Daniel Craig is, like any British, very affected by the disappearance of Queen Elizabeth II.
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“Like so many others, I was deeply saddened by today’s news and my thoughts are with the Royal Family, those they loved and all who loved them,” the star said. who played James Bond, the spy in the service of Her Majesty, for so many years in a press release published by the agency PA Media.
“She leaves an incomparable legacy and will be deeply missed.”
It must be said that the actor had the honor of meeting the late sovereign. It was in 2012, during a sketch staged for the opening of the London Olympics.
Daniel Craig, decked out in the costume of 007, picked up the queen at Buckingham Palace before taking her by helicopter to reach the Olympic stadium following an impressive save by parachute. Of course, a double was responsible for this perilous stunt, while we found the real sovereign in the stands at the end of the sequence.
Following the disappearance of Elizabeth II, a national mourning which might last 12 or 13 days has been declared across the Channel.
Prince Charles will succeed his mother as King Charles III and is expected to speak on television this evening, while his coronation will only take place at the end of this period of mourning. Finally, the funeral of the sovereign should take place on September 17 in Westminster Abbey.
