Queen Elizabeth's hilarious run-in with a builder who asked her for 'a proper cup of tea'
ok.co.ukThere are very few of us who can claim to having a personal, and unexpected, run-in with members of the Royal Family - least of all with the late Queen Elizabeth II.
But someone who can is a builder who was left distinctly unimpressed and not at all in awe of the historic surroundings he found himself in while working for the late Queen at Buckingham Palace.The hilariously embarrassing story surfaced during a Channel 5 documentary when the monarch went entirely unnoticed by a tradesman at the palace who was offered a cup of tea by none other than the Queen herself.
Royal Upholsterer Kevin Andrews, who worked for the Queen Mother, remembered the story vividly in a documentary titled Secrets of the Royal Palaces.
He said: “[A] builder was dismantling a desk [...] so he could not see who was making the offer when the lady's voice asked him if he would like a cup of tea." As the builder had no idea it was none other than Queen Elizabeth asking the question, he reportedly replied: "Yeah.
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