Queen jokes about Trump and ‘health and safety’ with David Attenborough

Monarch lets her hair down in Buckingham Palace garden stroll with fellow nonagenarian

the Queen and David Attenborough
(Image credit: ITV)

The Queen cracked a rare public joke on a stroll with Sir David Attenborough, poking fun at the noisy aircraft favoured by US presidents.

The pair were walking in the gardens of Buckingham Palace for a documentary about conservation in the Commonwealth when their conversation was interrupted by helicopters overheard.

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