This is why the Queen and Prince Phillip sleep in separate bedrooms - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity This is why the Queen and Prince Phillip sleep in separate bedrooms By You Magazine - August 30, 2019 There are a lot of things that the royals do differently to us. Whether it’s their wardrobe protocols or festive celebrations, the monarchy have their own unique way of living – and it turns out that applies to the way they sleep too. It has been widely reported over the years that the Queen and her husband Prince Phillip not only sleep in separate beds but have entirely different bedrooms, as opposed to sharing one like most married couples. Getty Images In a recently resurfaced interview, Phillip’s cousin Lady Pamela Hicks, detailed the reasoning behind the decision. According to Hicks, it is simply the norm for the upper class, who ‘always have separate bedrooms.’ As reported by The Sun, Hicks made the claim back in 2012 while speaking to royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith for her book about the monarchy. ‘In England, the upper class always have had separate bedrooms,’ Hicks explained. ‘You don’t want to be bothered with snoring or someone flinging a leg around.’ She continued: ‘Then when you are feeling cosy you share your room sometimes. It is lovely to be able to choose.’ When put like that, it certainly does sound like a luxury. Plus, they have a point about the disruption. Getty Images It was previously reported by The Independent that a 2016 study from Paracelsus Medical University in Nuremberg, Germany proved that sleeping apart could be the secret to a longer lasting marriage – which by the looks of things seemed to have worked for the Queen and Prince Phillip. The study highlighted that sleep issues and relationship problems tend to occur simultaneously, meaning couples who sleep in the same bedroom are more likely to experience nocturnal disturbances from their partner such as snoring, tossing and turning and bad hygiene for example – all of which can lead to arguments and sometimes even sexual dysfunction within the marriage. So if anything, perhaps we should be taking notes from the royals? RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity TV chef Gino D Acampo on Sardinia Sophia Loren and scary salads May 25, 2017 The Evergreen Goddess Exercise guru Diana Moran on looking fit and July 10, 2017 More more Julianne Moore November 13, 2017 Author Jill Mansell on designer notebooks commissioning art and the family January 16, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES Kelly Hoppen on vodka vintage finds and being a April 4, 2018 ‘ I have no regrets’ Millie Mackintosh on divorce debt and reuniting May 20, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter and tennis player Annabel Croft shares her July 1, 2018 Stella Parton ‘ Dolly and I have always been close’ August 12, 2018 Anna Friel on getting jeered in the street shared parenting with September 23, 2018 Queen of primetime Charlotte Riley on juggling rising stardom with pregnancy October 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved