The Queen has a hilarious nickname for her Sat Nav in her car, according to reports. Her Majesty calls the device the “woman under the bonnet”.
According to the Daily Mail, the 96-year-old monarch finds the female voice of her GPS very amusing. A source claimed: “A few years ago she started calling her ‘the woman under the bonnet’. It was very funny. Of course she knows very well where the voice comes from.
“But Her Majesty is very sharp. She has a brilliant sense of humour and a very quick wit. It always tickles people to hear her remark ‘it’s the woman under the bonnet again’ when she hears her voice.”
Her Majesty enjoys one perk no one else in the UK does. The Queen is the only person in the country who is allowed to drive without a licence.
Along with her ability to form a government and bestow honours on members of the public, the head of state can and does drive the roads of Britain without having passed her test. The Queen’s demeanour when in the driving seat made headlines back in 2018.
According to Shepard Cowper-Coles, a former British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, in 2003 the country’s then king Abdullah had a fright when he jumped in the passenger seat while visiting Balmoral. “Abdullah was not used to being driven by a woman, let alone a queen,” Mr Cowper-Coles wrote in his book ‘Ever the Diplomat: Confessions of a Foreign Office Mandarin’.
“His nervousness only increased as the Queen, an Army driver in wartime, accelerated the Land Rover along the narrow Scottish estate roads.” The Middle Eastern royal even asked the Queen, through his translator, to “slow down and concentrate on the road ahead.”
Buy a meal for someone who will go without
We are hearing from more and more people who are going without meals to feed their kids. Through FoodSOS, you can donate to help feed the hungry in the West Midlands.
Donate here – every penny will go to the food frontline to fund food and essential items
Find your nearest food bank on the #FoodSOS map.
Leave a Reply