Queen Elizabeth Jokes About Her Death in Resurfaced David Attenborough Clip

A video of Queen Elizabeth II joking about her own death has gone viral following her passing.

In the resurfaced clip from 2018—which has garnered more than 3.2 million views on Twitter—the late monarch showed off her sharp sense of humor while chatting with Sir David Attenborough for the ITV documentary, The Queen's Green Planet.

As the pair discussed how climate change will affect trees over the next 50 years, the queen cheekily responded: "I won't be here, though," which prompted a chuckle from Attenborough, 96.

The English broadcaster then pointed out a sundial on the property, which was in the shade.

"Isn't it good, yes," the queen sarcastically responded, before looking around and asking: "Had we thought of that? It wasn't in the shade originally, I'm sure?"

The royal then got serious and said: "Maybe we could move it."

Queen Elizabeth died on Thursday, September 8, at the age of 96 after reigning for more than 70 years. Following her death, Buckingham Palace released a statement to the public.

"The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon," the message read. "The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow."

The following day, Attenborough discussed his relationship with the queen, noting she was "an expert at getting people to relax."

"When you met her, you were well-aware that you were in the presence of someone who was extremely important to our society, and yet she made it seem that you were meeting another human being with exactly the same conditions that all human beings have," he told ITV News.

Queen Elizabeth and Attenborough's friendship spans decades. In fact, they were born just weeks apart. While the queen was born on April 21, 1926, he was born on May 8 that same year.

In 1985, the author was knighted by the monarch, and in 2022, he was knighted again by Prince Charles, now King Charles III, for his work in television and conservation.

In the 1980s and 1990s, the Blue Planet narrator produced the queen's annual Christmas address to the U.K. During one memorable moment, he even picked out what she would wear for the broadcast.

While speaking at the Radio Times Festival in 2015, Attenborough revealed he was asked by the royal's then-assistant press secretary, Bill Heseltine, to choose an appropriate outfit for the queen.

"I picked out something that was mushroom [colored] and we were waiting for the queen in the east block where her apartments were, and the queen came out of this rackety old lift and she said, 'I hope you approve of my costume,'" Attenborough recalled, per Hello!

Apparently, she was less than thrilled with the choice. In his autobiography, David Attenborough Life on Air: Memoirs of a Broadcaster, he detailed Queen Elizabeth's annoyance with the look, which clashed with the wallpaper.

"There is no pleasing you people from the media," she reportedly said. "I am told by one lot that I have to wear something colorful so I can be seen in a crowd—and then you come along and tell me I have to wear something pale and nondescript."

In 2016, Attenborough spoke at service celebrating the queen's 90th birthday, and in 2019, she awarded him and the Blue Planet team with the Chatham House Prize.

According to their website, the honor is given to "the person, persons or organization deemed to have made the most significant contribution to the improvement of international relations in the previous year."

Following Queen Elizabeth's death, her eldest son, Charles, was made King of the United Kingdom. On Saturday, September 10, he was officially announced as the new monarch in a proclamation ceremony.