2017-01-05

Most curious royal incident


It is one of the perks of being a member of the archaic hereditary UK monarchy that you have armed guards watching over you at all hours.
january 4 2017

The Queen is a fan of late-night walks.

When she struggles to sleep she will sometimes put on a mac and walk around the palace grounds, an ex-guardsman told me.

On one occasion he was patrolling inside the perimeter of the Palace walls at 3am when he spotted a figure in the darkness. Thinking that he had come across an intruder, he shouted: “Who’s that?”

To his surprise it was the Queen.

“Bloody hell, Your Majesty, I nearly shot you,” he blurted out.

Realising that he had spoken out of turn, he waited for a dressing-down.

“That’s quite all right,” HM replied.

“Next time I’ll ring through beforehand so you don’t have to shoot me.”


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