Builder demanded 'proper cup of tea' - but didn't know he was talking to the Queen

A thirsty builder erstwhile unknowingly asked the Queen for "a due cupful of tea" and "none of that nonsense I had past time", according to a erstwhile subordinate of the Palace staff

Working for the King and the Royal Family surely has its perks. You tin marvel astatine the likes of Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle oregon immoderate different of the royal residences astir the country. However, determination is 1 idiosyncratic who was intelligibly not truthful impressed by the surroundings helium recovered himself successful portion moving there.

The superb communicative was revealed during the Channel 5 documentary, Secrets of the Royal Palaces, successful which Queen Elizabeth II went wholly unnoticed by a builder arsenic helium made an antithetic request. Royal upholsterer Kevin Andrews, recalled the communicative successful the documentary, explaining: “[A] builder was dismantling a table truthful helium could not spot who was making the connection erstwhile the lady's dependable asked him if helium would similar a cupful of tea."

The builder was wholly unaware it was the Queen asking the question, and replied precise casually. He reportedly answered back: "Yeah. In a mug. Two sugars. Builders' tea. I don't privation immoderate of that nonsense I had the past clip I was here, each that good china and each that saucer stuff."

Andrews past remembered that the Queen came backmost with the beverage and told the builder that it was connected the array earlier saying helium “looked up [he] saw the Queen leaving the room".

The precocious monarch's erstwhile butler Grant Harrold has fixed galore insights into his clip moving for the Royal Family. He often addresses British etiquette and shares an penetration into the precocious Queen's idiosyncratic habits - including precisely however she would instrumentality her tea.

Speaking astir the precocious monarch's preferred brands, Grant revealed: "I americium definite the Queen enjoys her Assam oregon her Earl Grey the accepted way, made with beverage leaves successful a teapot and poured into a good bony china teacup. She volition besides usage a strainer. It is besides a story that members of royalty usage their pinky erstwhile drinking, I person ne'er seen that hap once."

Throughout the 70 years Queen Elizabeth II spent connected the throne, she gained a estimation not lone for her dedication to duty, but for her wicked consciousness of humour. Whether it was however she chose to chopped a barroom with a sword alternatively of a weapon oregon her witty remark to a mates of American tourists who did not recognise her, the precocious Queen was renowned for her emotion of a joke.

And portion the monarch was well-known for pulling her ain just stock of pranks, she thoroughly enjoyed being told a bully gag - particularly erstwhile they had a naughty punchline. One specified juncture saw her laughing distant astatine an particularly cheeky and rude gag truthful her aides stepped successful and tried to halt her from listening to it!

An fantabulous communicative from a royal insider surfaced astir the clip Sir Donald Gosling told an incredibly crude gag astir horses and however she reacted erstwhile an adjutant tried to halt her from proceeding it.

A courtier recalled: "HM would relish seeing Don due to the fact that she would cognize helium ever had a caller proviso of jokes, but his consciousness of humour was beauteous salty."

The insider recalled the comic infinitesimal during a naval ceremonial erstwhile Mr Gosling was seated 1 spot distant from The Queen, with Labour Defence Secretary Fred Mulley successful betwixt them.

He said: "Don was successful afloat travel telling her his latest gag - involving a equine trainer giving Viagra to a runner successful the 2.30 astatine Newton Abbott. The Minister enactment up his manus and stopped Don, evidently reasoning the Queen shouldn't beryllium exposed to specified ribaldry.

"HM was furious - and berated mediocre Mulley for ruining the joke. She made Don archer the full gag each implicit again, and shrieked with laughter astatine the punchline, which was astir the equine winning against stiff competition, oregon thing similar that."