The Queen once surprised schoolchildren with her candid answer when she was asked a question about her new great-grandchild when Kate was pregnant with Prince George in 2013.
In his speech afterwards, Mr Bush responded: 'Your Majesty, I can't top that one.' Rather than take offence, she opened her speech the following night with a toast to the president and said: 'I wondered whether I should start this toast by saying, 'When I was here in 1776.''Īll the guests and Mr Bush then burst into laughter. She had the last laugh with President Bushĭuring an official welcome ceremony on the White House lawn in 2007, Mr Bush mistakenly said the Queen had helped celebrate the US bicentennial in 1776 - he meant 1976. It was pointed out to her that the cake was upside down.Īfter being told that this was so the press could see it, she said: 'Oh so THEY can see it. During an event at Sandringham House in 2022, she was presented with a cake to mark her Jubilee year.
