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Jennifer Newton

Prince William 'scared' his cousins Beatrice and Eugenie with 'frightening' Easter prank

Like many others across the country, the royals use the Easter holiday to get together and catch up - and no doubt eat lots of chocolate.

The Queen nearly always spends Easter at Windsor Castle and all of her family usually head there for the bank holiday weekend, and they all attend church together on Easter Sunday.

After church, the family usually tuck into a delicious roast dinner and other sweet treats are on offer for younger members of the family.

And according to former royal chef Darren McGrady, he once decided to make some of the younger royals, including Prince William, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie a very special treat indeed - a Hickory Dickory Dock nursery rhyme-themed chocolate egg.

Prince William with his cousins Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie (UK Press via Getty Images)

But he got a shock with what William did when it was sent up to the nursery for the children.

Speaking to OK! magazine, Darren said: "It had a clock on the top striking one and a sugared mouse peeking out of a mousehole.

"We sent it up to the nursery on the silver tray, but 15 minutes later the Footman brought it back.

"He said, 'Nanny asked me to return this. Prince William has just stood on a chair and bitten the mouse’s head off, frightening Beatrice and Eugenie.'"

Harry and Prince William on a skiing holiday with Beatrice and Eugenie in 1995 (UK Press via Getty Images)

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Darren went on to say that he jumped to action, quickly making another mouse to replace the one William had destroyed.

He continued to say: "We had to quickly make another mouse, pop it in the hole and send it back to the nursery.

"I think Nanny put the egg out of William’s reach to make sure it didn’t happen again."

The Royal Family's Easter Sunday activities are quite traditional, including a fish dinner on Good Friday.

The Queen at an Easter Sunday church service in 2018 (REUTERS)

On Easter Sunday they usually go to St George's Chapel for a service before heading back for a four-course lunch.

Darren added: "We’d go straight into the main course – a traditional roast lamb with seasonal vegetables.

"The Queen likes her meat well done so she’d always have the first two slices.

"They’d also have a compound salad served in a kidney dish attached to the plate – just some lettuce and cucumber with a little mint or some grated carrot and coriander."

However, it was confirmed earlier this week that the Queen is not expected to attend the Royal Family's annual Easter Sunday church service today.

Earlier in the week, it was confirmed that members of the Royal Family would be at the service day as usual - but the monarch, who turns 96 next week, is not believed to be among them.

Her Majesty has been suffering from mobility problems in recent months and feels she can not commit to the service at St George’s Chapel in Windsor this weekend, royal sources have confirmed.

It comes after she also pulled out of attending Thursday's traditional Royal Maundy Service, which was also held at St George's Chapel.

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