Queen Elizabeth, 95, cheekily declines ‘Oldie of the Year’ award

Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) How’s that for a stiff upper lip? Queen Elizabeth, who turned 95 last April, nixed an award for “Oldie of the Year” from a British magazine with a polite — if slightly cheeky — response. “Her Majesty believes you are as old as you feel, as such the Queen does not believe she meets the relevant criteria to be able to accept and hopes you find a more worthy recipient,” Tom Laing-Baker, the Queen’s assistant private secretary, said in a letter shared by the magazine on Tuesday. The Oldie,… Read Full Article