Queen Elizabeth suffered with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) as a child, according to claims from a new book.
A new book titled 'The Governess' has claimed that the British monarch's late teacher, Marion Crawford, noticed how the Queen would put her pencils into straight lines with equal gaps between each pencil, prompting the diagnosis.
Author Wendy Holden wrote: "Marion, whose training encompassed child psychology, now realised she was looking at obsessive compulsion. This cosseted, regularised environment was the very last place she had expected to find it. Why do you do that? The princess looked up, staring at her with candid blue eyes. 'Because it makes me feel safe.' 'Safe?' echoed Marion."
