u2018It tastes delicious either way.\u2019 We couldn\u2019t agree more.<\/p>\n

\"perth,<\/p>\n

Pool<\/p>\n

And it turns out scones isn\u2019t the only thing the family enjoys putting jam on. During the interview, Prince William shared details of the daily school run, and revealed how he and the Princess keep their three children – Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis -entertained on the journey.<\/p>\n

\u2018There\u2019s a lot of jam sandwiches taken in the car usually,\u2019 he revealed, adding that, \u2018Louis will leave jam fingerprints throughout the car, which is really helpful.\u2019<\/p>\n

\"london,<\/p>\n

Karwai Tang<\/p>\n

Prince William joined Amanda and Jamie last month as co-host for a one-off episode of Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden. The trio were broadcasting live from the Isles of Scilly, where Prince William was visiting to support and learn more about the local hospital, and other parts of island life. <\/p>\n

A trained RAF pilot, the Prince also revealed that he still flies his helicopter and has flown to the Isles of Scilly multiple times before although, on this occasion, he\u2019d been brought over by another pilot. He also explained it was a special location to him as he spent time there with his parents \u2013 King Charles and the late Princess Diana \u2013 as a child.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s one of the longest-standing debates in Britain – which has two counties in particular locked in an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[567,107617,569,83931,26027,9,24,63,122,124,123,107616],"class_list":["post-280288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-ad5b1944-50f0-4da1-bb10-404d282529a0","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-gb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-shorttitle-jam-cream-scone-debate-which-queen-did-first"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}