Matt Smith says Queen Elizabeth II watched The Crown on a projector
msn.comMatt Smith says Queen Elizabeth II watched ‘The Crown’ on a projector. The 39-year-old actor - who played Her Majesty’s husband Prince Philip for the show’s first two seasons - revealed that the late 96-year-old monarch was a big fan of the fictionalised version of her life and made it a part of her weekend ritual, according to what her grandson Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex told him.
While appearing on the ‘Today’ show on Thursday (15. 09. 2022), he said: I met the now-King Charles, I told him that he had fabulous shoes … and then I met Harry once at the Polo. “He walked up to me and he went, ‘Grand-dad,’ because he watched the show.
I heard the Queen had watched it, yeah, and she used to watch it on a projector on a Sunday night, apparently. ” Matt shared that his character the Duke of Edinburgh - who died aged 99 in April 2021 - was not such a fan of the Peter Morgan-created period drama.
He said: “A friend of mine sat next to him at [a] dinner once and he asked him. Actually, I think Philip asked my friend if he made ‘The Crown. “My friend couldn’t resist.
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