“I’m difficult to buy for”: Queen reveals the one gift people always get her
In a promotional clip from ITV for The Queen’s Green Planet, Her Majesty and Sir David Attenborough share a joke as they walk around the royal gardens.
Speaking about how people never know what to buy her, she tells Sir David: “I’ve been quite difficult to give presents to, so they’ve said, ‘Oh, let’s give her a plant.’”
The pair are filmed wandering around the Buckingham Palace gardens while speaking about the Queen’s new initiative to protect the Commonwealth’s climate by creating a global network of forests.
The goal, she says, is to create conservation initiatives across all 53 Commonwealth countries to mark her own lifetime’s service to the Commonwealth.
The Queen says she hopes to “change the climate again”, which Sir David replies would be a “wonderful legacy”.
The Queen’s famed sense of humour is once again on show as the pair laugh at an unfortunate-looking tree that has gone over, looking very at odds with the rest of the impeccably kept gardens.
The Queen jokes: “That one we won’t look at. Someone sat on it, I think.”
The show will also feature Prince Harry planting trees in the Caribbean, and Prince William in Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest.
Prince Harry pays tribute to his grandmother’s commitment to environmental causes, saying: “I think I’m closing in on my half century of trees planted, but I reckon the Queen is up in the thousands.”
A spokeswoman for British network ITV said: “In a rare opportunity to see the Queen talking informally to Sir David, the conversation ranges from climate change, to conkers and birthday gifts.
“In the often humorous exchange, the Queen reveals her passion for nature and how the garden’s history is intertwined with that of her family, charting the lives of her children but also delving into the past of her great-great-grandparents Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.”