Hollywood royalty catches up with real-life royalty!
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwalland DameJudi Dench— who has portrayed Queen Victoria (twice!) as well asQueen ElizabethI during her legendary acting career — joined forces Tuesday at Queen Victoria’s former holiday home on the Isle of Wight. Dench, who is patron of the Friends of Osborne House, welcomed the royal to the island after she arrived at the monarch’s private beach.
Of course, no day at the beach is complete without an ice cream cone. The pair stayed cool as they chatted over a vanilla treat adorned with a candy stick. At one point, the 83-year-old actress even offered a napkin to Camilla, who wore a white dress with a string of pearls for the solo outing, when the dessert began melting onto her chin in the 75-degree heat.
While the ice cream might have been welcome in the warm weather, Camilla admitted that what she really wanted was a swim in the water. “The temptation is great to have a quick dip like the Queen did,” she said.
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Dench was set to show Camilla around the Osborne House estate including the newly restored Durbar Room, one of the locations for the filmVictoria and Abdulin which the star played Queen Victoria.
The pair looked at framed pictures taken during the making of the movie. “Ah, here you are, Judi,” Camilla said, as the actress reminisced about staying at the North House hotel in Cowes during the filming.
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Camilla also met members of staff and volunteers at the Swiss Cottage as well as volunteers and representatives of the Osborne Horse Trials, which opens to the public on Wednesday.
The duo also rode together in a horse and carriage ride, with Camilla up front and Dench greeting the gathered crowds from the back seat.
At a reception at the Royal Yacht Squadron after the naming ceremony for a new high-speed Red Funnel passenger ferry, Red Jet 7, the Duchess made an impromptu speech.
“I just wish I could stay a bit longer and have a swim in the sea. Sadly that’s not to be,” she said.
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Dench and Camilla have met on several occasions before, including an event marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death in 2016 as well as the world premiere of The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel in 2015.
“I hope they enjoy it and have an evening off,” Dench said of their guests of honor, Camilla and her husbandPrince Charles, at the movie premiere.
source: people.com
