“It’s not really a big deal for her, she is not a big drinker, but it seems a trifle unfair that at this stage in her life she’s having to give up one of very few pleasures.”

Said a ‘friend’ of Queen Elizabeth quitting the booze. She’s said to be in training for celebrations next year marking her 70 years on the throne. Just one martini and she’ll be a firecracker at that party…