Given that we know the Queen enjoys a good photobomb, we can now add "trolling" to her list of royal hobbies.
A twenty-year old anecdote featuring the Queen Elizabeth and the late King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia began surfacing on social media on Friday, according to The Independent. In it, the then-crown prince was treated to a driving tour by none other than Her Royal Highness.
First tweeted by Shashank Joshi, a senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, the story comes from the book Ever the Diplomat: Confessions of a Foreign Office Mandarin by Sherard Cowper-Coles.
Sherard Cowper-Coles' anecdote about #KingAbdullah and the Queen at Balmoral in 1998 (reminded by @Doylech): pic.twitter.com/SO9GSp2RR9— Shashank Joshi (@shashj) January 23, 2015
The story was confirmed by a woman who said she was the daughter of the interpreter in the car.
@shashj @Doylech I know this story well because my mother was the interpreter! I love her version of the story— Caroline McLannahan (@CMcLannahan) January 23, 2015
Women are still banned from driving in the conservative Middle East monarchy.
All we can say is, well played your majesty.