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.
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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