Queen asks some pretty taxing questions, admits David Cameron

 
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PA
16 March 2013

David Cameron said today that the Queen comes up with "some pretty good questions" during his weekly meetings with the monarch.

Mr Cameron said he found his meetings "therapeutic" but added that the Queen asks challenging questions every Wednesday evening.

He said: "There's a very therapeutic side to it, because as you explain the particular problem that the Government has, or a particular challenge the country's facing, sometimes you find it is all becoming clearer as you explain it to this one incredibly experienced person, 'cos you're always very conscious that you know, I, I'm her 12th Prime Minister.

"She's been listening to this stuff for 60 years," he said.

Adding: "...and you get some pretty good questions which you, you need to think of some good answers to."

Mr Cameron was speaking ahead of the first feature-length royal documentary in more than 20 years, Our Queen, which features unique access during last year's Diamond Jubilee year to members of the royal family.

Made by producer-director Michael Waldman and royal author and writer Robert Hardman, the documentary follows the Jubilee from the inside.

It explores the modern monarchy, delivering an insight into the way one of the world's most famous women leads the royal house, how she balances tradition with modernisation, and how her level of public affection is maintained amid the ever-changing political and social landscape of her reign.

Filmed throughout the last year, this observational two-hour documentary is a study of leadership, judgment and character, set against the pageantry of the Diamond Jubilee year, which sets out to provide a close perspective of the Queen and what she means to Britain and the world.

Our Queen will be broadcast at 8pm on ITV tomorrow night.

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