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      • “Queen Elizabeth may often look solemn and dour, but she actually has a great sense of humor and is particularly known for her mimicry,” longtime royal correspondent Richard Mineards says. She can reportedly do impressions of anyone from Margaret Thatcher to Boris Yeltsin to average citizens of the Norfolk countryside.
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    Sep 12, 2022 · Last week, Queen Elizabeth II passed away at age 96. The queen was known for her sense of humor — according to The Washington Post, she had a “wicked sense of humor.” Here are some of her funniest moments. The queen joking around with former President George W. Bush

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    Jan 27, 2021 · Smith, who explores the monarch's funny side in her book Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch, said that those close to Queen Elizabeth have witnessed not only her "big laugh" but also her self-deprecating sense of humor. It seems that the queen is not above roasting herself — at least in private.

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  8. www.vanityfair.com › style › 2021The Merry Monarch: Behind Queen Elizabeth’s Surprising Wit

    Aug 20, 2021 · Over the past seven decades, the queen has surprised many with her dry sense of humor, which is “more subversive than you might expect,” according to historian Robert Lacey. The queen also...

  9. www.today.com › popculture › popcultureQueen Elizabeth called herself Miss Piggy and 6 other ... - TODAY

    • Impersonating people (and at least one plane) According to the Associated Press, the late Ian Paisley, a clergyman-politician from Northern Ireland, hailed the queen for being a “great mimicker” of him.
    • Calling herself “Miss Piggy” While watching highlights from the 1981 wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, the queen told her late husband, "'Oh, Philip, do look!
    • Pranking Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah. In his memoir “Ever the Diplomat,” Sherard Cowper-Coles chronicled how, in 1998, the Queen offered the then-crown prince of Saudi Arabia a tour — then shocked him when she served as his temporary chauffeur.
    • Declining to sit in the Iron Throne on the set of “Game of Thrones” While her June 2014 visit to the Northern Ireland set of the HBO drama was rather stately, one could argue that it is silly to be that close to the Iron Throne and not sit in it.

  10. www.insideedition.com › remembering-queenRemembering Queen Elizabeth II’s Witty Sense of Humor and ...

    Sep 9, 2022 · She may have kept a stiff upper lip, but Queen Elizabeth II loved a good joke, and her sense of humor was on display often throughout her reign. While delivering a speech after being...

  11. www.cnn.com › 2022/04/22 › ukDoes the Queen have a sense of humor? | CNN

    Apr 22, 2022 · London CNN — We so rarely see the Queen show emotion in public, so we’re often asked what exactly her personality is like. She does have opinions and feelings, of course, but Elizabeth II...