Queen Elizabeth once had an interesting experience with her bodyguard or protection officer. He apparently thought she had been shot after seeing blood on her and sprang into action to give her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
The Queen revealed this unexpected and hilarious incident to artist Lucian Freud in 2001 while she sat down for him for a painting session. Freud's friend Clarissa Eden then shared the story to biographer Karen Dolby for her book, "The Wicked Wit of Queen Elizabeth II."
What really happened was Queen Elizabeth was on a pheasant shoot with her security officers. One of the cock pheasants accidentally scratched and wounded her skin while she was picking up after the guns, which was not uncommon during hunting.
Her bodyguard saw the blood and immediately concluded Her Majesty was shot. He jumped on top of the Queen and started doing mouth-to-mouth.
The Queen could only react by saying that "we got to know each other rather well" after than incident. It highlighted Queen Elizabeth's legendary sense of humor, who is said to be witty and sarcastic in private. She also apparently does wonderful mimics and can do different accents, including American accent, quite well.
During the Chelsea Flower Show in 2016, Queen Elizabeth was handed bouquets of Lily of the Valley twice. Apparently, this flower is historically used to concoct poison and the Queen joked that perhaps people wanted her dead since she got two bunches of the flowers in a week.
Then there was a time when Queen Elizabeth was walking in her estate in Balmoral with her bodyguards. She had a scarf on her head and was not recognized by a group of women who asked her if she has ever seen the Queen in the neighborhood. Without any pause, Queen Elizabeth told the group no but pointed to one of her men to say that he has met the royal.
Queen Elizabeth failed to be impressed by the beauty of Niagara Falls in Canada. She described the landmark as "very damp" during her visit to the north. She also didn't flinch when protesters threw eggs at her entourage when she visited New Zealand in 1986 and instead told some people she does prefer New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
In 2013, Queen Elizabeth gamely photobombed Australian hockey player Jayde Taylor's selfie. Her Majesty stood behind the girls with a huge smile on her face.
Prince Harry once remarked that his relatives are "very funny together" like any other family. Behind closed doors, the always prim and proper Queen Elizabeth is actually a quite a riot.
