During her 70-year reign and 96-year life, Queen Elizabeth II maintained a close circle of friends, confidants and royal staff. Some of her closest friends included Lady Susan Hussey, Mary Morrison, Lady Elizabeth Leeming, Susan Rhodes, Lady Anne Tennant nee Coke, Dame Annabel Whitehead and Angela Kelly.
Queen Elizabeth's secret friendship with Tom Cruise months before her death. Tom Cruise met the Queen for a private tea and was even allowed to land his helicopter on the lawn at Windsor Castle.
In the eighth episode, “The Ritz,” viewers see a flashback of a young then-Princess Elizabeth and her sister Princess Margaret, sneaking out on V-E Day on May 8, 1945, to celebrate the end of World War II in Europe. This did happen in real life.
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Did Kate ever meet Diana?
The Crown took creative liberties and introduced Kate Middleton as a character, but her meeting with Princess Diana never happened in real life. The series reached recent history in its final season, covering events like Princess Diana's tragic car crash and Prince William meeting Kate Middleton in 2001.
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales joined actor Tom Cruise and others at a gala in central London to raise much needed funds for London's Air Ambulance Charity as it seeks to meet its target of £15m to fund two new helicopters by autumn this year.
As it goes her Majesty loves nothing better than a cup of tea to start her day off right and her all-time favourite is a refreshing drop of Earl Grey with a splash of milk and no sugar. Before you ask, according to her former butler Grant Harold, she's a stickler for tradition.
However, Elizabeth had many favourites and close friends who were men, including Robert Dudley, Walter Raleigh, Francis Drake, and Robert Devereux, as well as many prominent suitors, including many of the crown rulers of Europe and their heirs.
Mary Angela Kelly, CVO (born 4 November 1957) is a British fashion designer, dressmaker, and milliner, who served as Personal Assistant and Senior Dresser to Queen Elizabeth II from 1993 until the monarch's death in 2022.
Angela Kelly is the personal assistant, adviser, and curator to Queen Elizabeth II. She designed and created many of the outfits worn by the Queen throughout the year of the Diamond Jubilee.
Typically, she “eats very small portions” of grilled fish, chicken, vegetables, salad, and fresh fruit throughout the day — she's 90, she must be doing something right — but she saves room for dessert.
Queen Elizabeth II was known to enjoy a cup of Earl Grey tea in the morning, while King Charles is a fan of Darjeeling tea. The royal family also hosts an annual garden party at Buckingham Palace, where guests are treated to tea, sandwiches, and cakes.
English tea scones regularly appeared in Queen Elizabeth's afternoon tea selection, and they were always served with jam and clotted cream (cream heated rather than whipped to thicken). The queen apparently loved to eat seasonal produce and game from the gardens, rivers and estate of Balmoral.
I just love being here,” Cruise told the Mirror in 2022. In another interview he said: “Everyone is pleasant and will give you a nod or say hello without crowding you.” Which is useful when you follow a religion built around alien lizards and an intergalactic leader called Xenu.
Even though Tom has denied multiple times about going under the knife but we know that's not true. The swelling around his neck indicates a platysmal plasty, or neck lift, combined with a mid-facelift that could create this type of swelling in this area.
The two attended a gala for London's Air Ambulance Charity. Prince William reunited with Tom Cruise in London on Wednesday, on his first day back on public duties since Buckingham Palace announced his father King Charles III's cancer diagnosis on Monday.
In 1997, Tom Cruise attended the funeral for Diana, Princess of Wales. It makes his support for one of Prince William's patronages all the more meaningful.
Insiders told OK that Cruise is “obsessed with the royal family and the aristocratic way of life” and would “give his right arm to get an honorary knighthood” one day. “He's in awe of the history that's attached to royalty and loves to educate himself about it.
Why was Princess Diana's ring given to Kate Middleton instead of Meghan Markle? Harry had the ring when William got engaged. Harry opted to give William the ring for Kate.
Diana's butler Paul Burrell said in testimony at her 2008 inquest that Diana described Khan as her soulmate. Diana ended the relationship in July 1997. Diana's friends are reported to have described Hasnat as the "love of her life" and to have spoken of her distress when she ended their relationship.
Michael and Carole Middleton, Kate's parents, wed over 40 years ago and soon after welcomed Kate and her siblings Pippa Middleton and James Middleton. The Middletons raised their children in Bucklebury, a village in West Berkshire, England, where they still live today.
Does the Queen ever cook for herself? McGrady says that while Prince Philip was an “amazing chef” and regularly enjoyed cooking on the grill and having family BBQs on the Balmoral estate, and the younger royals like William, Kate, Meghan and Harry, all enjoy cooking, the Queen herself stays out of the kitchen.
