We rarely get to glimpse what the lives of the Royal Family are like in their own private time, behind the doors of the palaces. Many have speculated whether or not the Quee n and other members of the family sit and watch shows like Netflix's The Crown, but it turns out there's another show they enjoy viewing.
According to Brian Hoey, the author of At Home With The Queen, Her Majesty 'loves' watching the British period drama series Downton Abbey - although she can't help but admit that there are a number of things that are 'wrong' in the show, reports MyLondon.
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Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, Hoey explained how a member of Buckingham Palace staff shared the Queen's thoughts on the show.
He said: "We were talking about Trooping the Colour and how the Queen always notices if anything is not quite right, such as one young officer she spotted wearing his medals in the wrong order not long ago.
"Apparently she is exactly the same when she is watching the television. She loves watching Downton Abbey and pointing out things they have got wrong, partly because she is familiar with Highclere Castle, where it is filmed. She used to stay there as a guest of the Carnarvon family."
The Queen's close friend Lord Porchester, also known as 'Porchie', used to live and own Highclere Castle, the setting for Downton Abbey.
Given her closeness with Porchie, (Henry George Reginald Molyneux Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon) The Queen was a frequent guest at the famous home. And as she was a regular there, the Queen can't help but point out anything the creative team have got wrong in the series, according to insiders.
As well as Downton Abbey, it's also been said that the Queen is a massive fan of The Kumars at No. 42.
In a piece for The New Statesman, journalist Phil Jones claims that back in 2001 the Queen told him all about her favourite show during a visit to Buckingham Palace.
He claims he'd kept their conversation a secret for 21 years as he'd previously been told that journalists shouldn't reveal their discussions with the monarch.
However, now that he's leaving BBC Radio 2, he decided it was time to finally divulge what he had learned.
He claims Her Majesty was such a big fan of the programme that she could even "recite some of the one-liners" from it.
Jones wrote: "In 2001 I was invited to a media function at Buckingham Palace. We chatted for ages, which I can tell you is rather surreal. My brain kept saying, 'Bloody hell I’m talking to the Queen and I can’t think of a single thing to say!'
"In the end, I alighted on, 'What’s your favourite programme?' Straightaway, she said, ' The Kumars at No. 42' and, even more astonishingly, proceeded to recite some of the one-liners from the grandma character, played by the brilliant Meera Syal."
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