American tourists once met the Queen and had no idea who she was — so she played a joke on them

• American tourists didn't recognize the Queen when she walked around her home.

• The tourists were told by her that she'd met the queen.

• One day, the tourists would find out who they really met after a photo was taken of them with the queen.

Those closest to Queen Elizabeth have been sharing stories about her 70 years on the throne.

The Queen has a dry sense of humor, according to an anecdote from a former Royal Protection officer.

The Queen used to play a prank on two American tourists who didn't recognize her.

The Queen and her husband came across the American hikers while walking around the grounds of the castle.

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The Queen would stop and say hello to the hikers. It was obvious from the first time we stopped that they didn't know who the Queen was.

One of the Americans told the Queen where they came from and what sites they had seen. He asked where the queen lived.

"She said that she lives in London, but she has a holiday home on the other side of the hills,"' He asked, "How often have you been up here?".

The hiker asked if she had ever met the Queen after she told the American she had been coming up to the castle for over 80 years.

The Queen said she hadn't but that Dick met her frequently.

The hiker asked if he'd met the Queen. What do you think about her?

"Because I was with her a long time and I knew I could pull her leg, I said, 'Oh, she can be very cantankerous at times, but she's got a lovely sense of humor.' "

The American asked the Queen if she could take a picture of him with the royal protection officer.

We swapped places and I took a picture of them with the Queen. She said she would like to be a fly on the wall when Her Majesty shows the pictures to his friends in America.

The Queen has a reputation for cracking jokes at the expense of everyone from her children to US presidents.

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