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Monday, January 7, 2008

Queen Elizabeth II Hearts "Wii Sports"


Who doesn't love a story about a world leader being hip to the young people's jive? This guy can't resist.

Here's a great "everybody loves that zany Queen" story from a British site, The People.

William's girlfriend Kate Middleton bought him the £200 gift for Christmas - but he now has to share it with his grandma.

A Palace source told The People: "When she saw William playing a game after lunch at Sandringham she thought the Nintendo looked tremendous fun and begged to join in.

"She played a simple ten-pin bowling game and by all accounts was a natural.

"It was hilarious. William was in fits of laughter. He was enormously impressed at having such a cool gran.

"And although she is 81 the Queen's hand-eye co-ordination was as good as somebody half her age."
Aww. Ain't she sweet? I wonder, however, why the Palace source remained confidential. Maybe the Queen didn't want this getting out. The story does go on to say that she "showed all the signs of becoming a Nintendo addict." You know what that means?

REHAB TIME.