If she imposes a strict protocol for her official trips, in privacy, Queen Elizabeth II “can be hilarious”, assured singer Elton John a few years ago in his biography. And her sense of humor, the 95-year-old monarch owes in part to her late husband, who shared her life for 73 years.
“He helped her grow old”
Prince Philip died last April at the age of 99 and took great pleasure in making fun of his wife, to the point where “He helped her grow old, especially when she was in her sixties, thickened up and suddenly took on the air of a stuck matriarch ” can we read this week in the columns of Paris Match.
Thus, over time, he found him chosen nicknames such as “my little cauliflower head“, Because of her permed hair and hats, as well as”my little sausage“For her curves in her sixties … All this, Elizabeth II took”in the second degree. She had guessed for ages that they were concealing a tenderness that Philip would not have confessed for an empire.»Reports a source.
“He kept sleeping her”
Besides the oath that Prince Philip swore to her at the time of her enthronement to protect and serve her, he gave her so much more … “With Prince Philip, Elizabeth had learned to make fun of others but also of herself. He never ceased to room her, especially when he saw her adorn herself with “all the royal stuff” (namely his crown and cape). The best way to keep your feet on the ground!
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