Queen Elizabeth II was not a fan of the prank. (Image: Simon Dawson/WPA Pool/Getty Images)
was known by billions of people across the globe for her role as a monarch. However, few people knew what Her Majesty was like behind closed doors.
While many who knew her said she had a great sense of humour, it appears that the late Queen did not always find every joke or prank funny.
This was revealed years ago in a documentary released to look back at the life of the late Queen’s husband, Prince Philip, who passed away at 99 in April 2021.
To celebrate his life, members of the Royal Family shared special memories of the prince in the documentary Prince Philip: The Royal Family Remembers, which aired just six months after the duke’s death.
Although much of the documentary focused on Philip’s life, work, and commitment to duty, his grandchildren could not help but reveal one prank the prince always played that used to get him in “trouble” with the late Queen, who passed away just over a year later, in September 2022.
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revealed that Prince Philip used to do a prank involving mustard, which would end up being very messy at family lunches,
William said in the documentary: “Instead of like a mustard pot, we’d have a mustard tube, a squeezy mustard tube. And then he’d squish your hands together to fire the mustard onto the ceiling.
“He used to get in a lot of trouble from my grandmother for covering most of the places we had lunch and things with mustard on the ceiling.”
’s cousins, Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall, also shared details of the prank, which would make them all laugh.
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Prince Philip used to do the prank at family mealtimes. (Image: Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images)
Princess Anne’s daughter Zara said: “I can’t remember exactly what he says, but he ends up slamming your hands together… It goes all over the ceiling.”
Anne’s son Peter said, “I actually think the marks are still there.”
While the late Queen may not have found her husband’s prank funny, ex-royal staff have revealed in the past that she was one of the royals with the best sense of humour.
Grant Harrold, who was the butler of King Charles II when he was the Prince of Wales between 2004 and 2011, “She always used to do things that were fun and unexpected. The King and Queen Camilla also have a great sense of humour, but with the late Queen, it was unexpected.”