Prince William shares the recipe for his homemade Bolognese sauce

Prince William has shared the recipe for his homemade Bolognese sauce for a new charity cookbook.

The Duke of Cambridge, 38, revealed his take on the classic Italian dish in A Taste Of Home, which includes 120 meals from the UK’s top chefs and celebrities to mark the 40th anniversary of homelessness charity The Passage.

Last year, the Duchess of Cambridge, also 38, confessed that Bolognese sauce was one of William’s speciality dishes and that he tried to woo her with his cooking skills while they were at University of St Andrews in Scotland, together.

Speaking to Mary Berry on A Berry Royal Christmas, the mother-of-three said: ‘In university days he used to cook all sorts of meals. I think that’s when he was trying to impress me! Things like Bolognese sauce.’

Prince William (pictured in 2019 helping at homelessness charity The Passage) has shared the recipe for his homemade Bolognese sauce for a new charity cookbook 

William, who is The Passage’s royal patron, admitted he wasn’t an ‘excellent chef’ but revealed his recipe because he believes ‘sharing makes people who are experiencing homelessness feel right at home’.

He  said: ‘I am the first to admit that I am not an excellent chef. The last time I was allowed into the kitchens at The Passage I made a spaghetti ­bolognese.’

‘What struck me the most was how sharing makes people who are experiencing homelessness feel right at home.’ 

The royal added: ‘Having a place to call home is ­precious… For those without a place to call home the ­pandemic has been even more frightening.’  

Last year, Kate revealed how William tried to woo her with his cooking skills while both studying at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.

The Duke of Cambridge, 38, revealed his take on the classic Italian dish in A Taste Of Home (pictured), which includes 120 meals from the UK’s top chefs and celebrities to mark the 40th anniversary of homelessness charity The Passage

William (pictured), who is The Passage’s royal patron, admitted he wasn’t an ‘excellent chef’ but revealed his recipe because he believes ‘sharing makes people who are experiencing homelessness feel right at home’

According to the duchess, her husband used to cook up ‘all sorts of meals’ in the kitchen in an attempt to win over her affections.

Speaking to Mary Berry on A Berry Royal Christmas, the mother-of-three confessed that Bolognese sauce was one of his speciality dishes.

‘In university days he used to cook all sorts of meals,’ she told the baking legend. ‘I think that’s when he was trying to impress me, Mary! Things like Bolognese sauce, and things like that.’

Asked if he cooks for her now, Kate replied: ‘He sometimes does actually – he’s very good at breakfast.’

 Last year, the Duchess of Cambridge (pictured right), confessed to Mary Berry (pictured centre) on A Berry Royal Christmas, that Bolognese sauce was one of William’s speciality dishes

These days it’s Kate who does most of the cooking at home, with William having previously admitted in the programme: ‘I can do tea, Mary, but not cooking. Catherine is definitely the one who cooks, not me.’

Prince William isn’t the only royal to venture into the world of cookbooks, with Prince Harry’s wife Meghan Markle, 39, having previously helped a charity with a similar venture.

In her first solo project as a member of the royal family in 2018, the Duchess of Sussex helped launch Together: Our Community Cookbook to support families affected by the Grenfell Tower inferno. 

The book features 50 of Meghan’s favourite recipes created by women from Grenfell’s ‘Hubb Community Kitchen’ in west London, set up in the wake of the devastating blaze in June 2017.