My Wife worked as a cleaner at Brompton Barracks when the Queen visited. The army had spent thousands refurbishing a toilet for her to use and had laid on a big exhibit on the Parade Ground. The Queen duly arrived by helicopter, landing on the Garrison Sports Ground and was taken by car to the Barracks. On getting out of the car in the middle of the Parade Square, her flunkies and the Army Brass tried to usher her towards the exhibit they had laid on. Her Majesty was having none of it and instead, made a beeline towards the tea hut, where my Wife was working. She had a cup of tea out of a polystyrene cup like everyone else and only once she had finished that, did she go see their exhibit. The thing that struck my Wife about was how small the Queen was. My Wife is only 5ft 1 and she was quite a bit taller than Her Majesty.