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Article: Queen shares bath with a rubber duck.
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 4, 2001
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Byline: ED HARRIS
BARELY days after the news that the Queen has a mobile phone comes the revelation that she shares her bath with a rubber duck.
It might be argued that there are some things about Britain's head of state that should perhaps remain a mystery - the dignity of office, and all that - but it seems too late now.
In a regal touch, the yellow rubber toy, whose name, if it has one, is not known, wears a comical inflatable crown on its head, and servants at Buckingham Palace call it the "air to the throne".
The duck was spotted by an astonished decorator, who was, in his own words, "repainting the Queen's bathroom walls in the ...