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The Coronation viewers praise The Queen’s ‘wonderful’ unimpressed reaction to Crown Jewels story

Viewers have praised The Queen’s “wonderful” reaction to the revelation that the Crown Jewels were hidden in a biscuit tin under Windsor Castle during the war.

Royal commentator Alastair Bruce revealed the news to the monarch in a one-hour special programme celebrating the 65th anniversary of her Coronation, but didn’t quite get the reaction he was hoping for.

Bruce told The Queen that the librarian at the time had removed the stones out of the jewels and placed them into a Bath Oliver biscuit tin before hiding them in Berkshire.

He said: “They were definitely (in Windsor), Ma'am. The librarian gouged the stones out of the crown jewels and wrapped them and put them into a jar and put them into a Bath Oliver tin and hid them. Brilliant.”

Wonderful Queen: Viewers sent in a wave of praise for the Monarch's reaction (BBC)
Wonderful Queen: Viewers sent in a wave of praise for the Monarch's reaction (BBC)

Clearly unimpressed by the revelation, The Queen simply said: “Hmm, did he remember where he put them? He might have died in the middle.”

Viewers were left in hysterics after watching the 91-year-old’s reaction, with some hailing her “wonderful”.

One Twitter viewer said: “Totally here for the Queen being utterly nonplussed when informed the Crown Jewels were kept in a biscuit tin. #TheCoronation.”

Another posted: “You need better stories than jewels in a biscuit tin to impress the Queen #TheCoronation.”

“#TheCoronation Queen is not amused that the bling ended up in a biscuit tin. Frightfully inconvenient should he who hid the box were too die during the war,” declared another social media user.

Speaking about the incident, it was clear that the Queen had a vague idea of the jewels being hidden but until now had little knowledge of the 60-feet under burial.

“We were told nothing - we were only children then. We didn't know anything, all the pictures disappeared everything disappeared and one was never told anything. It was a secret, I suppose,” said the monarch.