Paul Burrell reveals the VERY polite way the Queen eats a banana - with a knife and fork
Paul Burrell claims the Queen eats her bananas with a knife and fork
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Paul Burrell has revealed that the Queen has a very unusual way of eating a banana.
Appearing on ITV’s Through the Keyhole, the former royal butler claimed the Queen eats bananas with cutlery.
The former I’m A Celebrity contestant explained how HRH Elizabeth II uses a KNIFE and FORK to eat the fruit in company.
She politely slices each end of the fruit before peeling and eating it.
(Photo: ITV)
(Photo: ITV)
“To eat a banana properly in society or at a dinner party…this is how the Queen does it,” said Burrell, cutting a banana on a plate.
“You split open the belly – some people eat it like a monkey, of course – then you cut it up into small bite size pieces and then you eat it, with your knife and fork.”
But TV presenter Steve Jones accused Paul of telling porkies.
(Photo: ITV)
(Photo: ITV)
“That’s absurd! I don’t believe it!” he said.
Paul, who wrote a tell-all book on the royals, told the audience: “I was a lucky guy who got to look after two of the most incredible, unique, inspirational women of our times – The Queen and Princess Diana and I’m proud of that.”
Keith Lemon showed viewers around Paul’s Cheshire mansion on the show.