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Queen insists she's not too old at 93 to plant a tree

The Queen, 93, was visiting the National Institute of Agricultural Botany.
The Queen insisted she was up to a key part of her duties as she took hold of a shovel to plant a tree herself. The 93-year-old, when asked whether she would perform the task on her own, said: &ldquo[...]

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