But, in reality, her staff are the ones in charge of the monarch's food shopping. Being head of state, the Queen can buy the best of the best when it comes to food and drink, and the royal has put her name to numerous culinary brands and stores over the years in the form of the Royal Warrant.
Heinz, which has been providing the royal households with products since 1955, said it “sincerely hopes to be able to continue doing so for many years to come”.
It turns out that the Queen has a favourite supermarket - and you've probably popped in there a million times. Waitrose is the only supermarket in the UK with a Royal Warrant, Hello reports, meaning it has been approved to supply goods to Buckingham Palace.
Located in Banbury Gateway Shopping Park, this particular Maccies actually forms part of the extensive Crown Estate.
Where does the Royal Family get their food? Located in London's Piccadilly and founded in 1707, Fortnum's Food Halls are the place to go for exquisite foods. Fortnum's has been connected to royalty since its beginnings when one of Queen Anne's footmen started the business with his landlord Hugh Mason.
No washing machines
Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla's clothes are not allowed to be cleaned in washing machines—everything is hand washed. When they sent their clothing away to be cleaned, they found that some items of clothing were kept as souvenirs.
Apartment 1A has reportedly two master bedrooms on the ground floor but while the option is there for them to sleep separately, the two are understood to share a bedroom. During their three-day whistlestop tour of the UK in 2021, however, Kate and William slept in separate beds on the train.
And as to putting one's clothes on, contrary to popular belief the Queen actually dressed alone. The monarch also did her own make-up for most events, with the exception of her annual Christmas speech, for which a make-up artist was employed.
Yes, the late Queen Elizabeth II really did get the occasional takeaway! According to The Sun, the former monarch was rather partial to fish and chips and sometimes treated herself to dinner from the local chippy when staying at Balmoral. A footman was reportedly sent to pick up her meal from nearby town Ballater.
The former royal chef revealed the Queen loves chocolate!
"For a first course she loved the Gleneagles pâté, which is smoked salmon, trout and mackerel. She loved using ingredients off the estate and so if we had salmon from Balmoral from the River Dee, she'd have that, it was one of her favourites.
Does the Queen wash her own dishes? The washing liquid was reportedly released after formal royal butler Paul Burrell revealed in 2020 that the Queen 'often does her own washing up and likes it'.
Queen Elizabeth was a ruler, a royal, and, one of the most famous women in the entire world, but she was also a Brit to the core, evidenced by her lifelong love of fish and chips.
But just what did Queen Elizabeth eat on a day-to-day basis? Well, according to Darren McGrady, a former chef in the Royal kitchens, the Queen stuck to the same foods most days. This may come as a surprise to many, but the Queen was clearly a creature of habit.
Mark Flanagan LVO is a British chef, known to be the personal chef of Elizabeth II and head chef of the Royal Household.
Queen Elizabeth II looks at products on the shelves at a Waitrose supermarket during a visit to the town of Poundbury on 27 October 2016 in Poundbury, Dorset.
'There is a little 'shop' set up in the drawing room at Windsor Castle and the Queen can pop in and choose gifts at her leisure. 'Late at night, after dinner, usually around 10pm, she'll pop into her little Christmas shop and do some shopping.
O'Grady spoke about how Queen Elizabeth was never a fan of McDonald's or KFC but did in fact have a hankering for one kind of fast food in particular. The food? Hamburgers.
The queen really does weigh her guests
The tradition of weighing guests at the start of the three-day festivities dates back to the reign of Edward VII, who was king from 1901 to 1910. Edward decided that weight gain during their stay was indicative of how much his guests had enjoyed themselves.
A royal phone
As well as a number of private lines, the monarch's private mobile phone was unique. It may 'just' be a Samsung as many of us non-Royals have, but it was much more special.
Making herself instantly recognisable was also reportedly a factor in the Queen's choice to stick with the same hairstyle. In fact, according to some insiders, the monarch is believed to have insisted on her hair being entirely symmetrical, so that whatever side you saw her from, that iconic profile remained the same.
Clothing that was of less historical significance is likely set to be given to family members — and her granddaughters and great-granddaughters could be in for a windfall. “Items from the Queen's personal collection would have been passed to her family members with each chosen personally by Her Majesty.
In the 70 years of Queen Elizabeth II's reign, there has only been one nail colour she's sported - in the public eye, at least. It's so subtle you've likely never noticed it, though closer inspection shows her nails are often painted a soft and milky barely-there pink.
While it may seem unusual that William opted not to have a wedding ring, it is thought he made the decision for practical reasons. A Palace insider told the Mirror at the time: “He's not one for jewellery. He's never worn any. "He decided he didn't want to wear one now.
What Kate called the Queen. While the rest of the world is required to address Queen Elizabeth as Ma'am or your majesty, those closest to her are allowed to refer to her as Mama, according to Ingrid Seward, the editor of Majesty magazine. Sign up to British Heritage Travel's daily newsletter here!
Kate's daily routine: school run, food shop, gym
Regularly dropping the children at school and doing the daily food shopping on nearby Kensington High Street, the duchess also prefers to swap the indoor gym at the Palace for runs in Kensington Gardens.