Her Royal Dryness!
Queen gives up daily tipple for mineral water (whatever would Mum say?)
SHE has long enjoyed a daily tipple of Dubonnet and gin or a martini, and sometimes a glass of sweet German white wine.
But now the Queen has given up drinking completely at the age of 95.
Sources stressed last night the monarch, who started using a walking stick in public for the first time this week, is in good health and that it was a ‘personal decision’ made very recently.
It is thought she wants to be in the best possible shape before her Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June when she plans to visit as much of the country as she can. She also has a busy diary of engagements until then.
The Queen has never been a big drinker – barely touching the champagne at state banquets and receptions – and certainly nothing like the late Queen Mother. The royal, who died aged 101, enjoyed a ‘steady’ flow of drinks throughout the day, starting just before lunch.
The Daily Mail has been told the Queen’s decision was not made on medical advice or linked to a specific health issue. And it is by no means certain she will never again touch a drink on special occasions.
But all day-to-day tippling has ceased. Her drink of choice will, for now, be a simple glass of mineral water. Some have speculated that her decision may have come as a result of the death of her husband, Prince Philip, in April. The couple often enjoyed a pre-dinner drink when together but they spent long periods apart after
Philip’s retirement from public life and some suspect she just got ‘out of the habit of it’.
Daily Mail GP Dr Martin Scurr said: ‘I don’t think if you only have one, two or even three units a day at the age of 95 it would make any difference to your health giving up.
‘It could be a personal decision but I wonder if maybe she has been prescribed a medicine it is best not to drink with. I would also advise cutting down gradually to one or two drinks a week or maybe just the odd one at the weekend.’
Buckingham Palace declined to comment.