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Can you guess who the Queen liked to mock? Royal author claims monarch had 'extremely funny' sense of humour behind the stern look - and was a 'first-class mimic'

Can you guess who the Queen liked to mock? Royal author claims monarch had 'extremely funny' sense of humour behind the stern look - and was a 'first-class mimic'

Despite the late Queen's public face appearing stoic and poised, she began to share more of her funny side towards the end of her 70-year reign, according to royal author Ingrid Seward.

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