Former Arsenal stars have taken to social media to share their memories of a 2007 meeting with Her Majesty the Queen.
Her Majesty was due to cut the ribbon on the club's newly-constructed Emirates Stadium after their move from Highbury in 2006, but was unable to attend, and instead invited the side to Buckingham Palace.
Both Theo Walcott and Emmanuel Eboue were members of the Arsenal squad when they were invited to have afternoon tea with Her Majesty the Queen 15 years ago.
The Southampton winger, now 33, retweeted a video of the Gunners' royal meeting with the caption: 'Lovely memory this…'
And Ivory Coast right-back Eboue shared his memories of making Her Majesty laugh after telling her: 'We went there & Thierry Henry said to me, "Please, Emmanuel, it's the Queen's house, don't do anything"
But despite the warning from his captain, the notorious dressing room joker was unable to contain himself, and narrated a story that left both Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh laughing.
'"No problem," I said, "Don't worry". So the Queen came in & went along shaking each player's hand.
'After she'd finished, I saw all her corgis so I said, "Ma'am, Ma'am". She turned back & asked, "How are you?". I said, "Ma'am, I am okay thank you, but please, I don't want to be a footballer any more, I want to look after your dogs."
'[I said to the Queen] "I want to take them for walks, wash them, feed them. I want to be a dog carer". The Queen, honestly, she was laughing. Prince Philip was laughing too. All the team were laughing!'
A video was posted late on Thursday night from the Arsenal Presser Twitter account detailing the north London side's visit to Buckingham Palace.
The video shows the likes of Arsene Wenger and Henry leading the party at the Queen's private residence, before the French legend introduced each player individually to the monarch to shake her hand.
The Gunners had travelled to Switzerland to face Zurich in their opening group game of this season's Europa League campaign, and only learnt the news of the Queen's passing at half-time.
As a result the resumption of the second half was delayed so that both sides could pay their respects with a minute's silence in memory of Her Majesty.
