Looking the part! Queen Consort Camilla sparkled at King Charles III’s first state banquet — donning the late Queen Elizabeth II’s bejeweled Belgian Sapphire Tiara for the big event.
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Lesley Manville "always thought" she was going to play Queen Elizabeth on 'The Crown. ' The 66-year-old star is the latest actress to take on the role of the late monarch's sister Princess Margaret - who died in 2002 at the age of 71 - in the Netflix biographical series but thought when she was asked to meet with creator Peter Morgan that she would be playing the Queen herself before the part went to Imelda Staunton. She said: "It’s funny.
I’m going to be absolutely honest about this. I always thought maybe I could be the final Queen. When my agent called and said, ‘Can you go to Peter Morgan’s house on Monday?' - that's how it happened for me, and I think it happened for Imelda - I never thought of myself as a Margaret.
My immediate thought was the Queen, the Queen! The 'Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris' star went on to explain that she initially was unsure whether she could play the part of Princess Margaret - who was known for her lifestyle of partying and having a string of reputed romances - because she doesn't see herself as glamorous but was offered the part on the spot. She told The Times: "My agent said, ‘He wants to talk to you about playing Margaret.
’ I thought, ‘Hang on a minute. Margaret? I can’t do Margaret. ’ Because in my head I saw Margaret as young and glamorous, when Vanessa [Kirby, of series one and two] played her, and glamorous and still quite young, but a bit older, when Helena [Bonham Carter, of series three and four] played her.
I don’t see myself in that way, which is a problem with my own self-image. As soon as she said it, something in me was really chuffed that they thought of me as Margaret. So then I thought, ‘God, Margaret, Margaret, Margaret! OK.
All right. They think I could be Margaret. Let’s
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Continuing tradition. King Charles III attended the Royal British Legion’s Festival of Remembrance in London on Saturday, November 12, for the first time since Queen Elizabeth II died.
, would be daunting for anyone, and Academy Award-nominee Imelda Staunton is no exception. The veteran actor, best known for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Vera Drake, and the Downton Abbey films (opposite husband Jim Carter) tells Glamour that stepping into the late monarch's shoes for the fifth season of actually made her feel ill. “It was not easy for me,” she says on a recent Zoom during a break from filming of the Emmy-winning Netflix series.
A solemn role. Elizabeth Debicki is the second actress to play Princess Diana on The Crown, and she’s been candid about wanting to ensure that her portrayal is respectful of the late royal.
Sir Jonathan Pryce thinks Queen Elizabeth's death will drive more people to watch 'The Crown'. The 75-year-old actor - who has taken over as Prince Philip in the latest series of Netflix's regal drama - believes the show will provide "comfort" to those left saddened by the monarch's passing in September so they will want to tune in to see her "embodied again" by Imelda Staunton. He said: “I think it’s bound to affect their perception of what we do.
Two deaths in a month were blamed on staffing issues at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.
Tom Cruise and the late Queen Elizabeth are said to have “really hit it off” when the monarch invited him for tea in her final weeks. The ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ actor, 60, was also allowed to land his helicopter on Her Majesty’s lawn, according to The Times. It said on Sunday (06.
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The first trailer of Season 5 of The Crown has dropped and it explores chaos unfolding within the monarchy and Princess Diana's explosive BBC interview with Martin Bashir.
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has called her husband Prince Harry's late grandmother Queen Elizabeth II the "most shining example" of female leadership. The British monarch passed away aged 96 at her Balmoral Castle estate in Scotland on 8 September while Meghan and Harry, who live in California, were visiting the U. K.
Meghan Markle is speaking out about Queen Elizabeth II‘s sad passing.
Variety cover story was published on Wednesday, October 19, after it was delayed in the wake of on September 8. Markle was honored as a part of the magazine's , and reflected on her Archetypes, her and her husband's foundation, , as well as settling into her new, post-royal life in L.A.In the piece, which was updated following the official period of mourning, Markle also opened up about the legacy of the late monarch.
Meghan Markle is opening up for the first time about the death of Queen Elizabeth II -- her husband, Prince Harry's, late grandmother. In a new cover story for , the 41-year-old Duchess of Sussex breaks her silence following the passing of the British monarch and the subsequent events thereafter.The initial piece had been set to run earlier this year, but Markle asked for it to be delayed in the wake of the queen's death.