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She might be partial to a bowl of Special K for brekkie and a glass of Champagne for supper, but there’s one thing you’ll never see gracing the Queen’s dining table at Balmoral or Buckingham Palace.

A former private chef has lifted the lid on our monarch’s dining habits and, according to him, there’s one food that Her Majesty simply cannot stomach.

According to Darren O’Grady, who once had the honour of cooking up the royals’ daily grub, the Queen cannot stand the smell or taste of garlic.

"The Queen would never have garlic on the menu. She hated the smell of it, she hated the taste of it,” he told Marie Claire.

Dishes including the much-loved ingredient were strictly off the menu, meaning you’ll never see Liz secretly ordering a portion of cheesy garlic bread slices on the side of a Domino's pizza anytime soon.

Royal Chef O’Grady revealed that while the Queen had a few foods she really disliked, she loved dark chocolate so much that she couldn’t help but tuck into a square or two on a daily basis.

While that might sound terribly down-to-earth, royal mealtimes certainly were not; according to O’Grady, most involved donning a formalwear and being serenaded by bagpipers.

"[The royal family] would come in for afternoon tea by the log fire in outdoor clothes, and then they'd all change for dinner,” O’ Grady divulged.

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Elizabeth II smiles at schoolchildren as she leaves the National Memorial to the Few after opening a new wing in Folkestone Chris Jackson/WPA Pool/Getty Images 27/30 April 30, 2015 Queen Elizabeth II reacts after presenting New Colours to the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards at Windsor Castle in London Cathal McNaughton/WPA Pool /Getty Images 28/30 March 8, 2016 Queen Elizabeth II smiles as she meets people being helped by the Prince's Trust at the Prince's Trust Centre in Kennington in London Chris Jackson/Getty Images 29/30 December 24, 2016 Queen Elizabeth II sits at a desk in the Regency Room after recording her Christmas Day broadcast to the Commonwealth at Buckingham Palace in London Yui Mok/WPA Pool/Getty Images 30/30 March 14, 2016 Queen Elizabeth II smiles as she arrives at the annual Commonwealth Day service on Commonwealth Day in Westminster Abbey, London Geoff Pugh/WPA Pool/Getty Images

“They'd come down in dressy ball gowns, and sit at the table - like a Downton Abbey dinner.

"All the fine china was brought out. At the end of the meal, a bagpipe player would walk around the table."