Prince Philip Is First Person To Grow This Rare Food In UK

Prince Philip is well-known for his contributions to the royal family, but he also did another wonderful thing for the United Kingdom.

The Duke of Edinburgh is the first person in Britain to successfully grow black truffles, and he has been doing it for more than a decade. Prince Philip also planted hundreds of hazels and oak samplings that were impregnated with truffle spores in 2006.

Adrian Cole, the director of Truffle UK, which supplied Prince Philip’s trees, said that Queen Elizabeth II’s husband managed to harvest a crop of the prized food known as black diamonds at Sandringham in Norfolk.

“The majority have been the Tuber Melanosporum which is the French Perigord black truffle which is as good as you can get. From what I gather, none have been sold – they have all gone to the house or members of the family,” he told Express.

Cole also shared how Prince Philip might have successfully grown the rare food.

“You need a dog to hunt them. If you only go once every three or four weeks you are not going to produce very much, but if you go on a regular basis during the growing season you will increase your yield no end,” he said.

Unfortunately, the expert was unable to comment on the size of the truffle that Prince Philip was able to harvest. He said that this is because the truffle plantation owner is very secretive when it comes to this important detail.

In related news, Prince Philip also made headlines this week after it was reported that he and the Queen do not normally do one thing when they travel. Writer Brian Hoey, who penned the book “Not in Front of the Corgis,” said that the royal couple stays in separate cabins when they traveled on board the Royal Yacht Britannia.

One of the reasons is because royals from the Duke and the Queen’s generation do not always sleep on one bed. Additionally, it all boiled down to their bedding preference. Her Majesty likes a longer turn-back on her sheets and blankets, and Prince Philip dislikes it.