Watch: UK Queen plants tree

The British monarch insisted on taking a shovel herself as she planted a Hornbeam.

Cambridge: The 93-year-old Queen Elizabeth II refused help for planting a tree on Tuesday during her visit to the National Institute of Agricultural Botany in Cambridge.

The British monarch insisted on taking a shovel herself as she planted a Hornbeam.

She was offered help to plant the tree but she said, "No, no, I could probably plant the tree. I don't think I've ever planted one of these before."