Queen Elizabeth II, 95, 'believes you are as old as you feel', says her assistant private secretary. PHOTO: AFPQueen Elizabeth II turned down a prize celebrating the elderly, assessing that at 95 she did not meet the criteria, The Oldie magazine said on Tuesday. But in a reply dated August 21 from her Balmoral estate in northeast Scotland, the monarch's assistant private secretary, Tom Laing-Baker, made his boss' apologies. Also read: Queen Elizabeth marks 95th birthday, days after husband's funeral"Inevitably, a long life can pass many milestones; my own is no exception," she said at the time. The writer and broadcaster Gyles Brandreth, who was a friend of the Prince, wrote in The Oldie that he was delighted to receive the award in 2011.

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