Queen scolds boy during visit to housing development for veterans: 'You were making a lot of noise'
The Queen of England had some rather stern words for a little schoolboy during her latest royal visit to a housing development. The monarch received a warm welcome to South London as she visited the Haig Housing development near Morden last week, where she was introduced to Grenadier Guards veteran Michael Bowman and his two boys, Daily Mail reports.
The younger son, who was earlier part of a crowd of schoolchildren who cheered the Queen when she arrived, was jokingly told off by her: "You were making a lot of noise."
The Queen then turned down an offer of a cup of tea politely, saying, "I'm very busy."
The Bowman family welcome The Queen into their home 🏠
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) October 11, 2019
Michael served in the @GrenadierGds for 14 years, and along with his family, is one of the first to move into @HaigHousing’s new development of 70 homes. pic.twitter.com/6iRtiCnTZz
The monarch is seen in video footage from the visit meeting the Bowman family at the housing development, which has reportedly furnished around 70 new homes for army veterans and their families. During the visit, an aide told the Queen the younger boy had been in a crowd of schoolchildren she had heard cheering for her upon her arrival.
Nonetheless, the boys were on their best behavior at home when they met the monarch. "You were making a lot of noise," Her Majesty told the student, smiling. The Queen was asked by Bowman, after she issued the royal telling off, if she would like a cup of tea. But the Queen said she was "very busy" to enjoy the refreshment and politely turned down the kind offer.
"I don't think I have time for that, unfortunately. I'm very busy," she explained.
The brand new housing development constitutes 70 new homes for veterans and their families, and the Queen's visit on Friday, October 11, marked her first royal engagement since her return from Balmoral. That said, one of the new housing blocks on the development is named after the Queen, as she has been a longtime patron of the Haig Housing charity, which has been consistently providing housing assistance to veterans for over a century.
