{"id":281315,"date":"2026-06-29T17:29:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/281315\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:29:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:29:43","slug":"prince-william-reveals-sweet-memories-of-teatime-with-his-late-granny-queen-elizabeth-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/281315\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William reveals sweet memories of teatime with his late \u2018Granny\u2019 Queen Elizabeth"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Prince of Wales<\/a> has offered a poignant glimpse into his relationship with his late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II<\/a>, revealing how she fostered his enduring “love of teatime”.<\/p>\n

Prince William\u2019s <\/a>personal recollections form part of a new digital memorial honouring the monarch, which is now live at queenelizabeth.com, featuring tributes from both the public and those who knew her intimately.<\/p>\n

In his contribution to the online archive, the Prince fondly remembers spending “many a quiet afternoon” with the Queen and the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at Windsor Castle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He described his grandmother as “completely at ease” in these moments, surrounded by her family, dogs, and horses.<\/p>\n

William described how the Queen would ride her horses in Windsor Great Park<\/a>, even in her later years, showing a \u201cside of Granny the world didn\u2019t often see \u2013 off duty, relaxed and utterly at home\u201d.<\/p>\n

The prince, who recorded his video at Windsor, said: \u201cWhilst I had the privilege to know the late Queen better than most, some of my fondest memories of my grandmother are from here in Windsor.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember many a quiet afternoon having tea with her and my grandfather at the castle, chatting, sharing stories, and seeing how completely at ease she was here, surrounded by family and her much-loved dogs and horses.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo this day, she\u2019s given me a love of teatime that I never knew I needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWatching her ride her horses in the Great Park, even well into her later years, showed a side of Granny the world didn\u2019t often see \u2013 off duty, relaxed and utterly at home.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese moments with my grandmother are ones I\u2019ll always hold dear.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Queen<\/p>\n

Queen Elizabeth II riding Balmoral Fern, a 14-year-old Fell Pony, in Windsor Home Park in 2020. (Steve Parsons\/PA)<\/p>\n

The Queen would take afternoon tea daily at around 5pm, and it would usually consist of two types of sandwiches, as well as scones, small cakes and Earl Grey tea.<\/p>\n

The Queen Elizabeth Digital Memorial was launched on what would have been the Queen\u2019s 100th birthday in April.<\/p>\n

The Court Circular, the official daily record of royal engagements, from throughout the Queen\u2019s reign has also been digitised, giving a searchable record of her public appearances and duties across seven decades.<\/p>\n

Volunteer students from Campbell College, Belfast; Greenhead College, Huddersfield; JCoSS, Hertfordshire; Kingsmead School<\/a>, Enfield; Haberdashers\u2019 Girls\u2019 School, Elstree; Queen Elizabeth Girls\u2019 School, Barnet; St Paul\u2019s School, Barnes: and University College School, London, helped with the Court Circular project, using data provided by The Times Online.<\/p>\n

Members of the public are invited to share their own memories of the Queen at queenelizabeth.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Prince of Wales has offered a poignant glimpse into his relationship with his late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[78226,9,24,63,20095,3994,9492,1312,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-281315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-dogs-and-horses","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-prince-of-wales","tag-prince-philip","tag-prince-william","tag-queen-elizabeth-ii","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281315","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=281315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}