The Queen as the Bond Girl: How Did They Get The Queen Do It!!!

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

The Queen as the Bond Girl: How Did They Get The Queen Do It!!!

Caption: James Bond arrives at Buckingham Palace to escort the Queen to the Olympic Stadium (Picture: Locog/ BBC)

The former head of London 2012 told how David Cameron played a pivotal role in negotiations about her potential acting debut after raising the idea during his weekly audience with the Monarch.

But such was the secrecy surrounding her acting debut in a film, that her scenes with James Bond were known to only a handful of people while filming was kept secret from even senior members of the Royal Family, it emerged today. Click link for full post from The Telegraph

Queen of Jewelry

Brooches, usually worn on the left shoulder, were a favourite for the royal and the Queen was believed to have over 100 in her collection. A selection that would go with an outfit were presented to her - usually three at a time - by her senior dresser and confidante Angela Kelly on special trays that once belonged to Queen Mary. The royal had a wide variety of different brooches which she often wore with her usual pearl earrings and necklace, including a spray of flowers brooch by the people and government of Australia during her Coronation tour of 1954./