Queen 'burst out laughing after hiding in hedge while footman posed for d*** pic'

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Queen once caught a footman in the middle of an eyebrow-raising practical joke on royal grounds — but she managed to see the funny side.

John Gibson, who was the Queen and Prince Philip's second footman for six years, was completely unaware the monarch was nearby when he 'flashed' a camera as part of a gag with a group of Scottish soldiers.But he was left red-faced when he suddenly heard then-Princess Elizabeth, aged 23, "roaring with laughter" upon witnessing the embarrassing pose.The amusing incident took place while he was working for the royal couple on their holiday at the Balmoral estate in Scotland back in 1949.Mr Gibson had been talking to one the guards patrolling the grounds of the estate when they suggested they swapped uniforms so they could see how John’s footman’s outfit felt.Obliging, he decided to put on some of their army gear, which included a kilt that had to be worn without underwear, before getting them to take a snap with his own camera to prove he had done it correctly.Recalling the incident in his out-of-print memoir From Belfast’s Sandy Row to Buckingham Palace, Gibson said: “Standing in front of a hedge, I posed in the kilt while he stood in the middle of the road taking photographs with my camera. “Then they wanted to know if I really had removed my pants.

Suddenly they remembered the mirror. He took it out of his pocket and put in on the ground between my feet, then he knelt down – and looked in the mirror.For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking here.“‘I can see!’ ‘No.

He hasn’t got them on.’“We all roared with laughter. So did Princess Elizabeth. None of us had the faintest idea that she was just on the other.