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The Queen tends to come across as a little stern, which is a demeanour that didn’t do her many favours when Diana died.
I’ll give her this – she keeps it together in some tense situations. It must have taken some serious willpower to bite her tongue when she was forced to hang out with Donald Trump during his state visit.
When we think of witty gaffes, the Royal that comes to mind is Prince Philip, even though most of them are racist.
There’s a reason that you haven’t seen him speak publicly for decades. He’s a hazard.
Given the right circumstances, however, Queen Elizabeth can throw some serious shade.
Vogue collected a few of her best one-liners, starting with that time that she ran into some American tourists while walking the grounds of Balmoral with her protection officer.
When asked if she’d “ever met the Queen”, she responded “no”, then gestured to her officer saying “but he has”.
10 more great moments:
Finally, when during an argument the Queen Mother asked the Queen “Who do you think you are?”, Elizabeth ended the altercation with this:
“The Queen, mummy, the Queen.”
Mic drop.
We are amused.
[source:vogue]
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