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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Kristin Contino

Even Queen Elizabeth's Grandkids Weren't "Off Limits" From Her "Amazing" Impersonations

Queen Elizabeth wearing a maroon hat and coat laughing.

At times, Queen Elizabeth struggled with what to say to the millions of people she met during royal engagements, but that doesn't mean she didn't have a sharp sense of humor. The late monarch had an innate talent for mimicry, and according to royal sources, could impersonate a range of accents. Throughout her life, Queen Elizabeth was known to entertain friends and family with her spot-on impersonations of everyone from staff members to Melania Trump—and she even poked fun at her own grandchildren.

One such story is shared in Craig Brown's biography, Q: A Voyage Around The Queen. Noting how the late monarch's "accent changed with the times," the author shared that Queen Elizabeth "enjoyed mimicry, and slipped into it with ease."

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