THE Queens dressmaker made a lasting impression on the monarch when they first met, by refusing to tell her a secret.
Angela Kelly, 52, has worked with the Queen since 2002, and is now her personal assistant and senior dresser after rising through the ranks.
Angela is said to have impressed the Queen by refusing to tell her a secret
The pair first met in 1992, when Angela was working as a
housekeeper for the British Ambassador to Germany.
The Queen, 93, and Prince Phillip, 98, visited Sir Christopher Mallaby at his home, while in Germany on an official visit.
As they left, the pair said goodbye to the household staff, and the Duke of Edinburgh asked Angela a question which would change her life forever.
He quizzed Angela over who was Sir Christopher’s next official visitor.
The monarch asked Angela to work with her just two months after they met
But Angela, revealing all in her tell-all book The Other Side of the Coin, the Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe, said she refused to answer him.
She explained that the information was confidential even to
the Queen.
The Duke pressed her again, saying: “Surely you can tell Her Majesty the Queen?’ he said.
Angela said that as she had signed the official secrets act, she was forbidden from telling them.
The exchange had taken place in front of the Queen and it
made a lasting impression on her.
As Angela said goodbye to the Queen, she told her shed remember this moment for the rest of her life, to which the monarch replied: Angela, so will I.
Angela and the Queen are said to be incredibly close
It was just two months after that visit that the Queen
requested Angela come and work for her at Buckingham Palace, as her assistant dresser.
She said: I suppose the Queen must have liked me and
decided I was trustworthy and discreet.
Plus Angela Kelly revealed she once convinced the Queen to wear a hat backwards.
Meanwhile a royal author claimed theQueen loves to eat kippers for breakfast, after becoming fond of them during the war.
Plus we revealed the Queen technically owns a McDonald’s and a Primark as well.
