The Queen with the grandmother hands...

The Queen with the grandmother hands...

Her lady-in-waiting came and said that Her Majesty was coming down the corridor! The door opened and in she walked. After the introductions, we had a little chat and Her Majesty talked to each of my students in turn, which I thought was lovely as it made it a special event for each person.

Then I asked if she would like a reflexology hand massage. Her Majesty agreed and we sat down. I had no idea the importance of my next comments, but I asked if she would mind taking off her white gloves. She did - and all the cameras began to flash!

Whilst massaging her hands, we spoke about reflexology and our respective WIs: Sandringham WI for her. People constantly ask me what she was like, and I can distinctly remember that to me her hands were the hands of a grandmother, with carefully manicured nails, but nothing over the top. Her Majesty stayed over her allocated time with us, and her lady-in-waiting came back three times to hurry her on. I take all of that as a compliment. She also took the aromatherapy oil that I had made for her.

What I had not realised was that apparently The Queen never normally took her gloves off and that day she had shaken 200-300 hands.

https://www.thewi.org.uk/home/remembering-queen-elizabeth-ii/our-members-remember-queen-elizabeth-ii?fbclid=IwY2xjawFGcOtleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHdA97jchdbjcZA98hejqD_KVA9EqfFyq4ZS9lxq4lUs8hoB_E0o8FibaVA_aem_1f2QM5ioUcVgZMOJVzhrvQ

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