Britain's Queen Elizabeth is reportedly concerned about climate change.
The 88-year-old monarch is said to have voiced her fears during a meeting with the Met Office's chief scientist, Dame Julia Slingo, during a private lunch at her London residence, Buckingham Palace.
A guest at the event told the Daily Mail newspaper: "Dame Julia was telling the Queen about the new £97million computer at the Met Office, which is capable of predicting how the Earth's temperature will change over the next century.
"Her Majesty used the opportunity to talk about the unprecedented flooding at Balmoral. She wondered if it was caused by climate change."
Despite enjoying a largely dry summer, freak storms are said to have caused the worst flash flooding since records began in streams on the Queen's 50,000-acre estate in the Highlands of Scotland.
And although the Queen often avoids expressing her opinions in public, it is known she has a keen interest in current affairs and has previously spoken of her concern over environmental issues.
Meanwhile, the Queen's husband, Prince Philip, was also in attendance at the luncheon and was likely to have had something to say on the matter.
Last year, the Duke of Edinburgh invited Britain's best-known global-warming heretic, broadcaster David Bellamy to give a lecture at Buckingham Palace.
Tagged in Prince Philip Queen Elizabeth Duke Of Edinburgh