{"id":188231,"date":"2026-04-07T12:54:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/188231\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T12:54:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:54:27","slug":"queen-elizabeth-almost-stayed-the-night-at-a-pub-recalls-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/188231\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth Almost Stayed the Night at a Pub, Recalls Author"},"content":{"rendered":"

Queen Elizabeth nearly ended one royal trip in a very unroyal place. Author Hugo Vickers recalled a blizzard that stopped the Late Queen in her tracks, describing a 1981 journey that almost left the late monarch sleeping above a pub. The story began after a visit to Princess Anne<\/a> at Gatcombe Park. The late Queen\u2019s route was blocked by severe weather. That forced aides to find a quick stop while the road remained impassable.<\/p>\n

Queen Elizabeth got caught in a blizzard, recalls author<\/p>\n

As per the HELLO! report<\/a>, Vickers shared the account on \u201cA Right Royal Podcast.\u201d He said Queen Elizabeth was leaving Gatcombe Park when the weather turned. \u201cThe car got stuck in a total blizzard,\u201d he recalled. He then said there was \u201cnothing they could do.\u201d According to Vickers, Detective Inspector Trestrail stepped in and \u201cnegotiated\u201d a solution. That allowed the late monarch to use \u201ca side exterior staircase\u201d and reach a room upstairs. For a time, he said, she \u201cmight have had to stay the night.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then, Vickers said the delay stretched late into the evening. He explained that the Queen <\/a>spent time in the upstairs room while crews worked outside. However, the road was eventually cleared. According to his retelling, \u201cabout midnight she left.\u201d That detail turned what could have become an overnight stay into a near miss. Meanwhile, another part of the story made it even stranger. Vickers said the people \u201cin the bar downstairs had no idea.\u201d So, one of Britain\u2019s most recognizable figures and longest-reigning British monarch was reportedly upstairs while regular pub trade carried on below.<\/p>\n

Later, the same report said the story still lived on at the site. Vickers noted, \u201cI guess it\u2019s largely forgotten now,\u201d but added, \u201cThey still have the plaque.\u201d That gave the 1981 blizzard stop, a physical marker years later. Separately, the report added another pub detail from royal history. In 1998, Queen Elizabeth made what was believed to be her first official pub visit at the Bridge Inn in Topsham, Devon. She did not drink there, but accepted a bottle of beer for Prince Philip<\/a>. Together, those details gave the old blizzard story extra context. Even with many royal residences available, one storm nearly sent the Queen to a pub for the night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth nearly ended one royal trip in a very unroyal place. Author Hugo Vickers recalled a blizzard…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[75430,1313,232,1440,9,24,63,1312,122,124,123],"class_list":{"0":"post-188231","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-a-right-royal-podcast","9":"tag-british-royal-family","10":"tag-lifestyle","11":"tag-lifestyle-news","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-queen-elizabeth-ii","16":"tag-queens","17":"tag-queens-headlines","18":"tag-queens-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}