When You’re Lonely, You Find A Useful Hobby

While her husband, Prince William, was still working for the RAF as a pilot doing search-and-rescue in 2011 and 2012, Catherine got into making jams and jellies at home. She would give them out as gifts instead of doing online shopping. Plum preserves and strawberry jams are the Christmas gifts that the Queen and other royals got from her in 2011. But the Queen loved it and had it placed on the table at mealtime the following day. It’s thought that the Duchess of Cambridge used her grandmother’s recipe for chutney.