You would assume a woman with a 700-room palace is rather hard to please. But it turns out something as modest and humble as a Tesco gift card is enough to delight the Queen.
Elizabeth II won the voucher after her horse, named Barber’s Shop, won the Tattersalls & RoR Thoroughbred Ridden Show during the Royal Windsor Horse Show.
While it is highly unlikely the Queen will be gracing the white lights of Tesco anytime soon, she was nevertheless thrilled with her win and was pictured grinning ear to ear. As the old adage goes, “every little helps”.
Her Majesty, who is known to be a horse aficionado, does not attend the event in an official capacity and was photographed letting her hair down.
The annual show is held in the grounds of Windsor Castle but was called off yesterday due to heavy rain.
Her victory has prompted some discussion on Twitter, with one user writing “The Queen doesn't carry money. She's *finally* found a workaround that lets her nip to the shop”.
While another said, “Can't wait to see a Tesco respond to Queen getting one of their gift card” and another quipped, "Queen overheard saying: 'Thank God it's not Waitrose, stockists of that dreadfully overpriced Duchy Original range'".
