Elizabeth II had not hesitated to give the reply to the most famous agent of Her Majesty.
Then to his most famous bear cub.
The anecdote told on the Sky News channel by former security officer Richard Griffin recalls that the British monarch possessed derision and facetiousness.
The sequence, shot at the time of the platinum jubilee – we imagine that the officer in question does not display this same good humor these days – resurfaced with the death of the queen.
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Richard Griffin sets the scene: a picnic near Balmoral Castle, Scotland.
The queen and he both happen to be out for a walk.
Two American tourists arrive.
Elizabeth greets them, questions them about their origin, the places they visit.
"
From this stage, it was clear that they had not recognized it
", laughs the one who worked for several decades for the royal family.
Americans ask the honorable grandmother: "
And you, where do you live?"
She lives in London but goes for the holidays "
right behind that hill
," she explains.
“
How long have you been coming here?
".
“
Oh, I've been coming here for eighty years.
"
So you must have met the queen!"
".
Mischievous response from Elizabeth: "
I don't, but him quite regularly
," she says, pointing to the officer.
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Heads turn to this one.
"
How is she?"
exclaim the Americans.
"
She's got a sense of humor
," Griffin replies.
Too happy to chat with a man who met the most famous of sovereigns, vacationers want to immortalize the meeting.
They then approach Griffin and hand their camera... to Queen Elizabeth.