The royal family came together to honor the passing of their matriarch Queen Elizabeth on Monday (September 19).
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The Queen was widely known to have a wicked sense of humour and since news of her death yesterday one of Her Majesty's funniest jokes has resurfaced and gone viral.
The moment was first shared during a Sky News appearance from former protection officer Richard Griffin during the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June. He recounted the moment two American tourists failed to recognise the Queen while out walking in the grounds of Balmoral.
At the time of the meeting, the Queen was dressed down in her 'casual clothes' wearing tweed and a headscarf so the pair of hikers didn't recognise her and assumed she was a fellow visitor to the Aberdeenshire estate.
Richard shared the story during the broadcast, he said: "There were two hikers coming towards us and the Queen would always stop and say hello. It was two Americans on a walking holiday and it was clear they hadn't recognised her, which was fine."
"The American man asked her if she lived in the area to which she replied that she did indeed have a house nearby. She said that she lived in London but had a house just over the hill, and he asked how often she had been coming up here.
"She said she'd been coming up for more than 80 years and you could see the cogs were ticking. He said: 'Well if you've been coming up here for 80 years, you must have met the Queen?'
"As quick as a flash, she said 'Well I haven't but Dick here meets her regularly.' So the guy asked me what she was like.
"And because I was with her a long time, I could pull her leg, so I said she could be very cantankerous at times, but she's got a lovely sense of humour.
"Anyway the next thing I knew, this guy comes round, puts his arm around my shoulder, and before I could see what is happening, he gives his
The royal family came together to honor the passing of their matriarch Queen Elizabeth on Monday (September 19).
Meghan Markle was seen overcome with emotion as she joined members of the royal family at the State Funeral for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey on Friday.The Duchess of Sussex was seen wiping a tear from her eye in emotional pictures as the procession left Westminster Abbey for Wellington Arch while members of the royal family watched on.The Queen Consort, the Duchess of Sussex, the Princess of Wales and the Countess of Wessex were seen looking sombre as the King and his siblings marched off. Prince George and Princess Charlotte stood in front of their mother, with George looking directly at the coffin as it passed.
The world will be watching. Queen Elizabeth II will be laid to rest alongside her late husband, Prince Philip, in St George’s Chapel during her funeral on Monday, September 19.
Queen Elizabeth II will be laid to rest in the first state funeral in 57 years today, Monday, September 19. The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral, her Scottish Highlands home, on September 8.
Queen Elizabeth II's funeral on Monday 19 September will take place at Westminster Abbey, and King Charles III, 73, confirmed that the day will be a national bank holiday. On the morning of the sombre day, the lying-in-State period will end and the Queen’s Coffin will be taken in procession from the Palace of Westminster to Westminster Abbey, where the State Funeral Service will take place.
Queen Elizabeth II was left "shaken and badly bruised" after a grouse hit her in the chest whilst she was out in grounds in Balmoral in 1995. Her formal royal protection officer Dick Griffin described how he looked for her, then aged 69, but she was nowhere to be seen. After a frantic search, he then found her lying on the ground with a dead grouse next to her.
In good hands. Prince William assured a child that Queen Elizabeth II‘s dogs are being taken care of after her death earlier this month at age 96.
A not-so-united front. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will not join the royal family to meet with world leaders ahead of Queen Elizabeth II‘s funeral on Sunday, September 18, after seemingly being uninvited.
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David Beckham has joined thousands of mourners queuing to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth. The former England football captain joined the queue in London to see the coffin of the late British monarch, who is lying in state in Westminster Hall, at around 2am on Friday morning (16. 09.
David Beckham joined thousands of well-wishers queuing to say a final farewell to the Queen on Friday.
Prince William was seen sweetly comforting wife Kate Middleton as they left a service at Westminster Hall following the Queen's coffin procession through central London on Wednesday afternoon. The coffin of the late Queen Elizabeth II, who died on 8 September, was moved from Buckingham Palace at the highly significant time of 2.22pm to Westminster Hall where it will lie-in-state for members of the public to pay their respects until Monday 19 September, the day of the late monarch's funeral.
Prince Harry was seen wiping his eyes at Her Majesty's coffin procession through central London on Tuesday afternoon. The coffin of the late Queen Elizabeth II, who died on 8 September, was moved from Buckingham Palace at the highly significant time of 2.22pm to Westminster Hall where it will lie-in-state for members of the public to pay their respects until Monday 19 September, the day of the late monarch's funeral.The Queen's coffin was followed on foot by her four children, King Charles III, 73, Princess Anne, 72, Prince Andrew, 62, and Prince Edward, 58, as well as her grandsons, Prince William, 40, and Prince Harry, 37, - who walked side-by-side - and Peter Phillips, 44, who is the son of Princess Anne.
The late Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin arrived in London on Tuesday, September 13, five days following her death at age 96.
The late Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin arrived in London on Tuesday, September 13, five days following her death at age 96.
Harry and Meghan are to join William and Kate along with other royals at Buckingham Palace to welcome the Queen's coffin, after it arrived in London a this evening.
A young royal fan has warmed the hearts of the nation, as well as Prince William's, after she gifted a mini Paddington Bear to the new Prince of Wales. The young girl was among the many who gathered outside Windsor Castle to mourn the Queen's passing and offer condolences to the royal family.
. Kate Middleton, who is also now the (a title passed down from the new ), was seen driving around during her time of mourning. Much like the rest of the royal family, the new princess was wearing all-black with large, circle sunglasses—probably in an attempt to give her a bit of privacy from the British press during the family's difficult time. The duchess, who did not see the former Queen before her death in Scotland, and instead stayed home with the children she shares with Prince William.