Revealed: The Queen is a big fan of Downton - and loves pointing out its historical bloopers, The Queen will be tuning to the finale of Downton Abbey as it was revealed she is a massive fan of the ITV series.
Brian Hoey, author of At Home With The Queen, said the drama came up in a conversation with a staff member at Buckingham Palace.
It has emerged that Queen Elizabeth loves the show and is constantly spotting historical mistakes.Downton Abbey, which comes to an end later this year, has a royal commentator Alastair Bruce as its historical adviser, but the hawk-eyed Queen has spotted a number of errors.
Mr Hoey told The Daily Telegraph: 'We were talking about Trooping the Colour and how the Queen always notices if anything is not quite right, such as one young officer she spotted wearing his medals in the wrong order not long ago.
'Apparently she is exactly the same when she is watching the television. She loves watching Downton Abbey and pointing out things they have got wrong, partly because she is familiar with Highclere Castle, where it is filmed.
'She used to stay there as a guest of the Carnarvon family.
'She is the same when she is watching anything on television. In one programme she was watching, the Queen noticed that a British officer was wearing medals that were from the wrong era.
'It was set in the First World War but the medals he was wearing did not come in until the Second World War.'
Brian Hoey, author of At Home With The Queen, said the drama came up in a conversation with a staff member at Buckingham Palace.
It has emerged that Queen Elizabeth loves the show and is constantly spotting historical mistakes.Downton Abbey, which comes to an end later this year, has a royal commentator Alastair Bruce as its historical adviser, but the hawk-eyed Queen has spotted a number of errors.
Mr Hoey told The Daily Telegraph: 'We were talking about Trooping the Colour and how the Queen always notices if anything is not quite right, such as one young officer she spotted wearing his medals in the wrong order not long ago.
'Apparently she is exactly the same when she is watching the television. She loves watching Downton Abbey and pointing out things they have got wrong, partly because she is familiar with Highclere Castle, where it is filmed.
'She used to stay there as a guest of the Carnarvon family.
'She is the same when she is watching anything on television. In one programme she was watching, the Queen noticed that a British officer was wearing medals that were from the wrong era.
'It was set in the First World War but the medals he was wearing did not come in until the Second World War.'
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