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Queen Elizabeth II reacted calmly when a man attempted break in to Windsor Castle with a crossbow last year. 

Royal author and friend to Prince Philip Giles Brandreth revealed she was taking breakfast while a man announced he had arrived to “kill the Queen”. 

An extract of his book Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait published in the Daily Mail today told how she responded to the incident with her usual dry wit.

The Monarch reportedly said: “Yes, well, that would have put a dampener on Christmas, wouldn’t it?”

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