Her Majesty the Queen is famous for her stoic manner in public, but one expert says she used to have quite a temper. Ian Lloyd, author of The Queen: 70 Chapters in the Life of Elizabeth II, reveals our monarch had a hot head as a child.
In the book - out on April 21 through The History Press - he writes: “Princess Elizabeth had a temper in her schoolroom days, once pouring a bottle of ink over herself, but was successful in masking the trait later on.” Ian believes the Queen is much like her father, King George VI - a shy but sweet man whose stammer made speaking in public a challenge.
He adds: “The tension was one of several reasons for his ‘gnashes’, outbursts of temper that Queen Elizabeth could jolly him out of.” For all the latest royal news, sign up to OK!'s brand new Royal newsletter.
Just like the late King, the Queen is a character among family but shy outside of the palace walls. In her younger years, the then-princess admired her father and looked up to him as she developed her role as our future Queen.
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