God Bless Her.
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eric_james
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Chopper the ex Copper
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Indeed. I was taught to be cautious.
Magpiegifts
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The cornerstone of any good club
Chopper the ex Copper
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I think we understand one another
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2manyoranges
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it's interesting just how many people close to her are mentioning her wicked sense of humour. On this I remember two incidents:
At one of the big showpiece events for the Silver Jubilee, the person managing was Michael Parker - one of his rules for these events was 'if it's not too complex and risky then you're not on the right track' - and just as things were going a bit pear shaped he said to the Queen '...ma'am it's all going terribly wrong....' to which she said '...is it?....excellent!!....'
And then at Balmoral, in her trademark Landrover with a security guy next to her, stopping up in the hills next to a person walking, who then said '....have you bumped into the Queen...' to which she replied, pointing to the security officer '....No, but he has....'
At one of the big showpiece events for the Silver Jubilee, the person managing was Michael Parker - one of his rules for these events was 'if it's not too complex and risky then you're not on the right track' - and just as things were going a bit pear shaped he said to the Queen '...ma'am it's all going terribly wrong....' to which she said '...is it?....excellent!!....'
And then at Balmoral, in her trademark Landrover with a security guy next to her, stopping up in the hills next to a person walking, who then said '....have you bumped into the Queen...' to which she replied, pointing to the security officer '....No, but he has....'
