Meghan Markle accidentally confirmed long-standing rumour about husband Prince Harry
Meghan Markle once accidentally confirmed a long-standing rumour about her husband, Prince Harry.
In the second season of her Netflix series titled With Love, Meghan, the 44-year-old Suits star lifted the lid on one of Harry's eating habits.
It all came about when the foodie, who has been sharing her passion for home cooking in the lifestyle TV programme with her many viewers, was chatting with a guest star and revealed that her hubby downright 'refuses' to eat one very particular item of food.
That food in question is none other than lobster - a dish which many of those part of the 'rich and famous' upper echelons of society absolutely fawn over.
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Harry, however, doesn't seem to give a toss.
"Do you know who doesn't like lobster?" Meghan asked Spanish-American chef José Andrés in the series before adding: "My husband."
José then joked in response: "And you married him?!"
The claim has seemingly confirmed a theory about the British Royal Family - that seafood is usually kept off the menu, due to its heightened risk of poisoning.
Grant Harrold, a former royal butler to King Charles III, told the Express back in June: "It is a very sensible move to abandon having seafood when out and about on public duties."
He continued: "We don't want a member of the Royal Family having a serious reaction to food poisoning.
"Especially if [they] are on an overseas tour. Therefore, you will not normally find this on the royal menu."
Despite this rumour - as well as Meghan's latest remarks about Harry's lobster loathing - the King previously broke this 'royal rule' on seafood back in 2013 during an appearance at the Whitstable Oyster Festival.
There, the 76-year-old was photographed alongside his wife, Queen Consort Camilla, enjoying the popular shellfish directly from its shell.
A former royal chef, Darren McGrady, also attempted to debunk the long-standing seafood myth recently, sharing a photo on X of a royal menu dating back to 1989.
The snap proved that the late Queen Elizabeth II was actually rather fond of fish, and had dined on 'soufflé de homard' (with 'homard' being the French word for lobster) at Windsor Castle that particular year.
Speaking of fish and the royal family, a chef who was invited to prepare a spread for Prince William's annual Earthshot Prize banquet refused to cook the 'disrespectful' menu he was instructed to rustle up.
The proposed menu included a pirarucu, a large river fish that has become a symbol of environmental recovery in the Amazon in the face of deforestation, the outlet noted.
But Jennings' vision didn't exactly come to fruition after he was told that he'd have to change his plans, given that the Earthshot Prize 2025 menu couldn't include fish, as the ceremony only wanted to offer vegetarian food.
It's understood that William has no involvement in menu decisions.
Sharing his annoyance, the decorated culinary expert told the New York Times: "It’s like asking Iron Maiden to play jazz."
Topics: Meghan Markle, Royal Family, Prince Harry, Sex and Relationships, Food and Drink
Rhiannon Ingle