The Queen and Angela Kelly (right)
For almost three decades, Angela Kelly was the person the Queen turned to for a good old gossip. When the Queen said she was “stepping out for a bit”, everyone knew that was code for “I’m going to see Angela”, her BFF and right-hand woman - or to use her rather more lofty official title, Her Majesty’s Personal Advisor and Curator (The Queen’s Jewellery, Insignias and Wardrobe).
There, at Kelly’s grace-and-favour Windsor home, the monarch and the straight-talking Liverpudlian (who’s never lost her Scouse twang) would chat about “anything and everything”, drinking tea, swapping stories about their grandchildren and cracking jokes. “We are two typical women,” said Kelly of their relationship in a rare interview with The Telegraph. “We discuss clothes, make-up, jewellery… But we also have a lot of fun together. The Queen has a wicked sense of humour and is a great mimic. She can do all accents - including mine.”
