King Charles has long averred the absurd middle class custom of stopping in the middle of the day to consume food, a habit known to the rest of us as “lunch,” preferring to nibble on nuts and seeds he carries in his pockets and reportedly even shares with red squirrels on occasions.
Now, however, in yet another sign of the changes the king is being forced to make in wake of his cancer diagnosis, he has started to eat lunch for the first time, and The Mail on Sunday says his meal of choice is one of Meghan Markle’s favorite foods, an avocado.
Some keen students of royal history may recall that when Meghan’s love of the fruit became apparent, the Mail responded by running a story about how avocado farming was linked to illegal crime including people smuggling, extortion and murder.
Now that the king has been revealed as a fan, the Mail is focused more soberly on its nutritional benefits, with a source saying: “With some reluctance, he now has something to eat at lunchtime —a snack, really. He now eats half an avocado to sustain him through the day. It’s important, particularly if you have got an illness.”
In other royal food news, Camilla’s son Tom Parker Bowles has a new book out about royal eating habit and has said that Camilla and Charles both like picking wild mushrooms—an activity Charles was pursuing at the moment that his mother Queen Elizabeth II passed away, saying that she and the king are “deeply competitive about their hauls.” And you thought royals weren’t supposed to cash in on their status, huh?
An avocado isn’t lunch, either… maybe as guacamole…