Dressed in cream, the future Queen visited the Shreeji Dham Haveli Hindu Temple and the award-winning choreographer Aakash Odedra’s dance company in the city. Earlier, she had walked part of Leicester’s Golden Mile, a road famous for having one of the highest concentrations of Indian jewellery, sarees, and fashion boutiques in the UK – and revealed her tolerance for hot spices.

Married couple Dharmesh and Enna Lakhani, who have run Indian restaurant Bobby’s – a staple on the well-known thoroughfare for 50 years – said Catherine had enjoyed the sweet and savoury snacks she tried.

Mr Lakhani said: “We didn’t want to let her go, we wanted to kind of hold on to her – we even told her that, we said ‘we would keep you here all day but we can’t’.”

Mrs Lakhani said: “She was so warm, so kind, so approachable as soon as she came in.”

When trying a chutney made with green chillies, the princess told the couple: “I’m OK with spice.”

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She also revealed that her husband, the Prince of Wales, loves chocolate.

The princess told the restaurant owners, while sipping tea and trying savoury snacks and sweets: “Congratulations, it’s amazing your business is still thriving.”

She remarked that in a “fast-paced” world, “sitting down and eating as a family together becomes harder and harder”.

Elsewhere, Catherine revealed how she likes to drink her tea, with milk and no sugar.