The queen’s goddaughter told about the incredible memory of the “thoughtful” monarch.”
Victoria Pryor, 68, is the daughter of the late Queen’s niece, Margaret Rhodes, who was a lady-in-waiting to the Queen Mother and one of Her Majesty’s closest confidants.
Victoria, based in Norfolk, who is one of the Queen’s 30 godchildren, reminisced about her memories with the Queen on today’s Good Morning Britain as the second day of the monarch’s platinum jubilee kicks off.
Victoria revealed that the Queen has an “amazing” memory and never forgets the people she meets. And when Victoria’s grandniece was christened last month, the Queen was there and looked ‘amazing’.
Norfolk-based Victoria Pryor, who is one of the Queen’s 30 godchildren, reminisced about life with the Queen today on Good Morning Britain as the second day of the monarch’s platinum jubilee kicks off.
Victoria Pryor, 68, on her wedding day in 1999. She is the daughter of the late Margaret Rhodes, pictured in blue alongside the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother’s lady-in-waiting and one of the Queen’s closest confidants.
“Of course I don’t know her as well as Mom, but she is so thoughtful and kind and has helped so many people,” Victoria told the show.
‘And her memory; She remembers everything about all of us and everyone she goes to. She’s incredible that way and she can talk to anyone,” she added.
The queen’s goddaughter added that she giggles ‘very easily’ and that the Queen Mother, who passed away in 2002, was ‘super funny’.
Victoria, who spent most of her childhood in Balmoral with the royal family, added that the Queen is a devoted godmother and always gets her a present at Christmas.
Revealing that the Queen has an ‘amazing’ memory and never forgets the people she meets, Victoria revealed that the monarch attended her grandniece’s christening and looked ‘amazing’.
Margaret was there when a triumphant Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret attended V Day celebrations in London and “danced the conga around the Ritz,” Victoria revealed. ‘It was just unbelievable’
She revealed that the monarch once gave her a game of Twister, but chuckled when she admitted they’d never played it together.
Victoria added that the Queen showed her the honor of attending her grandniece’s christening last month.
She said it was ‘lovely’ to see her and ‘she looked and looked great.
“And her skin is so amazing. We were incredibly lucky, she was so kind to come for that,” she added.
Her mother, Margaret Rhodes, who died in 2016, was the Queen’s cousin and became one of her closest confidants.
“She was the same age as the Queen, she spent so much time with the Queen and Princess Margaret,” she said.
“They became very, very good friends, best friends,” Victoria added.
Margaret was there when a triumphant Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret attended V Day celebrations in London and “danced the conga around the Ritz,” Victoria revealed.
“It was just incredible, it was like Cinderella in reverse and nobody knew who they were, that Mama was with two princesses,” she said.
“Eventually someone went back to tell the king and queen they were up front,” she added.
“Mum spent a lot of time with them in Scotland and in her last years she lived at Buckingham Palace and spent a lot of time at Windsor Castle.”
“In the last few years, when my father died, the Queen kindly offered her a place in Windsor Great Park and Mama was so grateful to her.
“Then she became a lady-in-waiting to the Queen Mother and had a very fine 30 years in Windsor Great Park.