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  1. Elizabeth was going incognito during a walk in Scotland when a local resident commented that she "looked just like the Queen." "How reassuring," she replied.
  2. During a state visit, when an escort commander was blocking the crowd's view of the royal carriage: "Actually, Captain, I think it's me they've come to see."
  3. Protesters threw eggs at the Queen during a visit to New Zealand, after which she quipped, "I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast."
  4. When asked her thoughts on Niagara Falls while visiting Canada, she remarked, "It looks very damp."
  5. James Bond actor Roger Moore's then-wife once asked the Queen why she carried her purse around with her at Buckingham Palace. She replied, "This house is very big, you know."