While many appeared in skits impersonating Queen Elizabeth II, there were two rare occasions where she insisted on entertaining as herself: In the 2012 Olympic James Bond sketch and the recent tea scene with Paddington Bear for the Platinum Jubilee. In the wake of Queen Elizabeth’s death, screenwriter and children’s author Frank Cottrell-Boyce shares that it was the late monarch’s idea to walk the closing ceremony of the London Olympics opening ceremony alongside Daniel Craig as James Bond. James Bond and The Queen’s London 2012 Performance Cottrell-Boyce – who wrote the 2012 Olympics ceremony – says a team member was sent to Buckingham Palace to take pictures of Queen Elizabeth’s ceremony and other images of the building when they were told he wanted to star. herself in the skit. “The queen’s dresser said, ‘Why are you doing all this?’ And we told her “to make it look like the queen”. So he said, ‘Oh, the queen wants to do it,’” he explains to THR. “She put herself out there for it, she wanted to be in the sketch.” On stage, he says “Good evening, Mr. Bond.” This line was another idea of hers. “The day we were shooting, he said to Danny Boyle, ‘I think I should have a line,’” he adds. “Pick it up. He didn’t have a line in the script.” G/O Media may receive a commission In June, she also shared a tea scene with national favorite Paddington Bear, where the two bonded over their love of jam sandwiches. “She had a lot more lines in the Paddington sketch, partly because it was a lot cheaper to film her than it was to film Paddington,” says Cottrell-Boyce. “But he did it brilliantly and with obvious enjoyment. And it wasn’t easy. Paddington isn’t really there, so it’s technically an amazing performance and a brilliantly timed comedic performance.” Paddington Bear shared a message in honor of Queen Elizabeth’s death yesterday, paying tribute to their stage together. In the sketch, Padding tells the late Queen Elizabeth, “Happy Jubilee Lady. And thank you. For everything.” She replies, “That’s very kind.” Following the announcement of her death, the Paddington Bear Twitter account wrote: “Thank you ma’am for everything.” 🥪 👜 Ma’amalade Sandwich Your Majesty?
