The Queen's secret weapon for getting out of conversations
The Queen has a schedule that is jampacked with social engagements that even the best chatterbox could feel a little tired sometimes.
To help her out when the conversation gets awkward when she is hosting guests, the Queen has a trick that she is reported to use time and time again.
According to The Express, the Queen’s method is known as the “dog mechanism” to members of her family and involves Her Majesty ducking her head under the table to feed her dogs.
If the Queen needs an escape from the dinner conversation, she ducks her head under the table and no one thinks anything of it because she is known to love her corgis.
The Queen’s corgis are known to be treated to a very lavish life at Buckingham Palace and they are reportedly served fish, steak, rabbit or chicken for dinner.
In an interview with Town & Country magazine, Dr Roger Mugford revealed how dinner is served to the Queen’s dogs.
“At feeding times, each dog had an individually designed menu, including an array of homeopathic and herbal remedies.
“Their food was served by a butler in an eclectic collection of battered silver and porcelain dishes.
“As I watched, the Queen got the corgis to sit in a semi-circle around her, and then fed them one by one, in order of seniority. The others just sat and patiently waited their turn.”