Queen Elizabeth II Has This ‘Weird Obsession,’ Says BBC Forecaster Carol Kirkwood

Queen Elizabeth II has a weird obsession, according to BBC forecaster Carol Kirkwood.

The 56-year-old weather expert told Express that Queen is obsessed with the weather. When Kirkwood gave a talk to the Sandringham Women’s Institute, she saw the Queen in the audience.

“I was amazed when the Queen asked several questions. She wanted to know how the green screen behind us works. I asked if anyone knew where the lowest temperature recorded in the UK was and the Queen knew the answer. She said it was Braemar, Aberdeenshire but also that the record is shared with Altanharra in Sutherland,” she said.

Kirkwood said that she was very impressed to learn that the Queen is knowledgeable about the weather.

“She’s a very lovely lady and really funny as well. Weather presenters used to work with magnetic symbols that fell off the map. There’s a clip of one poor presenter spelling out FOG, the F falling off and him saying, ‘I’m sorry about the F in FOG!’ The Queen laughed at that story,” she said.

In related news, the Queen also made headlines this week after it was revealed that Prince Philip once criticized Her Majesty while they were on board the Royal Yacht years ago.

Writer Kenneth Rose detailed the incident to Fleet Society (via Daily Mail) and said that Prince Philip’s humor was oftentimes mistaken for rudeness. In 1961, the Queen had a scheduled lunch with Sir Austin Strutt, deputy under-secretary at the Home Office, at the Savoy. Strutt disliked Prince Philip.

The plan had to be changed at that time due to the bad weather. Prince Philip advised his wife to reschedule her lunch, but the Queen didn’t immediately understand why it was necessary.

“Haven’t you the intelligence to realize?” the Duke of Edinburgh asked the monarch.

The Queen’s assistant private secretary, Martin Charteris, seconded the fact that Prince Philip was arrogant. He said that this was because he was praised so much as an after-dinner speaker, and his staff never criticized him for his bad behavior.