The Princess of Wales was treated to a variety of such recipes with a diet that focused mainly on chicken, fish, and vegetarian dishes. From fanciful desserts to simple soups and fortifying fruits, Diana loved to indulge in McGrady's various culinary creations.
She never ate beef, never ate pork, occasionally she'd have lamb when she was entertaining guests but for the most part it was chicken, fish or vegetarian options." Condiment-wise, Diana requested that Darren avoid heavy sauces and creams, but she did allow herself a sweet desert: bread and butter pudding.
Sign up to our TeamDogs newsletter for your weekly dose of dog news, pictures and stories. Despite owning a cat, rabbits and other small animals as a child, Diana always longed for her own dog. Before marrying Prince Charles on July 29, 1981, Diana spent time with his yellow labrador, Harvey.
Let's see what the People's Princess' favourite dish was... According to the royal chef Darren, "Her favourite dish was bell peppers stuffed with zucchini, mushrooms, rice, garlic topped with Parmesan and mozzarella and finished with a smoked tomato and pepper sauce." "She asked for this dish several times a week."
Diana's royal roots
Diana is descended from not one, but two illegitimate children of King Charles II of England: Henry Fitzroy and Charles Lennox, via two of her great-grandmothers, Adelaide Seymour and Rosalind Bingham.
In her later years, Princess Diana opened up about her struggles with an eating disorder. She previously told a royal biographer she began experiencing bulimia following her engagement.
One of the last places Princess Diana visited before her death was the Ritz Paris hotel — or more specifically, "L'Espadon," the hotel's restaurant, for dinner on August 31, 1997. It has been reported that Diana's last meal consisted of Dover sole, vegetable tempura, and a mushroom and asparagus omelet.
According to an article by The Daily Meal, the answer to this question was easy to find out as she had a meal of Dover sole, vegetable tempura and a mushroom and asparagus omelette at L'Espadon, a restaurant at the Ritz Paris.
Though Princess Diana was a fan of grabbing fast food with her sons, Chef McGrady told Marie Claire she favored McDonald's. However, there's no evidence Diana took William and Harry for fast food after a Christmas holiday at Sandringham (though it's not out of the realm of possibility).
She skipped the 1992 Christmas at Sandringham but would attend several more, knowing that Princes William and Harry enjoyed their time there. She would arrive on Christmas Eve, attend church service with the Royal Family on Christmas morning, and leave prior to lunch.
10pm: The evening begins for Diana and Dodi Fayed with dinner in the sitting room of the Imperial Suite at the Ritz. It is the best suite in the hotel, and no wonder: The hotel is owned by Fayed's father, Mohamed Al Fayed. The food comes from the hotel's two-star restaurant, Espadon, which means swordfish.
The Netflix docuseries shows a sad photo of Diana in tears during her 1983 Australian tour with Prince Charles. She was 21 years old at the time, but the crowds couldn't get enough of her.
"My God, what's happened," Diana then asked him, in what proved to be her final words. "I massaged her heart and a few seconds later she started breathing again. It was a relief of course because, as a first responder, you want to save lives - and that's what I thought I had done.
According to reports at the time, Diana uttered her final words right after she was pulled from the wreckage of the crash, which occurred when Diana and her then-boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, were being pursued by paparazzi in their vehicle in Paris, France.
As TIME pointed out, the royal family had been cool towards Diana even before her divorce from Charles, due to the attention she attracted from the tabloids. While the precise reasons for the coolness are “still ultimately a matter of speculation,” Lacey says, “there was no doubt it was there.
16-Personality Types (based on types by Jung, Myers, & Briggs) As an ESFP, Princess Diana tends to be friendly, opportunistic, and supportive. Princess Diana usually likes to go with the flow of things.
It's rumored that Camilla's father planted a fake Camilla-Andrew engagement notice in The Times, apparently forcing Andrew's hand. Literally. Prince Charles returned home to news of Camilla and Andrew's engagement. According to Bedell Smith, that fake engagement announcement explains why Charles didn't marry Camilla.
She's spotted crying at Heathrow airport upon his departure—not because she is sad, but because before he left, he had taken a phone call with Camilla Parker Bowles. “It just broke my heart,” she later recalled, according to Diana: In Her Own Words.
Prince Harry memoir: Harry reveals when he felt “ashamed” for crying at Princess Diana's funeral | Herald Sun.
The Royal Family's response
The Queen's first public address came five days after Diana's death. “I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being,” she said in a speech broadcast to the nation.
Prince Harry has revealed he cried only once over the death of his mother, Diana, the Princess of Wales, in 1997. In a new interview clip promoting the publication of his autobiography Spare, Prince Harry recounts how he and Prince William were unable to show any emotion as they met mourners in public.
The queen's public words about Diana were sincere, as a private letter—made public in 2017—that she wrote after the funeral to her aide Lady Henriette Abel Smith seems to confirm. "It was indeed dreadfully sad, and she is a huge loss to the country," the queen wrote.
Princess Diana falls asleep during an appearance in 1981, which gave her the nickname of “Sleeping Beauty”.
Diana suffered several injuries in the crash. She had a concussion, broken arm and a cut to her thigh, according to United Press International. But her most lethal injuries were severe chest wounds. She had a tear to her left pulmonary vein that caused internal bleeding, The Independent reported.
Althorp House was previously owned by Princess Diana's father, Earl John Spencer, and is now home to her brother, Charles, the 9th Earl Spencer, who often shares glimpses inside its lavish walls on social media.