Queen’s brave reaction to ‘intruder’ who ‘stormed to Windsor Castle with a crossbow to kill her’ revealed
THE Queen laughed off a threat to her life from a crossbow maniac with her trademark sparkling sense of humour, a new biography reveals.
Her Majesty was also fond of impressions, singing and practical jokes — and once wore a fake ginger beard to frighten husband Prince Philip.
The book by Gyles Brandreth reveals that after the dramatic crossbow incident on Christmas Day last year, the Queen was quick to joke about it.
After being told a masked intruder armed with a crossbow attempted to enter Windsor Castle with the intent to “kill the Queen”, Her Majesty responded by telling an aide: “Yes, well, that would have put a dampener on Christmas, wouldn’t it?”
The shocking security breach, exclusively revealed by The Sun last year, led to Jaswant Singh Chail, 20, being charged under the 1842 Treason Act.
Brandreth, who first met the Queen in 1959, also reveals that Prince Philip had been photographed with a full set of whiskers during a world tour.
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He returned to see his wife wearing a fake ginger beard in another example of her “fondness for practical jokes”.
The revelations come in book Elizabeth, An Intimate Portrait, by author and royal confidante Brandreth, which is set to be published next month.
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Brandreth also reveals the Queen’s incredible ability to do “spot-on” impressions — including an “alarmingly accurate” vocal recreation of supersonic jet Concorde coming in to land over Windsor Castle.
He says: “The fun of spending time with the Queen was finding out how much fun she was and discovering unexpected things about her.
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“She really could sing When I’m Cleaning Windows and the other songs George Formby sang to his banjolele when she was growing up during the war.”
Singer Billie Eilish will headline the Prince of Wales’ Earthshot Prize awards ceremony in Boston, US, on Friday, with Annie Lennox and Ellie Goulding also performing.
’KING EXPENSIVE
KING Charles has raised the price of his watercolour prints since taking the throne.
Some of the limited- edition pieces have gone up from £2,500 to £3,500 on the Highgrove website.
The prints raise revenue for the monarch’s charity.
One potential customer said: “It’s a bit tasteless. The Queen has died and they’ve upped the prices”.
A Prince’s Foundation spokesperson said the prints are “priced according to market rates”.
