I am fairly certain in the snippet I saw that she uses a gold capped black Parker 51.
Anyone with an idea?

Well, apparently she has a Conway Stewart:
http://www.conwaystewart.com/testimonials....a8c434073bd41c5
Whether she uses it on a day to day basis is another matter.

I would imagine that a solid gold pen might prove rather heavy for someone of her advancing years.

Parker Pens in Newhaven did have the Royal Warrant in the 60's & 70's and there are pictures around showing Her Maj using what looks like a MkIII "51".

As to now who knows. Could be a CS, but the tendency is to rotate amongst the home grown manufacturers.

What's interesting to me is that she accepts the pens on the condition that they are "practical, working pens," but if they were just for decorative purposes, she would rather have the ordinary ones. Someone can answer for her in the "are you a user or collector" poll. The Queen's a user!

Doug

If it's the series I'm thinking of, there was definitely a Parker in use in one scene.

TBH, I doubt very much whether Her Maj has the time to worry about what pen she has. She probably just asks her PPS to get her something to write with!

Martin

Oh and there I was thinking she had a preference and has one particular favourite user.
I looked at the scene and palyed it back a few times and it was balck with a gold cap and no visible sign of a free nib - and didn't look like 61.