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Bizarre reason Queen Elizabeth banned The Royal Family from playing Monopoly

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Published 16:40 10 Jul 2024 GMT+1

Bizarre reason Queen Elizabeth banned The Royal Family from playing Monopoly

The Queen banned her family from playing the competitive game.

Mia Williams

Mia Williams

Queen Elizabeth banned the Royal Family from playing Monopoly together, over intense claims made by Prince Andrew.

The late Queen Elizabeth had some quite serious demands for members of the Royal Family.

She ordered that all women within the family should wear tights, as well as nude nail varnish.

But in and amongst the strange rules, was one that she set for the whole family, and apparently, it was all their fault.

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Queen Elizabeth banned the family from playing Monopoly at get-togethers, despite the board game being a classic addition to every family occasion.

The Queen banned the game before it became competitive. (Samir Hussein/WireImage)
The Queen banned the game before it became competitive. (Samir Hussein/WireImage)

There’s nothing quite like a Christmas Eve playing competitive board games, especially with your siblings, but as we all know too well, things can get heated.

The game, for those who haven’t played, involves players buying, selling, and trading properties to build their wealth and bankrupt their opponents.

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If we’re being honest, the Royal’s could probably play this game with real properties and money, but the possibility of that happening is slim.

The revelation about her rule was made in an old interview with Prince Andrew.

According to a 2008 article in The Telegraph, the Monopoly issue was revealed by Prince Andrew when he visited the Leeds Building Society's newly-refurbished Albion Street headquarters for lunch.

As a gift, they gave him a Monopoly set, but on receiving it he said: “We're not allowed to play Monopoly at home.

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“It gets too vicious.”

And I think we can all recall a time where this game has gotten slightly out of hand.

The game is known to cause problems in most households. (Bruno Vincent/Getty Images)
The game is known to cause problems in most households. (Bruno Vincent/Getty Images)

The late Queen was actually said to have preferred The Name Game, which includes players attempting to guess different famous people from a series of yes or no questions.

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It’s safe to say we would love to be a fly on the wall for this one in Buckingham Palace.

The most surprising of all, is that she also used to enjoy playing the blowing simulator on Wii Sports.

As long as the remote doesn’t get launched into the TV like it did in our household…

A 2008 report from Wired, claimed that Her Majesty begged to join in after watching Prince William playing the popular video game.

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But it seems as though two of the Royals have different rules about Monopoly in their household, as it was revealed that both William and Kate are partial to the game.

William and Kate are supposedly fond of board games such as Risk as well, which is said to be a staple during the Christmas period.

Featured Image Credit: Samir Hussein/WireImage/Bruno Vincent/Getty Images

Topics: The Queen, Royal Family, Kate Middleton, Prince William

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