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British royal family news divulges that being royal doesn’t mean that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth is stodgy or dull. According to one royal expert, the queen not only has a wicked sense of humor, she loves to laugh.
Sally Bedell Smith is the author of Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch. She recently spoke to People about the monarch and apparently the queen even pokes fun at herself.
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Smith said that the queen, “is much livelier in private than what the public sees.” She claims that she also has a, “self-deprecating humor, and has called her expression, “Miss Piggy face.”
Apparently the queen was watching a rerun of her son Prince Charles’ 1981 wedding to Princess Diana when she made the crack, saying, “Oh, there’s my Miss Piggy face.”
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Another royal expert, Angela Kelley has similar stories to share about the Queen’s joviality.
She claims that during a portrait session for her Diamond Jubilee in 2012, Her Majesty couldn’t help but clown around.
According to Kelley, in between poses the queen had fun, “slipping her hands in and out of her pockets and placing them on to her hips, and mimicking the stances of a professional model.” she recalled.
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Kelley told People that those at the photo shoot, “stood in disbelief. The Queen was a natural. Barry [the photographer] and I felt we were experiencing something really special: a moment never to be repeated.”
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The humorous anecdotes come following the apparent news that palace employees will continue, “flexible working,” after the coronavirus pandemic ends.
The Queen introduced flexible working options for over 1,000 members of her staff in response to Covid-19 restrictions.
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A job ad for a Senior Employee Communications Assistant appears to say that plans to continue remote working will be in place even after the pandemic is over.
The job pays £27,000-a-year and is based at Buckingham Palace. The job ad reads, “Working as part of our professional and supportive HR team, you’ll underpin all aspects of our employee communications and will join at an interesting and important time.”
“And as we look ahead, more flexible ways of working is likely to continue post pandemic, making your role key to our future.”
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