King Charles may not often do the cooking at home. But he revealed his tips for a perfect Sunday roast when he visited the Bradford headquarters of the supermarket chain Morrisons.
The secret, he said, was to cook the roast potatoes in the fat from the joint.
The King, who was at the start of a two-day visit to Yorkshire, also met the producer of the supermarket’s zero-carbon eggs.
In the company’s development kitchen, where they work on ideas for new dishes, he was presented with a roast rib of beef which he greeted with the words: “This smells irresistible.”
He discussed with the chef Mark Richmond the finer points of how to cook it – fast, then slow – then said: “What about