What the Queen drinks (and eats) in a day might surprise you

The Queen mother was well known for her love of a tipple, and it appears her daughter has inherited her taste. 

It's been revealed that Elizabeth II drinks not one, not two, not three, but four cocktails a day.

Don't worry, she's hardly drinking on an empty stomach. 

Starting her day with tea and biscuits, our monarch moves on to fruit and cereal (Special K is a favourite), or scrambled eggs with smoked salmon if she's feeling like something more substantial. 

According to The Independent,  the Queen has a gin before lunch and enjoys the cocktail that her mother made famous. 

"She takes a gin and Dubonnet before lunch, with a slice of lemon and a lot of ice. She will take wine with lunch and a dry Martini and a glass of champagne in the evening," the Queen's cousin, Margaret Rhodes revealed to the newspaper. 

She takes the gin (reportedly Gordon's) mixed with the sweet wine-based aperitif, a slice of lemon (pips removed) and a lot of ice.

HRH reportedly then has a glass of wine to accompany a simple, low-carb lunch (she has a no-starch rule), but also enjoys a sneaky bit of chocolate after her meal. "She loves it," commented Darren McGrady, a former royal chef.

A dry Martini is reportedly prepared for her every evening, however its unknown if she takes it shaken or stirred. 

At dinner, she refuses to eat anything with garlic – and has reportedly banned it throughout the palace, preferring simple meat and vegetable dishes. 

Her majesty ends her day with a flute of fancy Champagne, the likes of Bollinger, Lanson, and Krug. 

We wouldn't expect anything less.