Times of London on Friday and claimed their meeting wasn’t his cup of tea.McKellen shared that “on the few occasions I met her she was quite rude.” “When I received a medal for acting, she said, ‘You’ve been doing this for an awfully long time.’ I said, ‘Well, not as long as you,’” he told the outlet. “I got a royal smile for that, but then she said, ‘Does anyone still actually go to the theatre?’ That’s bloody rude when you’re giving someone a medal for acting.
It meant, ‘Does anyone care a f – – k about you because I don’t. Now off you go!’”The Times pointed out that McKellen acted out his encounter with the late monarch, pretending to shake the interviewer’s hand but shoving the reporter away with “some force” at the last minute.“That was her handshake and it meant, ‘Go!
Go!’” he quipped.McKellen also believed that the queen was “quite mad” toward the end of her life. The royal highness passed away at age 96 in 2022.Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t the only family member “The Good Liar” actor had strong opinions about.
McKellen shared that King Charles III is “most definitely on Harry’s side” amid the Duke of Sussex’s estranged relationship with his father and brother, Prince William.“Imagine being born into the royal family.
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