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She liked to eat fish for lunch as well. The Queen preferred it served with a side dish of fresh or stewed vegetables. Especially often she chose Dover plaice on a bed of poached spinach. That said, if Elizabeth II dined alone, she avoided carbohydrates such as potatoes or pasta.
At afternoon tea, the Queen often ate cucumber and salmon sandwiches, but did not deny herself chocolate and ginger biscuits. And dinner usually consisted of vegetables and game or fish from the royal estates. At Balmoral Castle, Elizabeth II often ate wild trout caught from the River Dee, veal steaks or venison with mushroom sauce and whisky.
