At Buckingham Palace, the Queen's former principal residence, and at Windsor Castle, her current home, the Queen's staff performs most of the chores we non-royals dread: laundry. Laundry. Washing dishes after dinner.

But when Her Majesty and her late husband, His Royal Highness Prince Philip, were in Wood Cottage at Sandringham Palace (the Duke of Edinburgh's preferred "home"), the Queen was so at home that she offered to clean up after lunch wearing yellow dishwashing gloves, according to a royal courtier.

According to the Mirror, life for the royal family behind closed doors is actually quite modest and normal. Royal expert and author Harry Mount, a former royal courtier, told the magazine that he had seen the queen "blooming yellow marigolds and cleaning up after meals."

"I once attended a shooting luncheon. At the end of lunch, I heard someone say, 'I'll do the dishes.' I turned around and there was the queen wearing yellow wash gloves," he told the Telegraph via the Mirror.

The five-bedroom coastal Norfolk Wood Cottage, which is "modest by royal standards," according to the Mirror, has been owned by the queen throughout her 70-year reign. Wood Cottage was primarily used as the family's vacation home, but when Philip retired from his royal duties in 2017, he made it his final home. He lived at Wood Cottage until the pandemic began, after which he and his wife moved to Windsor Castle, where he passed away peacefully on April 9, 2021.

A friendly royal family - we love it.