--- title: Kate Middleton's Pizza Preferences Stir Up Controversy description: Much to royals fans' chagrin, it turns out that Kate Middleton may have some questionable pizza opinions. canonical: https://time.com/5506838/kate-middleton-pizza/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-18T16:08:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:57:00.971Z og:title: Kate Middleton's Unique Pizza Preference Has Been Revealed og:description: The Duchess of Cambridge prefers bacon to "spicy" pepperoni og:url: https://time.com/5506838/kate-middleton-pizza/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt857cd633f27cbd31/6989439309208f4dde413272/kate-middleton-pizza.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: kate-middleton-pizza og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kate Middleton's Unique Pizza Preference Has Been Revealed twitter:description: The Duchess of Cambridge prefers bacon to "spicy" pepperoni twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt857cd633f27cbd31/6989439309208f4dde413272/kate-middleton-pizza.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kate Middleton Revealed Her Distinctive Pizza Preference and Everyone Has an Opinion > Sponsored content. 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Tolga Akmen - WPA Pool/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 18, 2019 4:08 PM UTC Much to royals fans’ chagrin, it turns out that [Kate Middleton](http://time.com/5500669/kate-middleton-brother/) may have some questionable [pizza](http://time.com/money/5368331/best-pizza-every-state/) opinions. While making pizzas with some primary school students at King Henry’s Walk community garden in north London this week, the [Duchess of Cambridge](http://time.com/money/5224398/kate-middleton-net-worth/) revealed that she prefers bacon to pepperoni as a pizza topping. And while that sentiment alone may not seem shocking, it was the reason behind the preference that had people up in arms. Kate Middleton apparently thinks pepperoni is “spicy.” “Does anyone ever put bacon on a pizza? Bacon’s great,” she tells the kids in a video from the event. “Do you not think that sounds good? I quite like that actually…It’s like having pepperoni but it’s not as spicy.” > [](https://twitter.com/RE%5FDailyMail/status/1085150616991748101) “Just found out Kate Middleton thinks pepperoni is spicy and it ruined my afternoon???” tweeted on horrified Twitter user in response. “Are there more of you out there who truly believe this???” > [](https://twitter.com/PAYOLETTER/status/1085233528781053953) See some more reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/lormora/status/1085959997207560193) > [](https://twitter.com/IanRClose/status/1086254298831433729) > [](https://twitter.com/caityweaver/status/1085164438565597185) > [](https://twitter.com/roooooosaleen/status/1085234095825870848) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5506838/kate-middleton-pizza/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5506838/kate-middleton-pizza/"},"headline":"Kate Middleton Revealed Her Distinctive Pizza Preference and Everyone Has an Opinion","datePublished":"2019-01-18T16:08:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:57:00.971Z","description":"\"It's like having pepperoni but it's not as spicy\"","url":"https://time.com/5506838/kate-middleton-pizza/","keywords":["Newsfeed","kate middleton","royals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt857cd633f27cbd31/6989439309208f4dde413272/kate-middleton-pizza.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt857cd633f27cbd31/6989439309208f4dde413272/kate-middleton-pizza.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"kate-middleton-pizza","caption":"Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge speaks with children and helps makes pizza as she visits Islington Community Garden on January 15, 2019 in London, England.","creditText":"Tolga Akmen - WPA Pool/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5506838/kate-middleton-pizza/","name":"Kate Middleton Revealed Her Distinctive Pizza Preference and Everyone Has an Opinion"}}]}] ```