Queen ‘wouldn’t have minded’ being an actress, says family friend Gyles Brandreth
10.09.2022 - 06:53
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
Gyles Brandreth, a close family friend of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, says her Majesty "wouldn't have minded" being an actress. The broadcaster even admitted that the Queen would be the principal boy in Christmas pantomimes at Buckingham Palace.
This touching tribute comes after the tragic news that Queen Elizabeth II died at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Speaking on BBC Breakfast, Gyles explained he’d even asked the Queen if she would have liked to act full time.
He told hosts Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty: “She was extraordinary and it wasn't simply because she was the Queen, I think it was the nature of her personality. That smile was electric. As the Queen grew older, she was conscious that her face sometimes looked a little bit grumpy unless she was smiling so she did flash that smile, but it was unbelievable.
"It really could light up a room. You saw it in that picture taken only on Tuesday, looking rather impish, clearly an elderly frail person, and yet with a twinkle in her eye. She had a wry sense of humour. I think the only thing that wasn't on public display as much as it might have been over the years was her great sense of humour - never malicious, it was worldly wise."
Gyles continued: "She was a different person for different generations, but my goodness, didn't she do well to keep in touch? She could actually do a fist bump, she didn't like mobile phones at the dining table, but she did know how to use one.
"To see her with Paddington Bear, just this last summer, only a few months ago, was a complete enchantment. I think that she wouldn't have minded being an actress. I once had a conversation with her about Windsor Castle.
"She talked about the war and when she appeared in