The British newspapers made their fat cabbage of the confidences of certain close relations on the habits of the queen.
Among them, his taste in television, which the heavy obligations of the protocol should not leave him the leisure to watch a lot.
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In 2017, presenter Alexander Armstrong assured that Her Majesty liked to watch “Pointless”, a general knowledge quiz show launched in 2009 on the BBC.
The queen tested her general knowledge there before watching “BBC News At Six”, the evening news bulletin of the public channel.
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Years earlier, the British tabloid
The Mirror
, citing a BBC interview, noted that
The Kumars at No. 42
, a comedy series never shown in France, was one of his favorite programs in the 2000s. Indian origin Sanjeev Bhaskar played a very clumsy young man looking for a future in television.
His taste for
Downtown Abbey
Elizabeth II would have watched the small screen more after the death of her husband Prince Philip.
At the end of the summer of 2021, a source close to the royal family confided to
The Independent
that she had spent evenings watching her in the company of Mabel Anderson, her faithful friend of 95 years.
In the program ?
Line of Duty
, a six-season thriller featuring Martin Compston and Vicky McClure, as well as the US Open, marked by the victory of Briton Emma Raducanu.
As for the series,
Downtown Abbey
– will we be surprised?
- was favored by the monarch.
She even confided in 2015 to the writer specializing in royalty Brian Hoey, to notice some anachronistic details.
“The queen noted that in one episode a young British officer wears medals which could not be awarded to him
, explained Brian Hoey
.
He fought in the First World War and wears decorations that were not introduced until the second.
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Game of Thrones
Elizabeth also knew Highclere Castle, where this series is filmed, which tells the premises of the British 20th century from the point of view of aristocrats and servants, for having been there several times.
The master of the place, the Earl of Carnarvon, was one of his friends.
Died in 2001, the man ran the royal stables.
And what did the queen think of
The Crown
, a Netflix fresco that tells her own story and that of her family?
Initially enthusiastic, she had, it seems, been annoyed by certain scenes in the series.
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