The Queen suffered from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) as a child and arranged her things to make her “feel safe”, a new book claims.
Her Majesty, 94, put her pencils into straight, equally spaced lines, according to late Royal Family teacher Marion Crawford.
She also did the same with her lunch plates, The Sun reports.Author Wendy Holden writes in The Governess: “Marion, whose training encompassed child psychology, now realised she was looking at obsessive compulsion.“This cosseted, regularised environment was the very last place she had expected to find it.‘Why do you do that?’ she asked Elizabeth.“The princess looked up, staring at her with candid blue eyes.‘Because it makes me feel safe.’ ‘Safe?’ echoed Marion. ‘Safe from.
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