Queen Elizabeth II (C) considers cutting a cake with a sword, lent to her by The Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall, Edward Bolitho, to celebrate of The Big Lunch initiative at The Eden Project during the G7 Summit on June 11, 2021 in St Austell, Cornwall, England. UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, hosts leaders from the USA, Japan, Germany, France, Italy and Canada at the G7 Summit. This year the UK has invited India, South Africa, and South Korea to attend the Leaders’ Summit as guest countries as well as the EU. Image: Oli Scarff – WPA Pool / Getty Images.
Cutting-edge of charity: Queen cuts to the chase with huge sword [watch]
Queen Elizabeth II made people laugh when she insisted on using a large ceremonial sword to cut a cake ahead of meeting with G7 leaders in England.
Queen Elizabeth II (C) considers cutting a cake with a sword, lent to her by The Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall, Edward Bolitho, to celebrate of The Big Lunch initiative at The Eden Project during the G7 Summit on June 11, 2021 in St Austell, Cornwall, England. UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, hosts leaders from the USA, Japan, Germany, France, Italy and Canada at the G7 Summit. This year the UK has invited India, South Africa, and South Korea to attend the Leaders’ Summit as guest countries as well as the EU. Image: Oli Scarff – WPA Pool / Getty Images.
Queen Elizabeth II recently showed off her sword skills by insisting on cutting a cake ahead of meeting with G7 leaders in Cornwall, England.
Queen Elizabeth at The Big Lunch
According to CNN, the Queen smiled and joked with Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall as she swapped a knife for the longer blade at the G7 summit in the United Kingdom. G7 leaders were invited to join the Queen, along with other senior members of the family, for The Big Lunch on Friday 11 June.
Eden Project launched The Big Lunch in 2009, a charitable project which encourages communities to eat, volunteer and spend time together. Camilla, who assisted the Queen when cutting through the last part of the cake, is a patron of The Big Lunch.
While the three royals were meeting local volunteers of the community to recognise their support for each other during the ongoing pandemic, the Queen walked to the cake with the sword saying: “I don’t think its going to work”.
When someone reminded her that there is a knife, she said: “I know there is…This is something that is more unusual.”
The comment – and the cutting of a cake with a sword, of course – caused Camilla, Kate, and others in the crowd to laugh.
“That looks very good,” the Queen added after Camilla helped her cut a slice of the cake.
“By British laws, that cake is now a Sir (or a Dame),” one YouTube user joked. “I love that we’re seeing this side of her now,” said another.
Watch: Queen Insists On Using A Sword To Cut Cake At Meeting
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