(ANSA) - LONDON, OCTOBER 19 - Queen Elizabeth II, 95 years old last April, almost 70 years of which spent on the throne, refused - politely but firmly - a prize assigned to her for personal reasons, letting it be known without beating about the bush that she did not feel old . This was reported by the magazine 'TheOldie', a publication reserved for the world of the elderly, which every year gives away the prize in question, entitled 'Oldie of the Year': something like 'Old Man of the Year'.
Over the past few months, the magazine's editors had turned to the sovereign, through court channels, to ask her respectfully if she was willing to accept the prize.
But in the reply - transmitted on August 21 from the Scottish royal summer residence of Balmoral via a communication entrusted to his private secretary, Tom Laing-Baker - the daughter of George VI made it known that it was not exactly the case.
"Her Majesty - reads the letter from Laing-Baker released today - believes that one becomes old when one feels so.
So the Queen does not think she
meets the
criteria" foreseen to receive an award that "she hopes will find a more suitable recipient".
Recipient identified at the end by the magazine in the very famous French-American star of Hollywood cinema, Leslie Caron, who is 90 years old: five less than Elisabetta.
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