Royal on duty! Queen Elizabeth II reflected on earning the Life Saving Award as a teenager, calling it a “great achievement” at such a young age.“It was all done in the bath club, in the swimming pool,” the queen, 95, said during a video chat with the Royal Life Saving Society on Thursday, May 6. “I suppose, I didn’t actually realize what I was doing.
I think I must’ve been 12 or something, 14. It’s a very long time along, I’m afraid.”Her Majesty, who received her junior respiration award in 1941, smirked before adding, “I think it’s changed a lot.” After one of the patrons pointed out that it was in fact 80 years ago that Elizabeth got her medal, she giggled and said, “It’s terrible, isn’t it?”It was also revealed during the video call
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