CRAIG BROWN: Princess is in a scramble over 'buttered eggs' By Craig Brown for the Daily Mail Published: 00:27, 3 October 2024 | Updated: 00:46, 3 October 2024 e-mail View comments I have been on the road these past few weeks, talking at libraries, bookshops and literary festivals about my new book, A Voyage Around The Queen. Every now and then, I ask members of the audience to put up their hands if they ever met the Queen. More often than not, ten or so hands shoot up.
This confirms the estimate former prime minister David Cameron made in a tribute to the Queen: that she met roughly four million people over the course of her life, which must surely be a world record. In Windsor on Sunday, two women told me they had each met her roughly two hundred times: they were lifelong fans, who used to follow her around the country. Another member of my Windsor audience used to see her on a daily basis: Paul Whybrew, the Queen's well-respected personal page, best-known for his appearance in her James Bond sketch at the 2012 London Olympics.
Princess Margaret, who liked to make her presence felt, took a sly delight in making everyone feel awkward David Cameron estimated that the Queen met roughly four million people over the course of her life, which must surely be a world record After each talk, I spend time signing copies. More often than not, people in the queue tell me of their own particular encounters with Her Majesty. Their stories usually confirm one of my observations: those w.