LONDON (Kyodo) Despite her rather formal appearance, Queen Elizabeth is known to enjoy the occasional joke and can take pleasure when formal proceedings don't go exactly as planned.
However, one potential slight on Japan's Imperial family was just too much for her, according to a new book.
It reveals the queen's mother tried to have a sword that symbolized Japan's surrender in Southeast Asia in 1945 put out on display for Crown Prince Naruhito.
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