Queen Elizabeth shared tea with Paddington Bear in a pre-recorded skit that aired during Platinum Party at the Palace in June 2022.Photo:Victoria Jones/PA Images via Getty
Victoria Jones/PA Images via Getty
Queen Elizabethaced her starring part in the Paddington Bear skit from thePlatinum Jubileewhen asked to channel her inner grandmother!
Queen Elizabeth starred opposite Paddington Bear in a pre-recorded skit that aired during Platinum Party at the Palace in June 2022.Victoria Jones/PA Images via Getty
In addition to her duties as Queen of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth realms, Queen Elizabeth was “Granny” to eight grandchildren —Peter Phillips,Zara Tindall,Prince William,Prince Harry,Princess Beatrice,Princess Eugenie,Lady Louise WindsorandJames, Earl of Wessex— and later, great-grandmother or “Gan-Gan” to Peter, Zara, William, Harry, Beatrice and Eugenie’s kids.
“Eventually, I think she just got tired and just went, ‘So do I,’ and it was really sweet, and it was lovely and everyone was relieved. I needlessly went up to her and said, ‘Ma’am, that was fantastic,’ and she said, ‘Oh, thank you.’ And I went, ‘You’re a very good actress,’ and she went, ‘Well, of course — I do it all the time.’ ”
Turning back to his surprise, the actor recalled that he said, “ ’Oh! You mean like playing the part of the Queen?’ And she went, ‘I beg your pardon?’ ” which made Herrington laugh.
“ ’No, I meant at Christmas, when I do my speeches, but then it’s all written down, you see, and now I have to remember it, so I find it quite hard,’ he said that the Queen said. So that was my conversation,” he explained.
In the “Paddington Meets the Queen” skit, the monarch sat with the beloved children’s book character for a cup of tea and some marmalade sandwiches. The prerecorded parodyeven surprisedher family when it opened the concert celebrating her record-breaking 70-year reign!
“We can only accept it on her behalf and say, ‘Thank you ma’am for everything,’ ” he added, repeating the iconic line that the skit closed with and was featured throughout the Jubilee weekend.
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Kate Middleton, Princess Charlotte, Prince George and Prince William watch Paddington Meets The Queen” at the Platinum Jubilee.Chris Jackson - WPA Pool/Getty
Chris Jackson - WPA Pool/Getty
The surprise spot was kept top secret — so much so that even members of the royal family had no idea about it until they were watching it open the star-studded concert.Prince GeorgeandPrincess Charlottewere clearly amazed, smiling and gasping as they watched their great-grandmother’s interactions with Paddington onscreen. (Then-Prince Charles, however, may have been clued in — his speech earlier in the day did reference a marmalade sandwich.)
Queen Elizabeth passed the patronage toQueen Camilla, who was then known as the Duchess of Cornwall, in 2016, and King Charles’ wife attended aspecial tea partyto see the bears united with their new owners at a kindergarten in east London.
Queen Camilla attended a teddy bears’ picnic before delivering Paddington bears and other soft toys that were left at Royal Residences as tributes following the death of the late Queen Elizabeth in 2022.ARTHUR EDWARDS/POOL/AFP via Getty
ARTHUR EDWARDS/POOL/AFP via Getty
source: people.com
