The Queen keeps a secret diary where she reveals her TRUE feelings

The Queen is said to make handwritten nightly entries into a private diary, new reports claim.

According to actor Michael Palin, 76, the royal, 93, made the revelation to him during an official dinner following his knighthood last month.

The Monty Python star explained how he was sat next to the monarch during an official dinner at Windsor Castle, when he revealed how he kept a nightly journal. 

To his surprise the Queen revealed that she also kept a private diary, which she spent 15 minutes writing her thoughts into at the end of each day before going to sleep.

Speaking to The Sun, Michael said: ‘We were talking about diaries after I had mentioned that I kept a nightly journal of where I’d been and the people I encountered, she said she did too, the difference being that while mine may have been for publication hers were definitely not.

‘She commented that she found it quite difficult because it always made her a bit woozy and said, ‘I usually manage to write for about 15 minutes before my head goes bump’, and then she did an imitation of her head hitting the table, as if she had fallen asleep.’ 

Palin then revealed he was taken to Windsor’s royal library, where an entry in King George V’s diary read: ‘Had to see Churchill – again!’

Michael Palin, 76, said the Queen made the revelation during an official dinner following his knighthood (pictured) last month, explaining that she makes handwritten nightly entries into a private diary

The diary is described as ‘almost as valuable to her as the Crown Jewels’, with its privacy reportedly strictly guarded by her staff. 

The Queen is thought to have continued the royal tradition of keeping a – reportedly coded – diary, after witnessing King George VI write daily diary entries, something also previously done by Queen Victoria. 

Buckingham Palace have been contacted for comment. 

In June writer and broadcaster Michael was dubbed a knight by William for services to travel, culture and geography as part of his post-Monty Python career, making him the first star of the sketch show to receive the honour.

The pair discussed travel, with Sir Michael resisting the temptation to crack a joke during the investiture at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday.

The diary is described as ‘almost as valuable to her as the Crown Jewels’, with its privacy reportedly strictly guarded by her staff. The Queen and Charles seen signing  the official visitors’ book with Presiding Officer Ken Macintosh after attending the 20th Anniversary celebrations of the Scottish Parliament last week

‘He talked about where I was going next, any parts of the world I really wanted to go that I hadn’t already – to which I normally say Middlesbrough,’ the broadcaster joked.

Instead he went for the far-flung location of Kazakhstan.

So far, Sir Michael is the only Python to be knighted – but he said John Cleese has turned down the chance.

‘I think I’ll probably be the only one. John’s turned it down. I think so, yes. He’s rather mysterious about that,’ Sir Michael said.

In June writer and broadcaster Michael was dubbed a knight by William for services to travel, culture and geography as part of his post-Monty Python career, making him the first star of the sketch show to receive the honour

It has not been confirmed that Cleese opted against becoming a knight, but he did refuse a CBE in 1996 and said it was a greater honour to have a lemur named after him than it would be receiving a knighthood or peerage.

Sir Michael acknowledged his honour was for his later work and praised others for recognising talents he was never aware of.

He praised the ‘rather wonderful’ experience of receiving an honour, which he said would have been ‘unbelievable’ to his younger self 50 years ago when the Pythons formed.

‘It’s very, very nice to be recognised,’ he added at the time.