Guardian recently. The screen queen — who left acting in 2014 due to her arthritis — has made a career for herself being a lookalike for the 96-year-old sovereign.
Charles has surfaced in projects such as “National Lampoon’s European Vacation,” “The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!” and “Austin Powers in Goldmember.”“I appeared on TV chat shows, opened supermarkets, assisted magicians and shot adverts all over the world.
Bands wanted me for music videos, and I handed out gifts with Liberace and presented a silver disc to the band Queen,” Charles recalled.While the lookalike now resides in Essex, England, she got her start in 1972 when she commissioned a portrait of herself for her husband Ken’s birthday.The painting was then displayed by artist Jane Thornhill at the Royal Academy in London.
Many museum-goers mistook the depiction for Queen Elizabeth herself and the error earned an immense amount of press attention.
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