Princess Anne is 'obsessed' with this frozen airplane food, Royal Pilot says

Princess Anne is the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip and is known to be more down-to-earth than one can imagine a royal to be! Unlike other Royals, the lady isn’t a fan of caviar; rather, she is a fan of a frozen food served on airplanes, as Royal Pilot Graham Laurie said on Hello!’s “A Right Royal Podcast.” Here’s what the lady loves to eat. Read on …


The humble culinary choice
It is interesting that despite having the world's most elite chefs at her beck and call, Princess Anne has a soft for a unique frozen delight.According to her former royal pilot, Graham Laurie, the Princess Royal became "obsessed" with a specific type of frozen airplane food that stands in stark contrast to typical royal catering.


What’s this unique food?
This may sound strange, but Fray Bentos meat pies are her favorite. These iconic flat-tinned pies became a staple on royal flights after the aircraft were upgraded to handle frozen goods. Laurie recalled on the "A Right Royal Podcast" that they never left the tarmac without these tins, which he described as the "bottom line in catering."

The mid-air meals were not exactly fancy
The stewards would make a gravy by adding some spices and serve steak and kidney or chicken and leek pies with tinned vegetables and potatoes. Laurie said that Anne really liked the change of pace saying, "I think it was a change from all the fancy first-class food.” It seems this simple approach to food also happens at her home in Gatcombe Park.

Love for food
As per reports say she likes to have food that she can quickly defrost when she has guests, with boiled potatoes and peas. Her goal is to be efficient; as she once said, " all one wants everyone out of the house by 9:15 p.m. At the latest." Even her dessert choices are very low-key such as Of fancy cakes she has been known to give guests a chocolate ice cream to eat on their way out to the car. This practical approach also applies to her fruit choices; Says the former royal chef Darren McGrady said she likes her bananas " black" because she finds them easier to digest. Much like King Charles, Princess Anne often skips lunch because of her schedule. As the working member of the family she sees food as something to keep her going rather than something she enjoys.
Chef Michael Mercer recalled preparing a six-course meal for her only for Princess Anne to have a cup of Earl Grey tea and politely leave. The Princess did not eat the meal but she did not let it go to waste. Mercer said that her security team was happy to eat it after she thanked him and left for her event.