THE QUEEN LETTING YOUNG FANS STEAL THE LIMELIGHT IS A GREEN GODDESS ON A WHIRLWIND TRIP TO NORTHERN IRELAND

The is The Queen is used to being the focus of upstaged by the cheekiest of little chaps during a trip to Northern Ireland.

- AINHOA BARCELONA

Fitzwilliam CorrieSalmon photobombs Her Majesty's visit to Knotts Bakery, much to the delight of the royal guest and his father William Corrie

Dressed in a miniature tuxedo and bow tie and flashing a cute grin, 23-month-old Fitzwilliam Corrie-Salmon stole the spotlight as he posed for cameras while his father chatted to their royal guest in the background.

'We have a natural for the cameras, she joked, as the toddler posed

However, Her Majesty looked only too happy to be upstaged by Fitz. "We have a natural for the cameras," she announced, smiling broadly as she watched the toddler, who is the son of William Corrie, the co-owner of Knotts Bakery in Belfast, and his former Blue Peter presenter wife Zoe Salmon.

A SOLO ADVENTURE

"She was a lovely lady. Genuinely interested in the products," said William of the Queen, adding: "We did joke that Fitz stole her thunder for a minute."

The visit to Northern Ireland was due to be a major trip for the King and Queen, but amid the monarch's ongoing treatment for cancer and doctors' advice to postpone public-p facing engagements, Her Majesty, 76, was flying solo. And she held the royal fort with ease, looking elegant and serene as she carried out her engagements and paying tribute to her host country in a bottle-green wool crepe dress and coat by Bruce Oldfield, worn with Elizabeth II's three-leaf clover diamond brooch.