Queen pretended to be one of her corgis
Amusing letters on behalf of the dogs
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The Queen used to write hilarious letters on behalf of her corgis, TV star Alexander Armstrong has revealed.
He said he found the framed, hand-written notes hanging up in the bathroom of the Queen’s former equerry Sir Blair Stewart-Wilson.
Alexander said: “He would write these letters from their Jack Russell to the corgis and the Queen would write these letters back.
“And they put this series of letters up – and they are so funny. I wish I could remember them. I remember holding my stomach, howling with laughter because they are wickedly funny.”
Sir Blair’s daughter – The Inbetweeners actress Belinda StewartWilson – was married to Alexander’s comedy partner Ben Miller, who starred in Death in Paradise. Sir Blair died in 2011.
Royal insiders have previously talked about the Queen’s superb sense of humour and her excellent impressions.
It is said her impersonation of former Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher left people in stitches.
Alexander, 51, talks about the letters in an ITV documentary, The Queen and her Cousins, to mark Her Majesty’s forthcoming 95th birthday.
The programme, which is due to be aired next week, shows Pointless presenter Alexander travelling around the country to meet the monarch’s relatives.
The Queen is estimated to have had over 30 corgis since she took the throne in 1952.
It was reported six years ago that she had decided to stop breeding the dogs, and her “last corgi” Whisper died in 2018.
But last month the Queen welcomed a corgi pup named Muick to Windsor Castle.