Kate, the Princess of Wales, will be stepping up her role during Royal Easter celebrations this year – and King Charles could relax a strict table rule, a royal expert has claimed.
Ingrid Seward predicts a big reunion over the bank holiday weekend, as the royals face their first Easter without the late Queen and the second anniversary of Prince Philip’s death on the Sunday.
She believes the whole family will be there – with the exception of Prince Harry, Meghan and their two children, who live in the US – and says it will be a chance for them to get together before the King’s Coronation.
They usually stick to traditions during the gathering, eating a fish dinner on Good Friday.
On Sunday they go to St George’s Chapel for a service before heading back for a four-course roast.
But the monarch may relax one rule which was enforced by the late Queen, says Ms Seward.
She told The Sun: “They will all have dinner together, but not the young children, they will eat in the nursery dining room.
“The Queen always said until they could hold a knife and fork properly they could not eat at the table, but Charles might have relaxed that rule a bit.”
The royal biographer also believes that Kate will play a part in organising some of the children’s activities.
She said: “Kate is a great organiser and will almost certainly organise an Easter egg hunt – they can also go to the royal mews and see the horses there and there is an indoor pool for swimming and ponies for them to ride.”
In previous years, the late Queen invited her loved ones to the castle for the long weekend, during which they spend quality time together and enjoy a lot of good food.
Former royal chef Darren McGrady has previously shared some of the secrets from his time cooking Easter dinner for the late Queen and her relatives.
Meal times are a big deal at the castle over Easter weekend, and they enjoy a lot of delicious food.
On Friday night they tuck into a traditional fish meal, which always goes down like a treat.
After church on Sunday, the family sit down to a four-course roast dinner.
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Darren told OK! Magazine: “We’d go straight into the main course – a traditional roast lamb with seasonal vegetables.”
He added: “They’d also have a compound salad served in a kidney dish attached to the plate – just some lettuce and cucumber with a little mint or some grated carrot and coriander.”
The Royal Family also have their cheese with lunch, rather than dinner, with the Queen being particularly fond of the fresh Windsor Cheese made specially at the Windsor Dairy.
Darren said: “The most incredible sweet white Windsor peaches grew on the estate too in my day.
“We’d have to lock them away in the kitchens because everyone wanted to taste them.”
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