Queen turns down Oldie of the Year award as 'you're only as old as you feel'
The Queen has graciously turned down the award for the Oldie of the Year.The 95 year old monarch declined the honour as she admitted “you’re only as old as you feel” and for that reason she “didn’t believe she met the relevant criteria” in order to accept the award.The chairman of the awards, Gyles Brandreth, wrote to Her Majesty’s private secretary, Sir Edward Young, to ask if the Queen would like to accept the award.Tom Laing-Baker, Her Majesty’s assistant private secretary, responded in a letter that was later published in the November issue of the Oldie magazine. Get exclusive celebrity stories and reality tv news straight to your inbox with OK! daily newsletter .