--- title: Young Boy Crawls Away From Queen Elizabeth II in Video description: Queen Elizabeth spent time meeting families and children at Coram. Nathan Grant, was particularly overwhelmed by meeting her royal highness. canonical: https://time.com/5473747/boy-queen-elizabeth/ author: Wilder Davies article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-12-07T16:23:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:19.161Z og:title: Young M Crawls Away From the Queen Because It's Too Much og:description: 'BYE!' og:url: https://time.com/5473747/boy-queen-elizabeth/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt047f6d2aea7f049a/6988b3f3fb4eac6d92890447/queen-elizabeth.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Royal Christmas 2016 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Young M Crawls Away From the Queen Because It's Too Much twitter:description: 'BYE!' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt047f6d2aea7f049a/6988b3f3fb4eac6d92890447/queen-elizabeth.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 9-Year-Old Boy Tries to Hide From Queen Elizabeth Because He Can't Handle the Majesty of It All > Sponsored content. 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Wilson—AP  by [Wilder Davies](https://time.com/author/wilder-davies/)  ## Wilder Davies Dec 7, 2018 4:23 PM UTC [Meeting new people](http://time.com/3849301/conversation-tips-confidence/) isn’t always easy, especially if you are a child and the person you are meeting is the Queen of England. Wednesday morning, Queen Elizabeth II paid a visit to London’s Thomas Coram Foundation for Children, for the opening of a new building on the campus named in her honor. Coram is the oldest children’s charity in the UK, operating since 1739, and has a longstanding relationship with the royal family. During her tour of the new facility, the queen spent time meeting families and children involved with the center. One such boy, a 9 year old Nathan Grant, was particularly overwhelmed by meeting her majesty, and opted to eject himself from the situation. As seen in the video, the queen is introduced to the Grant family before gingerly approaching them. Nathan, who had been standing rigidly at attention, sunk to his knees and crawled away before the queen got a word in edgewise. Saving face, the boy’s mother quipped, “That’s his version of a bow,” causing the crowd to break out in laughter. 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