Queen Elizabeth II: Dame Joan Collins pays tribute to monarch
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Piers Morgan invited Dame Joan Collins onto his TalkTV show on Friday as the screen legend paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II and praised King Charles III. The actress admitted she “couldn’t stop crying” when Buckingham Palace announced the Queen’s death before reflecting on her meetings with the monarch over the years.
Joan began: “First of all I was sitting there watching the news yesterday with my daughter Katie and we hear suddenly a message from the Palace that the Queen is not well and I said, ‘That just doesn’t sound good.’”
With her voice breaking, Joan continued: “We started watching it and the more times we saw the Queen when she was a little girl, when she was a teenager, when she was 21 and said that really wonderful speech, the more upset we got.
“When we finally heard the news at 6.30pm, you know I couldn’t stop crying.
“Even though you expect it and obviously we have been thinking about it, you really think she’s iconic, she’s never going to go.
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“She’s going to be there for us. She’s part of my whole life, I don’t remember being around when she’s not around.”
Speaking about meeting the Queen, the actress confessed: “It was a bit like being a teenage groupie.”
“I met her eight or nine times and she’s always been so warm, so charming, so interested.
“When I received my Damehood, which was a huge honour, I was completely knocked out. She was so sweet. They pin it on, and she said, ‘I’m so happy for you, you deserve this.’”
“She was always a delight to be about,” Joan added.
The Hollywood star went on to praise King Charles III as she reflected on his first address to the nation as monarch.
She said: “I thought that, Charles, Prince Charles, sorry King Charles looked very emotional when he was doing his speech.
“I thought it was excellent, ‘My darling Mamma’. It was so sweet. I think he’s going to be a good King.”
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“He looked very handsome. I think he’s great. He has a great voice, a really nice voice,” Joan continued.
“I think he cares so much about the community, about the country, about every country. He has so many good causes.”
Joan note the King’s admission that he will give up some of his charity work was interesting.
“He’s been rehearsing enough. I am sure that The Queen has given him so many tips about so many things,” Joan shared.
“Look at the way he met everybody outside Buckingham Palace today!.. I think he is going to be exceptional.”
Queen Elizabeth II died peacefully at Balmoral Castle on Thursday aged 96.
The Queen was born on April 21, 1926 and came to the throne in 1952.
Her reign spanned 15 Prime Ministers beginning with Winston Churchill and concluded with Liz Truss.
Piers Morgan Uncensored airs on TalkTV on weekdays at 8pm.
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