I don’t know why this entertains me, but it does.
‘The Queen makes a surprise appearance on the Antiques Roadshow to discuss family knickknacks‘
You read that headline correctly, the Queen was on the Antiques Roadshow.
If you ever wondered what a Sunday night in with the Windsors was like, it involves watching the Antiques Roadshow, according to show presenter Fiona Bruce, who said that she’d heard Queen Elizabeth II was a ‘fan’ of the long-running BBC series.
That most definitely seemed to be the case when last night night saw HRH and husband Prince Phillip appear on the show to chat to experts about heirlooms from Hillsborough Castle, her residence in Northern Ireland, where the team were filming.
Staunch small-r republican, me – and Irish Catholic, at that – but I like Elizabeth II. Not that she’s ever invited me over for tea and cakes, mind you.
Yeah, QEII really epitomizes the idea of noblesse oblige, as did her father.