The Queen driving Kate Middleton near Loch Muick on the Balmoral Estate (Picture: Peter Jolly Northpix)

She might have turned 90 this year but The Queen has shown she has no intention of slowing down by driving Kate Middleton to a picnic at Balmoral this weekend.

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Her Majesty hopped behind the wheel of a dark green Range Rover with the Duchess of Cambridge in the passenger seat as they drove to the lunch with Prince William.

Earlier in the day, the Duke of Cambridge had driven himself up the Capel Mounth on the way to Glen Cova.

The picnic lunch took place in the midst of a grouse shoot which saw soldiers drive the grouse towards waiting guns.


Prince William drives a green Land Rover at the front of a convoy (Picture: Peter Jolly Northpix)

It is not the first time the Queen has relegated her protection officers to the back seat. She is often seen driving on the Balmoral estate, and last year while at Windsor drove herself to the horse show.



The Duke and Duchess have been taking a break from engagements with Prince George and Princess Charlotte at Prince Charles’s Birkhall on the Royal Estate since Thursday.

Later this month the Royal couple will fly to Canada on a week-long visit until October 1.

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