That hilarious time an undercover Queen Elizabeth pranked US tourists

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“Punking” put Ashton Kutcher to shame.Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II at 96 on Thursday, the royal’s friends and admirers came forward in droves to reminisce about her countless iconic moments.

One of the more hilarious tales, shared by her bodyguard at the Queen’s Jubilee, came after the quick-witted monarch trolled two US tourists who didn’t recognize her at her own home.“There were two hikers coming towards us and the Queen would always stop and say hello,” former Protection Officer Richard Griffin told SKY News in a resurfaced clip about the uproarious encounter, which occurred while he was walking with Her Majesty outside Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.Cue the “Undercover Boss” theme song!

As the monarch was wearing a headscarf and a tweed jacket at the time, the tourists assumed she was just another visitor. “It was two Americans on a walking holiday and it was clear they hadn’t recognised her, which was fine,” Griffin recounted at June’s Platinum Jubilee. “The American man asked her if she lived in the area to which she replied that she did indeed have a house nearby.”Former Royal protection officer Richard Griffin reminisces about a picnic he went on with the Queen at Balmoral and an encounter they had with two American tourists who did not realise they were in the company of the monarch.#PlatinumJubilee: https://t.co/orTd7551d3 pic.twitter.com/snTOgEoGu1Refusing to blow her cover, the Queen coyly replied “that she lived in London but had a house just over the hill,” the bemused bodyguard added.The oblivious tourist then asked the incognito Queen how long she’d been coming here, whereupon she quipped that she’d been visiting the area for around 80 years, per Griffin’s account.While this.