Prince William ‘terrified’ Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie with cruel Easter prank

Traditionally, the British Royal Family always come together at Easter time. And there is one celebration that no doubt stands out in the minds of Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie for all the wrong reasons – thanks to their older cousin, Prince William.

It is customary for members of the family to descend on Windsor for the bank holiday weekend, where they all attend a special church service at St George’s Chapel on Easter Sunday.

This year will look a little different, with both King Charles and Princess Kate receiving cancer treatment. It has already been confirmed that Kate will not be at the service and nor will Prince William , Prince George , Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. Instead, the Wales family are spending the Easter holidays together in private.

Chances are the future King will share some of his Easter memories with his three children – including one prank he played on his younger cousins when they were young.

Former royal chef Darren McGrady previously revealed William’s trick on sisters Beatrice and Eugenie – which began when he decided to make a Hickory Dickory Dock nursery rhyme themed chocolate egg for the youngsters to all enjoy.

He told OK! magazine: “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.'”

But Darren quickly rectified the situation.”We had to quickly make another mouse, pop it in the hole and send it back to the nursery,” he admitted. “I think Nanny put the egg out of William’s reach to make sure it didn’t happen again.”

The Royal Family’s Easters are quite traditional, including a fish dinner on Good Friday

On Easter Sunday, they usually go to St George’s Chapel – Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s wedding venue – for a traditional service before heading back for lunch.

Darren previoisly said: “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.”