Former royal chef reveals the Queen loves Morecambe Bay shrimps

A former royal chef told his social media followers in an online interview that the Queen loves eating the shrimps on toast.

Darren McGrady, 58, worked for the Queen and Princess Diana in the 1990s.

And in a Q&A session to celebrate reaching 25,000 followers on his YouTube channel, and also reported in the Daily Mail, the British-born chef revealed the Queen doesn't like garlic and they couldn't cook with it.

But he added that she enjoyed Morecambe Bay Potted Shrimps on toast.

He said: "The Queen doesn't like garlic, we could never use it at Buckingham Palace.

"There's foods the Queen does love though and it's all the produce off their estate, especially Balmoral Castle."

Later in the video he says the Queen loves Morecambe Bay Potted Shrimps - which she often eats on toast.

"They're little brown shrimp harvested from Morecambe and they're cooked and marinated in this secret spicy butter," he said.

"The Queen would have it with warm toast and when you spread it the butter melts and you have this beautiful shrimp as well. You need to look them up to try them."

Darren, who trained at the Savoy in London, has also cooked for five US presidents.

He has given a number of interviews reflecting on his time with the royal family in recent months.

Darren hung up his royal apron in 1997 after Princess Diana died, but says his time at Kensington Palace and Windsor Castle looms large in his memory.