She said the Queen showed “quite basic French” when speaking about her husband to the then-president.
She added: “So, with these clips it’s quite hard for me to say the level of French the Queen speaks.
“She seems to be understanding basic conversation and can read a speech perfectly, but I don’t know how would she manage a whole conversation or watching a movie in French.”
While the Queen has some proficiency in French, her family has a well-established foreign lineage.
