Queen Elizabeth’s childhood tantrums frightened teachers

The royal children are nothing if not well behaved — take Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis for example — but sometimes they make mistakes. Queen Elizabeth, then just a princess, once lost her temper and her teachers had to end their lessons immediately.

The story was originally told by royal nanny Marion Crawford in her book, little princesseslater resurfaces in Craig Brown’s new book Q: A voyage around the Queen. As a child, Elizabeth had been taking French lessons with her “Miss” and Crawford heard “strange noises” coming from another room where the future queen was supposed to be studying.

“I found the poor young lady heartbroken and stunned,” Crawford wrote. She added that “Lilibet suddenly rebelled and was driven to violent measures by boredom” and she put a “decorative “The big silver inkpot” was thrown on her French teacher’s head. As soon as the nanny entered the room, she noticed that the teacher had “ink dripping from her face, slowly dyeing her blond curls blue.”

Recalling the experience, Crawford explained that she “never really got to the bottom of what happened” – the French teacher was left deeply disturbed by the incident “inexplicable” and was concerned about Elizabeth’s troublesome behavior Feeling so overwhelmed that she “had to retire” and drink water.

Brown points out in his new book, “The rest [Elizabeth’s] Live a life of moderation, obedience, and thoughtfulness,” and the incident became a blemish on her otherwise spotless record.