Prince William and Princess Kate’s love of ultra-cheap dish that feeds all the family

Princess Kate and Prince William enjoy a spicy dish once enjoyed by the late Queen and Queen Victoria.

Princess Kate likes cooking Prince William and their three children a spicy meal which can be cheap and easy to store.

William and Kate revealed they are fans of curry during a visit to an Indian restaurant in Birmingham in April last year.

The Prince of Wales revealed himself to be a “masala man” while the Princess said she “loves spice”, with the couple sharing how they like to try curry houses “across the country”.

Kate also revealed that Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis share their parents’ taste for curry. Asked if the younger Waleses like such dishes, the Princess of Wales said: “Absolutely, they love it.”

William and Kate learned how to cook traditional Indian rotis during their visit to the Indian Streatery in Bennetts Hill, which formed part of a UK-wide tour ahead of King Charles and Queen Camilla’s coronations.

Princess Kate and Prince William like curry

Prince William and Princess Kate help out at the Indian Streatery restaurant (Image: Getty)
The prince also helped out by answering the phone and booking a table for a customer, leading owner Meena Sharma to quip he could probably have a job as a front of house manager, according to remarks quoted by the BPC

William and Kate are not the first royals to enjoy a spicy curry. Darren McGrady, who worked for 11 years as a private chef to the late Queen, Princess Diana, Prince William and Prince Harry, shared a recipe for a traditional English curry dating back to Queen Victoria on his YouTube channel.

He told his subscribers Queen Victoria loved curries and had two chefs at Buckingham Palace whose role was solely to make the dish for her.

Mr McGrady said Brits “didn’t get” curry when the dish first emerged because it was unusual at the time to mix so many different spices and flavours.

Indian spice traders created a milder mix to suit British tastes, including coriander, cumin and turmeric, which went on to become the staple, ready-mixed ingredient we know as curry powder.

The late Queen would also eat mild curries, according to the royal chet, including tartlets filled with coronation chicken, which was created for the banquet held after

Elizabeth II was crowned in 1953.

The late Queen is said to have preferred milder curries