{"id":2317447,"date":"2026-03-07T19:14:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T19:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2317447"},"modified":"2026-03-07T19:14:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T19:14:52","slug":"princess-kate-likes-a-bit-of-spice-as-she-reveals-williams-soft-spot-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/princess-kate-likes-a-bit-of-spice-as-she-reveals-williams-soft-spot-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Kate likes a bit of \u2018spice\u2019 as she reveals William\u2019s soft spot | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2178914\/princess-kate-leicester-outfit\" target=\"_blank\">Dressed in cream<\/a>, the future Queen visited the Shreeji Dham Haveli Hindu Temple and the award-winning choreographer Aakash Odedra&#8217;s dance company in the city. Earlier, she had walked part of Leicester&#8217;s Golden Mile, a road famous for having one of the highest concentrations of Indian jewellery, sarees, and fashion boutiques in the UK &#8211; and revealed her tolerance for hot spices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Married couple Dharmesh and Enna Lakhani, who have run Indian restaurant Bobby&#8217;s &#8211; a staple on the well-known thoroughfare for 50 years &#8211; said Catherine had enjoyed the sweet and savoury snacks she tried.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Mr Lakhani said: \u201cWe didn&#8217;t want to let her go, we wanted to kind of hold on to her &#8211; we even told her that, we said &#8216;we would keep you here all day but we can&#8217;t&#8217;.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Mrs Lakhani said: \u201cShe was so warm, so kind, so approachable as soon as she came in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>When trying a chutney made with green chillies, the princess told the couple: \u201cI&#8217;m OK with spice.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Ensure our latest royal headlines always appear at the top of your Google Search by making us a Preferred Source. <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=express.co.uk&amp;hl=en_GB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Click here to activate<\/a><\/strong><strong> or just add us as Preferred Source in your Google search settings.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>She also revealed that her husband, the Prince of Wales, loves chocolate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The princess told the restaurant owners, while sipping tea and trying savoury snacks and sweets: \u201cCongratulations, it&#8217;s amazing your business is still thriving.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>She remarked that in a \u201cfast-paced\u201d world, \u201csitting down and eating as a family together becomes harder and harder\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Elsewhere, Catherine revealed how she likes to drink her tea, with milk and no sugar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>const Init=()=>{const interval=setInterval(()=>{if(typeof window.utag_data.consentData!=='undefined'){clearInterval(interval);ExpressApp.Log('[Facebook] consent data',window.utag_data.consentData)\nif(!window.isVendorConsented(window.utag_data.consentData,20,!0)){return!1}\nconst publisherPurposes=window.utag_data.consentData.tcfv2consent?.publisher?.consents\nconst consentPurposes=window.utag_data.consentData.tcfv2consent?.purpose?.consents\nif(!publisherPurposes[1]||!publisherPurposes[2]||!publisherPurposes[3]||!publisherPurposes[4]||!consentPurposes[1]||!consentPurposes[2]||!consentPurposes[3]||!consentPurposes[4]){return!1}\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','331470507705028');fbq('trackSingle','331470507705028','PageView')}else{ExpressApp.Log('[Facebook] Facebook is waiting for consent data')}},100)}\nif(typeof flagTcfLoaded!=='undefined'&&flagTcfLoaded){Init()}else{document.addEventListener('tcfLoaded',()=>{Init()})}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.express.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dressed in cream, the future Queen visited the Shreeji Dham Haveli Hindu Temple and the award-winning choreographer Aakash Odedra&#8217;s dance company in the city. 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