Queen Elizabeth 'loved dancing to ABBA'
The late Queen Elizabeth loved dancing to ABBA, according to her longtime personal assistant and dresser Angela Kelly.
Queen Elizabeth loved dancing to ABBA, according to her longtime personal assistant and dresser Angela Kelly.
Angela - who worked for the late monarch for almost 30 years - has opened up about royal life in a new interview and revealed Elizabeth listened to the radio every morning and would often sing along and dance whenever the group's hit Dancing Queen came on.
She told Vanity Fair magazine: "Every morning the queen would listen to the Terry Wogan show on Radio 2. When the song Dancing Queen came on she loved it, and both of us would dance.
"The queen would move from side to side and sing. Her Majesty loved singing and had a good voice. I didn’t. I’d get carried away and be dancing all round her like I was at a disco, and the queen would tell me to ‘move over’ because I can’t sing and we laughed.
"They were moments to cherish, to see the queen so relaxed."
Angela worked for Elizabeth from 1993 up until the Queen's death in September 2022 at the age of 96. In the interview, Angela opened up about her boss' final years and admitted the monarch kept her health woes quiet because she was determined not to let anyone down.
She told the publication: "The queen was committed to doing her duty to the very end. Her Majesty never let anyone down. Even when she felt unwell, Her Majesty would not want anyone to know.
"As I worked alongside the queen, year after year we were getting older, but we were both young at heart, the queen still had a twinkle in her eye. The banter and mischief continued until Balmoral.
"When the queen passed away she was surrounded by her family. It was a shock to the nation, to everyone. It was very sad, but it was an honor to serve the queen until the very end."
Angela went on to describe the late Queen as her "best friend" and confessed: "I miss her every day".
During her time working for Elizabeth, Angela was given permission to lift the lid on royal life in two books - 2012's Dressing the Queen: The Jubilee Wardrobe and The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe which was released in 2019.
