The Queen and Paddington Bear light up a rocking palace

The queen wasn’t on the live performance. After experiencing “some discomfort” on the primary day of jubilee celebrations — Brits are celebrating the jubilee from Thursday to Sunday — she pulled out of occasions on the second and third days.

However even when she wasn’t on the Saturday night time live performance in particular person, she was clearly the star of the present, demonstrating to the British public in a prerecorded sketch that she actually does have a knack for comedy sketches.

Within the scene, the queen and Paddington Bear, a beloved fictional character in Britain, sit down on the palace for a cup of afternoon tea. It’s all very posh however issues, after all, go incorrect for the accident-prone bear. A teapot goes flying and a dessert is splattered on a butler’s face.

The bear then says to the queen: “Maybe you’d like a marmalade sandwich. I at all times preserve one for emergencies.”

“So do I,” confides the queen, who then opens her black purse. “I preserve mine in right here,” she says, as she lifts a sandwich out of her bag, including, “For later.”

The gang watching on the palace roared and clapped with delight.

It was not the primary time the queen has revealed her comedian abilities to a big viewers. She additionally had a star flip, alongside together with her corgis, in a James Bond sketch for the Opening Ceremonies on the London Olympics. Social media on Saturday night time was flooded with debate over which one was higher.

The palace, which was clearly having some enjoyable as properly, mentioned that the queen felt the chance to have Paddington round for tea was a possibility to not be missed.

The palace mentioned in a press release: “Her Majesty is well-known for her sense of humour, so it ought to be no shock that she determined to participate in tonight’s sketch.”

“There was an curiosity within the filming and animation course of and the chance to ask a well-known bear to tea was simply an excessive amount of enjoyable to overlook,” they mentioned.

The longer term king, Prince Charles, referenced the skit when he took the stage on the live performance to pay tribute to the queen.

He started his speech with “Your Majesty, Mummy.” He delivered the identical introduction on the queen’s golden and diamond jubilees, celebrating 50 and 60 years on the throne, respectively.

In an emotional tribute, Charles mentioned his mom had “immense remorse” that she was not on the live performance in particular person. However she was, he mentioned, “watching these celebrations with a lot emotion, having, I hope, completed her marmalade sandwich.”

He then urged the gang to make some noise in order that she would possibly hear it from Windsor Citadel, the place she was watching the live performance.

“Windsor Citadel is barely 20 miles away so if we cheer loudly sufficient, she would possibly, would possibly simply hear us. So let’s all be part of collectively,” Charles mentioned. The gang merrily obliged.

Charles, who has just lately crammed in for his mom at main occasions when she is unable to attend, mentioned of the queen: “You pledged to serve your entire life — you proceed to ship. That’s the reason we’re right here. That’s what we have fun tonight.”

As he was talking, pictures of the queen had been projected onto the facade of Buckingham Palace.

“You chuckle and cry with us and, most significantly, you’ve gotten been there for us, for these 70 years,” he mentioned.

“These photos on your home are the story of your life — and ours,” mentioned Charles. “So, Your Majesty, that’s the reason all of us say ‘thanks.’ ”

Through the 2½-hour occasion — which included performances by Diana Ross, Alicia Keys, Duran Duran, George Ezra and the rock band Queen — pictures had been flashed onto the royal residence.

There have been additionally prerecorded messages from quite a lot of main figures, together with Michelle Obama, who thanked the queen for “welcoming a nervous first woman to Buckingham Palace for the primary time,” and Daniel Craig, who has performed James Bond, who nodded at their Olympic skit collectively: “I’ll comply with you wherever, ma’am, out of any helicopter door.” When the gang heard a message from naturalist David Attenborough, the wristbands they got to put on flashed inexperienced.

Among the queen’s speeches had been performed on the live performance, together with one for the local weather convention in Glasgow final 12 months.

When he took the stage, Prince William referenced environmental points, saying: “It’s my agency hope that my grandmother’s phrases are as true in 70 years’ time as they’re tonight that as nations we come collectively in widespread trigger, as a result of then there’s at all times room for hope.”

Probably the most gorgeous moments got here compliments of drones, which helped to gentle up the skies with a cup of tea, a purse and “thanks, ma’am” messages.

And, after all, a corgi, the queen’s favourite canine.

“The drone corgi above Buckingham Palace has made my 12 months,” wrote one person on social media.

“There’s a big drone corgi over Buckingham Palace and that is one of the best nation on earth,” mentioned one other.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan had his personal take: “Corg’ Blimey!”