Still healthy, active, and formidable at 95,Queen Elizabeth IIis the longest-reigning monarch in British history.
(Quite a feat, considering the monarchy dates back some 1,200 years, perHistoric UK.)
She also has little patience for slackers, as she demonstrated recently.
Elizabeth was overheard saying, “Extraordinary, isn’t it?
I’ve been hearing all about COP.
Still don’t know who is coming .
We only know about people who are not coming .
It’s really irritating when they talk, but they don’t do.”
Elin Jones, the parliamentary officer, agreed with the monarch’s frank statement: “Exactly.
It’s a time for doing.”
When she does let an opinion slip publicly, it gets lots of attention.
Perhaps the most famous example of the queen breaking from neutrality was dramatized on “The Crown.”
Of course, the monarch reportedly apologized to the PM afterward.
