Her Majesty is known around the world, fully A List in the hierarchy of monarchs.
She must have a walk-in wardrobe stuffed with hats and matching pastel coats, along with strings of pearls and brooches to go along.
But would your recognise her in a granny mac and headscarf, in the aisles at Tesco?
Queen Elizabeth is said to have once remarked that she couldn’t wear beige as if she did, nobody would know who she was. There might be some truth that that theory, as one of her former protection officers revealed while giving a talk.
Richard Griffin, who worked protecting the royals for years, told a rather charming story about walking with her at Balmoral, her summer residence, the Times reported.
She was wearing everyday clothes – tweeds and a scarf, he said. So when a group of American tourists stopped for a chat, they had no idea.
When one of them asked: ‘Do you live around here?’, she went along with it, saying that she had a house nearby.
They asked if she had ever met the queen. Truthfully, she replied: ‘No, but he has’, gesturing to her protection officer.