The Queen Lightly Roasts Prince Charles About His Age in a Sweet 70th Birthday Toast
Prince Charles celebrated his 70th birthday with a fun family bash at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday that brought out his sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, and their respective wives, Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle.
The event was also attended, of course, by Charles's mom, Queen Elizabeth II, who gave a lighthearted and sentimental speech about her firstborn heir.
"It is a privilege for any mother to be able to propose a toast to her son on his 70th birthday; it means that you have lived long enough to see your child grow up," her majesty said, then alluded to Charles's well-known love of gardening and the environment: "It is rather like - to use an analogy I am certain will find favor - planting a tree and being able to watch it grow."No stranger to throwing out a savage one-liner, the queen continued with a clever joke inspired by her own mom,
