A cikin jawabin da aka yi a ranar 24 ga Nuwamba, 1992, don tunawa da shekaru 40 na hawansa, Elizabeth ta kira 1992 ta annus horribilis, ma'anar shekara mai ban tsoro. Har ma da jin dadin jama'a a Birtaniya ya tashi saboda ƙididdigar jarida game da dukiyar sarauniya na sirri wanda Palace ya saba wa da rahotanni game da al'amuran da kuma auren aure a cikin iyalinta. A watan Maris, danta na biyu, Prince Andrew, da matarsa, Sarah, suka rabu; a watan Afrilu, 'yarta, Princess Anne, ta saki Kyaftin Mark Phillips; a lokacin ziyarar gwamnati a Jamus a watan Oktoba, masu zanga-zangar fushi a Dresden sun jefa ta da qwai a kanta; kuma, a watan Nuwamba, babban wuta ya tashi a Windsor Castle, daya daga cikin wuraren zama na hukuma.
a hutu tare da iyalinta a Balmoral