Kicker - Slicing with a sword

NICK EICHER, HOST: Something quite unexpected occurred during a recent meeting of G-7 leaders in Cornwall.

The queen of England took up arms!

When she was presented a large cake to commemorate her 95th birthday, she ignored the cutting knife on the table and instead grabbed a ceremonial sword.

As she cut into the cake with the large curved blade, someone, with the best of intentions, noted that there was a perfectly good knife on the table.

The queen responded...

QUEEN: I know there is. (laughs) This is something that is more unusual.

Definitely more unusual, and everyone enjoyed a good laugh—even if it was a bit awkward seeing the monarch handling an oversized blade.

But after the initial cut, which really didn’t do much, she returned the sword in favor of the sharper and much easier-to-handle cake knife.

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