Prince William was embarrassed when his mother, Princess Diana, surprised him with a very unconventional birthday cake for his 13th birthday.
The Prince of Wales is celebrating his 42nd birthday today and his family are no doubt making a big deal of it at their Adelaide Cottage home in Windsor, with the usual touches like a gift, perhaps celebrations and a birthday cake. birthday to enjoy together.
But there’s no doubt that this year William will enjoy a far tastier treat than his 13th birthday cake, which former Buckingham Palace chef Darren McGrady revealed Diana ordered delivered to the palace from Kensington.
Chef Darren McGrady previously told the Daily Mail: “I found it in the fridge. It was in the form of a huge pair of breasts with equally huge nipples.
“I was amazed and went to the butler and asked who ordered it. He told me it was the princess and it was a surprise for William.
Princess Diana (left in 1995) loved to play pranks on her sons, Prince Harry (center) and Prince William (left).
“At the time, the prince had a huge crush on models Christy Turlington and Claudia Schiffer.
“The princess’s hairdresser, Sam McKnight, knew them and he invited them to the palace for his birthday tea – and this cake, of course. William was bright red all afternoon.
The late Princess of Wales was known for her cheeky sense of humor and couldn’t resist the chance to embarrass her eldest son on his milestone birthday.
Prince William may have been left reddened by the incident, but his brother Prince Harry – who was just 10 at the time – found the prank hilarious, sharing his cheeky sense of humor mother.
Prince Harry loved the prank so much that he reportedly requested the same cake for his own 13th birthday.
Even if Princess Diana could have organized William’s elaborate birthday cake, the chances of her attempting to bake one herself would have been very slim, with McGrady revealing she was a “terrible cook”.
“She didn’t know how to cook, the princess was a very bad cook, she really was,” he told HELLO! “I would actually leave him some food.
“I worked Monday to Friday and left foods in the fridge for the weekend, like stuffed peppers, she loved them for a weekend lunch.”
Prince William’s 21st cake, given away on Thursday June 19, 2003, during a visit to the Anglesey Food Fair in North Wales, was much less risky.
Princess Diana (center in 1995) shared a close bond with her sons, Prince William (left) and Prince Harry (right).
“I actually put some cling film with a little post-it note with a number two on it, and it told him to put it in the microwave and press two. That’s how bad she was at cooking!
For William’s 13th birthday, exactly 29 years ago, his mother didn’t stop at a cake with sauce.
Knowing her son had a crush on iconic ’90s models like Claudia Schiffer, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell, his mother invited them over to wish William a happy birthday – and the restless teen “almost fell down the stairs in answer “.
“I was probably a 12 or 13 year old boy who had posters of them on his wall. And I turned bright red and I didn’t know what to say and I kind of fumbled and I think I almost fell down the stairs on the way up,” reports the Mirror, William revealed in a 2018 documentary.
“I was completely and utterly amazed. But it was a very funny memory. That kind of childish, fun element really came out when she (Diana) was spending time with us.
Prince William will likely celebrate his 42nd birthday with his wife, the Princess of Wales, and their three children, Prince George, Prince Louis and Princess Charlotte. Photographed at Trooping the Color 2024
Prince William went on to explain that his mother “was a child through and through.”
He continued: “All I can hear is his laughter in my head. That kind of crazy laugh where there was just pure happiness displayed on his face.
Tributes have been pouring in for Prince William on his 42nd birthday, with the royal leading the messages with a sweet throwback snap on social media.
The caption, which accompanies a archive photo of Prince William as a baby with his father Charles, reads: “Wishing the Prince of Wales a very happy birthday!”