William and Kate's strict dinner rule that means their kids eat alone

27 August 2023 , 02:41

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Kate and William don't eat with their children during the holidays and official dinners, a former royal chef reveals (Image: PA)

Kate Midldeton and Prince William enforce a strict dinnertime rule that means their three children will sometimes eat without them.

The royals are no stranger to bizarre and often tight protocol, such as dress codes. However, it can also extend to life at home as well. The Prince and Princess of Wales don't eat with their children during the holidays and official dinners, a former royal chef reveals.

Darren McGrady told Harper’s Bazaar that children George, 10, Charlotte, eight and Louis, five, sit separately from their parents at official dinners or at special holidays. It's because the three kids “aren’t allowed to sit with the adults until they have learned the art of polite conversation”, he claims.

In a conversation about his time spent working for the royals, Darren said that the rule was even in place for bigger holidays like Christmas. McGrady added: “The children always ate in the nursery until they were old enough to conduct themselves properly at the dining table.”

McGrady has worked for Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Diana and Prince Harry for around 15 years. He said that William and Harry, who at the time he began cooking for them were aged seven and ten, would often visit him in the kitchen of Kensington Palace.

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Prince William and Princess Kate have reportedly been working harder to balance their parental duties alongside their royal tasks in recent years. The pair took on new roles following the death of the Queen and are facing an ever-busy schedule.

He told Daily Express US: “I think that Kate and William are having to take on an awful lot and consider it, you know, but they've been very clear that their first priority is the is also to is to be parents to a young family.” Jobson, who authored Our King Charles III: The Man and the Monarch Revealed, said that the kids will “always be a priority”.

He added that Kate “gives this vision of a swan on the lake…that she's a perfect woman who does not put a foot wrong”. But “below the surface, I think she is working very hard to maintain all the links with the King and other members of the Royal Family, but she would not jeopardise the school run,” Jobson added.

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