Find out what the Queen said to her dresser Angela Kelly, when Angela asked to have elocution lessons
Angela Kelly reveals all in her new book October 28, 2019 - 11:53 GMT Emily Nash When it comes to speaking the Queen's English – no one does it better than Her Majesty herself. So when one of her closest aides repeatedly asked her for an elocution lesson, the monarch eventually agreed. But as this hilarious audio clip reveals, she did not miss an opportunity to display her famous sense of humour. Play the clip below.
var playerInstance=playerInstance || []; playerInstance['JC6jOe9U']=document.addEventListener=> { window.player=lf.player; }); In an exclusive extract from her audiobook The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, The Dresser and the Wardrobe, Liverpool-born Angela Kelly, Her Majesty's dresser for 25 years, recalls how she had wanted elocution lessons from the age of eight.
Angela, who has compared her working relationship with the Queen to "a marriage", wrote her latest book with the Queen's blessing. She adds: "From then on, I listened and tried my best to speak properly – even adding an aitch to words where it didn't exist – but in the end I gave up: it was just too much effort. Ever since I've stuck to being myself, a girl from Liverpool and a proud Liverpudlian, too.
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