TV remote? Check. Comfy couch? Check, check.
A new photo offers a rare glimpse inside Queen Elizabeth’s surprisingly homey sitting room at Windsor Castle.
The informal scene, set around a blazing (unseen) fire in the hearth, was revealed when New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key came to visit on the eve of the Rugby World Cup final between his country and rivals Australia last weekend.
The monarch, 89, is focused intently on her guest (with her ever-present purseby her side), but the viewer's eyes can’t help but wander to the objects and nicknacks around the Queen’s bright and cheerful room.
There’s a TV remote on a side table – and she has her guide to the week's viewing (via the magazine Radio Times) kept neatly in a grand leather-bound cover.
A portrait of the Queen's late mother can be seen on an elaborate desk among military figurines and a 'cabbage leaf' china cup and saucer.
The scene is made all the more informal by the appearance of Candy, one of the Queen’s two dorgis (a dachshund-corgi mix), who curiously sniffs at the prime minister’s feet.
The Queen welcomed Key to the castle, which is some 25 miles west of London, and played down the formalities. "Being weekend, you see we are countrified," she said. (And a world away from son Prince Charles’ shabby chicsofa in the Garden Room at his London residence Clarence House.!)
Key was clearly happy to be in the rustic surroundings. "It's beautiful though. It's great to be here,” he said.
Their conversation, captured on news footage that aired in New Zealand, moved on to the big games being played in London.
A new photo offers a rare glimpse inside Queen Elizabeth’s surprisingly homey sitting room at Windsor Castle.
The informal scene, set around a blazing (unseen) fire in the hearth, was revealed when New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key came to visit on the eve of the Rugby World Cup final between his country and rivals Australia last weekend.
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The monarch, 89, is focused intently on her guest (with her ever-present purseby her side), but the viewer's eyes can’t help but wander to the objects and nicknacks around the Queen’s bright and cheerful room.
There’s a TV remote on a side table – and she has her guide to the week's viewing (via the magazine Radio Times) kept neatly in a grand leather-bound cover.
A portrait of the Queen's late mother can be seen on an elaborate desk among military figurines and a 'cabbage leaf' china cup and saucer.
The scene is made all the more informal by the appearance of Candy, one of the Queen’s two dorgis (a dachshund-corgi mix), who curiously sniffs at the prime minister’s feet.
The Queen welcomed Key to the castle, which is some 25 miles west of London, and played down the formalities. "Being weekend, you see we are countrified," she said. (And a world away from son Prince Charles’ shabby chicsofa in the Garden Room at his London residence Clarence House.!)
Key was clearly happy to be in the rustic surroundings. "It's beautiful though. It's great to be here,” he said.
Their conversation, captured on news footage that aired in New Zealand, moved on to the big games being played in London.
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