Examples of the humour of our late Queen



The Queen evidently had a good sense of humour as revealed in the James Bond and Paddington sketches.

Reportedly, the Queen got into a fight with her mother once where her mother snapped, "Who do you think you are?" The monarch answered, "The Queen, mummy, the Queen."

It is said that Her Majesty was not a big fan of Niagara Falls in Canada, when she visited. "It looks very damp," the Queen reportedly said of the epic waterfall attraction.

At the 2016 Chelsea Flower Show, the Queen learned that the lily of the valley plant can be used as a poison. "I've been given two bunches this week. Perhaps they want me dead," the Queen reportedly deadpanned in return.

Towards the end of her life, when asked if she was well, she often quipped that she was still alive.

On one of her trips to New Zealand, some unhappy citizens threw eggs at the Queen as a form of protest. She later referenced the incident, joking, "New Zealand has long been renowned for its dairy produce, though I should say that I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast."

The Queen was one of the most famous women in the world, but she reportedly wasn't recognised by a group of tourists while at her Balmoral country home. The group asked if she'd ever met the Queen, and Her Majesty pointed to her protection officer and said, "No, but this policeman has." The Queen apparently ended up taking a snap of the tourists and the policeman but thankfully he took one of them too.