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Queen gets 2,000 pints of lager

A lorry carrying 2,000 pints of lager to a pub called the Windsor Castle took them to the Queen’s residence instead. The 12 barrels of lager were delivered to the real Windsor Castle after they were ordered for England’s football match with Croatia.

Royal staff had no record of the order and turned the delivery away, reports the Daily Telegraph. They eventually made it to the pub of the same name, five miles away in Maidenhead, but the delivery was three hours late.

Pub manager Misko Coric said: “We have received mail for the royal household here before but I think this is the first time they have received anything meant for us.”

A Windsor Castle spokesman said: “It was very funny. But there’s no way the Queen sits down in the evening with a pint.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .