With over 70 years on the throne, the Queen has remained a steadfast symbol of the monarchy, and we are all well accustomed to hearing her unique voice during her speech on Christmas Day. Without question, the Queen’s impressive vocabulary and accent is distinctly upper class. So given her poise and social status, it probably comes as no surprise that there are a number of words which the Queen would never dream of uttering herself.

Although it’s unlikely these words are actually banned in the Royal Family, there is certainly a good chance our Queen doesn’t use them.

Social anthropologist and author of Watching the English, Kate Fox, told the Mirror about a number of words members of the Royal Family never use.

Perhaps most bizarrely, Ms Fox points out how the world ‘toilet’ is not used by the royals, as the word is actually French in origin.

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Royals are instead thought to favour the word ‘loo’ or ‘lavatory’ when the need so arises.

Etiquette guru William Hanson told Mail Online: “For those who don’t know, historically your ‘toilet’ was your appearance, your makeup; hence your ‘toiletries bag’.

“The porcelain thing you use is the lavatory.

“So toilet is not only an ugly word but also factually incorrect.”

Other words royals allegedly do not use include, lounge (preferring ‘drawing room’ or ‘sitting room’), dessert (rather ‘pudding’) and perfume (instead, the royals use ‘scent’).

And although many of us will call our last meal of the day ‘tea’, the word is apparently greatly frowned upon by members of the Royal Family.

If for some odd reason you’re ever invited to dine with the royals one day, you will be invited for ‘dinner’ or ‘supper’ – but never tea.

Mr Hanson told the Sun Online about the correct order for our meals of the day.

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Mr Hanson said: “The correct order of meals is breakfast, lunch or luncheon as it is technically called, and then dinner.”

In theory, tea should only be the meal between your midday and evening meals, and is known in this context as afternoon tea.

According to palace aides, the Queen also hates the word ‘pregnant’.

A palace source told Us Weekly the Queen finds the term “vulgar” and prefers to refer to pregnant women as “in the family way.”

However it seems not every member of the Royal Family avoids the term when they’re away from the Queen.

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, recently spoke about how “any woman when she’s pregnant is particularly vulnerable”, so it’s clearly not a word that has been banned.

Surprisingly, the Royal Family also don’t call their parents ‘mum’ or ‘dad’.

Instead, the Royal Family call their parents ‘mummy’ or ‘daddy’, or even ‘papa’ and ‘mama’.

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