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The Duke of Edinburgh, who has been married to Her Majesty for 70 years, calls his wife “cabbage”.
It is unknown where the hilarious pet name came from, but Royal biographer Robert Lacey confirmed it is in fact true.
He said: “Yes, I’ve heard that is how he will sometimes refer to her.”
During the 2006 film The Queen, as Philip Mountbatten is about to get in bed he tells his wife to “move over, cabbage.”
The film’s screenwriter Peter Morgan said: “I inquired in Royal circles and was told on very good authority that that is what the Duke sometimes calls the Queen.”
It has been speculated the nickname comes from mon petit chou, which is French for “my darling”.
In English, however, the phrase translates to “my little cabbage”.
“Cabbage” is not the only nickname the Queen has.
Prince George calls his great-grandmother “Gan-Gan”.
According to PopSugar, British Royals have been calling their great-grandparents this phrase for generations.
American biographer Kitty Kelley claims ‘Gan-Gan’ was adopted by Prince Charles, Prince William, and Prince Harry to address their respective great-grandmothers.
The Duke of Cambridge said, in a documentary to mark the monarch’s 90th birthday: “George is only two-and-a-half and he calls her Gan-Gan.
“She always leaves a little gift or something in their room when we go and stay and that just shows her love for the family.”
Prince William funnily called Her Majesty “Gary” when he was young because he struggled to pronounce “Granny”.
Gossip columnist Richard Kay said: “The Queen was on hand after William fell over at Buckingham Palace, bawling: ‘Gary, Gary’.
“A guest who went to help asked who Gary was, assuming it must be a member of the royal household.
“’I’m Gary,’ said the Queen, after she picked him up.
“He hasn’t learned to say Granny yet.’”
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