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I heard a nice story about her that made me laugh, and I wish I could remember where I heard it...might have been Bongino, might have been The War Room, but I was listening to it with one ear so I am going to recontstruct it how I heard it in my mind, perhaps not how it was told...so bear with me! I am going to try to capture the wonderful spirit of the encounter...

SETTING: In the terrain somewhere near Balmoral Castle. Queen Elizabeth is hiking with a male staffer or acquaintance. They encounter two American hikers, a man and woman.

QUEEN ELIZABETH: (politely) Good day.

AMERICAN WOMAN (enthusiastically) Hello! Nice day!

QUEEN ELIZABETH: Where are you from?

AMERICAN MAN: We're Americans! How about you, where are you from?

QUEEN ELIZABETH: We're from London.

AMERICAN WOMAN Ah! Have you ever been here before?

QUEEN ELIZABETH: Oh yes. I have been coming here for eighty years, since I was a little girl.

AMERICAN WOMAN You've been here that many times? You must have met the Queen then! (neither of the Americans have any idea she is the Queen)

QUEEN ELIZABETH: (wryly) No, I have never met the Queen! (turns to her companion) Have you ever ever met the Queen? What's she like?

BRITISH MAN WITH QUEEN: (seriously) Well, I understand she can be very cantankerous, but is a lovely person.

AMERICAN WOMAN Oh!

BRITISH MAN WITH QUEEN: (reaches for the American man's camera, looks at the Queen) Here! Why don't I take a picture of you with these lovely people for their vacation!

QUEEN ELIZABETH: Of course. (squeezes in betwen the American tourists and poses)

BRITISH MAN WITH QUEEN: (as he and the Queen walk away, says to her) I sure would like to be a fly on the wall when they get back home and show those pictures to their friends!