King Charles has banned a controversial food item from all royal households.
Tins of foie gras will no longer be on offer at residences which the King and his family use.
He branded the item "torture in a tin" and his move has now been revealed and applauded by animal rights group PETA.
BirminghamLive reports PETA would send the King a hamper of 'faux gras' made by vegan chef Alexis Gauthier as a thank you.
The animal rights group said: "As Prince of Wales, King Charles removed foie gras – a despicable product for which ducks and geese are force-fed until their livers swell up to 10 times their natural size before the animals are slaughtered – from his royal residences."
Elisa Allen, vice president of PETA, said: "Peta encourages everyone to follow the King's lead and leave foie gras off the menu this Christmas and beyond."
The DUP MP for East Antrim, Sammy Wilson tweeted: "Real leadership from the King.
"The sale and importation of Foie Gras should be banned in the UK. It's time for Parliament to act."
Foie Gras can be imported and sold in the UK, but its production is banned.
The UK had proposed to prohibit its importation after Brexit, but these plans are now expected to be shelved.
A petition by Animal Equality calling for an import ban has passed 250,000 signatures.
The campaign group’s Jenny Canham called permitting imports of foie gras “cruel and nonsensical”.
She said: “The Government must take this opportunity, keep its word, and make this ban a reality,”
The UK imports around 200 tonnes of foie gras a year.
"The production of foie gras involves the controversial force-feeding of birds with more food than they would eat in the wild, and more than they would voluntarily eat domestically.
"Charles is a keen environmentalist, and has taken steps to introduce many eco-friendly and environmentally-conscious changes to Royal Family households in the past."
The Mirror reported in the past how chefs at one of his favourite charities had been serving foie gras to guests
The Prince banned the controversial food from royal kitchens amid outrage over animal cruelty.
Foie gras is produced by force-feeding ducks and geese until their livers swell to 10 times their normal size and can burst.
But Dumfries House, the country estate in south west Scotland that the (then) Prince Charles saved for the nation in 2007, offered a “ fois gras parfait” to wedding guests as part of a three course £65 a head banquet.
Clarence House then declined to comment while Dumfries House insisted that ‘a wedding buffet is at the discretion of the bride groom” and that foie gras no longer appears on any menu.
A spokesman for Dumfries House then said: “Dumfries House is not a royal residence.
“The wedding and event division is the commercial arm of the business and has nothing to do with The Prince of Wales.
“Foie Gras did appear on one of the wedding menus as a canapé option and no longer appears on any of the wedding menus."
