So interesting to see where the tipping point is for different people, for me it was the banana.

So I'll ask.... did Queen Elizabeth even try this? The list of ingredients is so weird and offputting. Where do eggplant, banana, mango, curry and mayo (mei you to the mayo.... yeah, I know, lame) go together in the same sentence, never mind recipe?

Forgetting that more modern messed around with interpretation, yes, the Queen would have definitely eaten Coronation Chicken.

The original’s apricot purée makes sense as it would have been a substitute for mango chutney (still hugely popular in the U.K. but likely difficult to source in 1953). It also follows a trend from Victorian times to make dishes with curry powder (take Kedgeree, which was a favourite of the Queen, as an example). My grandfather served food to the Queen at certain State Banquets.

My husband had a Coronation Chicken sandwich just yesterday, he bought it as its a kind of food I never make at home.

I don't even know how those flavours would work together. But to each culture their own. I guess the british wouldn't be able to figure out a durian mango smoothie (neither would I, but I'm sure it exists somewhere)