Appearing on Heart Breakfast this morning, Prince William was presented with scones, jam and cream and asked if he spreads jam or cream first – and he reveals he follows how his late grandmother the Queen’s rule
Prince William has revealed how the late Queen would eat her scones – settling a long-running debate on cream and jam.
The Prince of Wales appeared on Heart Breakfast this morning, where he was presented with a plate of scones, with clotted cream and a jar of jam. It came as he joined hosts Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden on the radio show from the Isles of Scilly, where he will later visit the Isles of Scilly Hospital to meet staff, patients and open a new facility which has increased medical capacity to the Isles.
The age-old debate over scones seems to have some argue that the cream should be spread on the scone first, then the jam, which is the Devon way, while others say it should be the other way around, known as the Cornish way.
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Host Amanda told the prince: “You are the Duke of Cornwall. We’re here with some jam and clotted cream. I think you know where this is going. There are two ways of doing this. There is the Devonian way. There is the Cornish way. Now, Prince William, what do you do? Think carefully.”
And he replied: “I love that I’m the authority on scones. I can only tell you what I learned from my grandmother. And she would definitely, she had the cream on first. Cream on first, jam on top.”
In the wide-ranging interview, William also spoke about doing the school run, his love of dance music and spoke of his pride in wife Kate, who last week completed her first official visit overseas since her cancer diagnosis.
He also about receiving an invitation to the highly anticipated summer wedding of Taylor Swift and her American football partner Travis Kelce at first saying “no comment” and laughing.
Kate received a rapturous welcome from the people of the Italian city of Reggio Emilia las week, where she learnt about an innovative approach to teaching young children pioneered in the city.
William said: “She wanted to go and do lots of research, she spends God knows how much time now looking through all the paperwork.
“She’s a proper pro on early years, and so most evenings I’m fighting to get past in the bedroom… all the paperwork that she’s got lined up ready to read. I’m so pleased it went well for her, and yeah, I think she came back buzzing.”
An aide to the princess last week described the trip as a “huge moment” for Kate, who has experienced a cancer diagnosis and treatment since she travelled to America more than three years ago.
William and Kate’s last major, lengthy tour together was their controversial trip to the Caribbean in March 2022 to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee, before they spent three days in Boston in December 2022 for the prince’s Earthshot Prize ceremony.
When the suggestion was made that Kate wants to do more overseas visits, William told the breakfast show: “Yes, I think so. It’s kind of, just sort of edging herself back into doing more and more of those trips.
“Away trips like that take a lot out of you because you’re on sort of permanent receive and send the whole time, and so we have to balance that, make sure she’s OK and rested, but yeah, she’s in good form.”
William joked with Theakston and Holden about Kate speaking Italian during her trip saying he did not realise she spoke the language and joked “she must have dusted that off a while ago”.
The prince began his appearance by confessing he was not a morning person and how at this time he would be doing the school run with Prince Louis and Princess Charlotte, but revealed Prince George was boarding at Lambrook, the private school the three children all attend near Ascot in Berkshire.
Louis liked to take jam sandwiches in the car. “He’ll leave jam fingerprints throughout the car which is really helpful,” his father William added.
William helped pick the breakfast show’s playlist and his choices included Taylor Swift, a favourite artist of Charlotte and Louis, and her track Opalite, and Raye’s chart-topping single Where Is My Husband.
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