"Whose nana is that?": Adorable moment kindy kids don't recognise the Queen
In the wake of Queen Elizabeth's passing, an adorable video has resurfaced of Her Majesty's 2000 trip to Western Australia.
Out of the Queen's 16 trips to Australia, her visit to Vasse Primary School, Busselton, is being fondly remembered after the resurgence of a video on TikTok.
The video has since gone viral, as the hilarious footage shows the monarch being taken aback when several students asked who she was.
In the video, the Queen is brought into the pre-primary classroom and is asked separately by two young students, “What’s your name?”
On both occasions, the Queen does not reply, and appears quite shocked by the question.
Talking to ABC, the school’s former principal Brian Devereux recalled he heard one student yell out, “Whose nana is that?”
“I got sent an article from London from The Daily Telegraph saying that clearly education in Australia was lacking somewhat, because these children at this particular school didn’t know who Her Majesty was,” he said.
Devereux said he remembered the shock when he was first told who was going to be visiting the school.
“I had only been appointed to this school for a few weeks when I got a phone call from my boss who said, ‘Would you be prepared to host an important visitor?’ And I said, ‘Oh, yes. Who did you have in mind?’,” he said.
“He said, Elizabeth Windsor — and I said, ‘Oh, is she in education or something?’
“And my boss said to me, after a little bit of a pause, ‘Brian, does the word Her Majesty or Queen ring any particular bells with you?’ I said, ‘Are you joking?’.”
Despite the hilarious fumbles from the children, Devereux said it was an incredible day.
“It was a particularly special day, I must admit, it was just lovely,” he said.
“She was quite personable, she paid attention to everything she was told.”
Image credits: TikTok