Queen Elizabeth II, who died on Thursday at the age of 96, had several displays of humor, but not everyone is asking if she ever met her match.

The story of Queen Elizabeth’s reaction when she met an American tourist who didn’t recognize her has been told by a former bodyguard who was with her that day, once again revealing a funny and sassy side of her personality that the public has rarely seen. Reuters reports.

The monarch was in the hills near her Scottish castle of Balmoral when two American holidaymakers approached them and one of them struck up a conversation with her, said former royal guard Richard Griffin, known as Dick.

Asked where she lives, the Queen said London, adding that she has a holiday home just over the hill and has been visiting the area for more than 80 years since she was a child. She didn’t say she meant Balmoral.

Knowing the castle was nearby, the tourist asked her if she had ever met the queen, Griffin said.

“Quick as a flash, he said, ‘No, but Dick sees her regularly,'” Griffin told Sky News during Elizabeth’s 70-year reign earlier this year.

The tourist asked Griffin what the monarch was like in person.

“Because I’d been with her for a long time and I knew I could tease her, I was like, ‘Oh, she can be really sassy sometimes, but she’s got a great sense of humor,'” Griffin said.

Overjoyed, the tourist put his arm around Griffin and asked if they could take a picture together.

“Before he sees what’s happening, he takes his camera, hands it to the Queen and says, ‘Can you take a picture for us?’

Regina complied, and then Griffin took a camera and took pictures of her and the tourists.

Later, Griffin said, the queen told him, “I’d like to be a fly on the wall when he shows these pictures to his friends in America and hopefully someone tells him who I am.”