![]() He said: “Well if you've been coming up here for 80 years, you must have met the Queen?”Īnd as quick as a flash, she said “Well I haven't but Dick here meets her regularly.” So the guy said to me, “You’ve met the Queen, what’s she like?” And because I was with her a long time, and I knew I could pull her leg, I said, “Oh, she can be very cantankerous at times, but she's got a lovely sense of humor.” She said, “I had been coming up ever since I was a little girl, so over 80 years.” And you could see the cogs ticking. She said, 'Well I live in London, but I've got a holiday home just the other side of the hills.” And he said, “How often have you been coming up here?” ![]() And I could see it coming and sure enough he said to her Majesty: “And where do you live?” The American gentleman was telling the Queen where he came from. And it was clear from the moment we first stopped that they hadn't recognized the Queen, which is fine. ![]() ![]() ![]() And it was two Americans on a walking holiday. There were two hikers coming towards us, and the Queen would always stop and say hello. The story began with the Queen's propensity to take picnics at the estate around lunchtime with just her protection officer in tow. ![]()
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