The world mourns Queen Elizabeth II

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All around the world, people are mourning the passing of Queen Elizabeth II!

She served her country and her people with dignity and grace!

May she rest in peace!


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The Tudor Rose is the national flower of England!

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Hugh had actually met the Queen after a command performance of Oklahoma! in 1999 --

HUGH KNEW? Hugh Jackman wished the Queen a Happy Birthday on her ‘Australian birthday’ – but says she had no idea it was happening
Martha Cliff
19:19, 26 Jan 2020Updated: 19:19, 26 Jan 2020
HUGH Jackman has revealed the hilarious encounter he had with the Queen upon their first meeting back in 1999.

The actor had wished the monarch a happy birthday as he met her on the day in June when Australia officially marks her birthday with a bank holiday.

Hugh Jackman has revealed the hilarious encounter he had with the Queen back in 1999 - seen here meeting her again in 2011
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Hugh Jackman has revealed the hilarious encounter he had with the Queen back in 1999 - seen here meeting her again in 2011Credit: AFP - Getty
However, his well wishes fell on stony ground as he said the Queen had no idea it was happening.

Speaking to BBC Radio 1’s Ali Plumb last year, Hugh, 51, explained: “I met her when I was first over here doing Oklahoma at a royal command performance.

“You’re coached what to say, you’re not allowed to ask questions. I was really motivated by Dennis Lily, the famous Australian cricketer who thought ‘I’m never gonna meet her again.’

“So when she came to meet him he said, can I have your autograph and she did it for him.”


Hugh was introduced to the monarch after performing in Oklahoma
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Hugh was introduced to the monarch after performing in Oklahoma Credit: Getty Images - Getty
Theatre director Cameron Mackintosh introduced the Queen to Hugh, informing her that he was Australian.

He continued: “I said ‘Actually ma’am today in Australia we are celebrating your birthday today, so happy birthday.’

“She looked at me and she looked at her aide who was with her and said ‘is it?’ and he said ‘yes, it is.’

“So she said ‘oh, well, thank you’ and moved on. How brilliant that an entire country is taking a public holiday and she has absolutely no idea.

“22 million people, taking a day off work to celebrate the Queen.”

Australia is a constitutional monarchy with The Queen as Sovereign.

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At Windsor Palace Sept. 1, 2022: (for Queen Elizabeth I)

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Front of Buckingham Palace Sept. 2, 2022: (we toured the State Rooms - no photography allowed inside)

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Rear of Buckingham Palace after our tour:

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If the Queen had passed one week earlier we probably would not have been able to tour Windsor Castle or Buckingham. And the crowds would have been outrageous just getting around. And it was odd that the weather was good the entire time we were there (in the 70s) and only rained about 15 minutes when we were in Henley-On-Thames, then after she passed it began raining - tears from heaven! R.I.P. Queen Elizabeth II.