Russethouse Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 The BBC have reported that the Queen will be making a couple of speeches in French on her trip to celebrate 'entente cordiale' - as I once read that she often communicated with her mother and sister in French I wonder just how accomplished she is ?Gayhttp://www.quimperclub.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRT17 Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 >The BBC have reported that the >Queen will be making a >couple of speeches in French >on her trip to celebrate >'entente cordiale' - as I >once read that she often >communicated with her mother and >sister in French I wonder >just how accomplished she is >? >>Gay >http://www.quimperclub.org Gay, I have no idea, we might find out owhen we watch the news today. There has certainly been a lot about entente-cordiale in the papers recently and on the radio (radio 4) this a.m. there was an interesting report.I hope she has a good trip.Gill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 LAST EDITED ON 08-Apr-04 AT 08:23 AM (GMT)I think she's pretty fluent. Remember when that Canadian chap got on the phone to her and pretended to be the french speaking PM (I think). She had quite a conversation with him completely off the cuff. The accent is very British, a bit like, in reverse, the french old boys I come across sometimes who love to try out their english with an 'Oxford' accent. I think she learnt from her English nanny (Crawfie?) so that is not surprising.Liz (29) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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