The death of Queen Elizabeth II, which occurred last Thursday at the age of 96, comes with unintended consequences: Mary Reynolds, an 89-year-old Briton who had worked as a double for the monarch for 34 years, has just announced her retirement, ” out of respect.”
“It has been a great privilege to be like her because I find her amazing,” she told PA, as reported. the independent. “We’re entering a new era, everything is going to be very weird. And then you realize it’s going to be the end, as far as I’m concerned…out of respect, I don’t think anyone should do anything.” . “
Mary Reynolds claims to have been contacted by Russian television shortly after the queen’s death to do an impersonation of the monarch, explaining that she refused. However, he is “very sad” about leaving his stunt activities: “I just kept going… I have two boxes full of hats and I found a place to put them, and I was like, ‘I’m really not going to need it anymore.'” She will still keep her outfits because “they’ve been a part of (her) life for so long.”
natural resemblance
Since adolescence, Mary Reynolds has heard that she looks like Elizabeth II. But she didn’t start working as her doppelganger until 1988 when she appeared in an episode of the show. doctor who entitled silver nemesis, in the skin of the queen. Two years later, she returned to camp the monarch in the film double scam (Dianain VO), a comedy by Michael Winner starring Michael Caine and Roger Moore.
The octogenarian, who lives in Epping in Essex County, explains that he had to travel during his bending years. “Wherever you were in the world they said ‘the queen’: not Queen Elizabeth, not the queen of England, it was ‘the queen’. There will never be anyone like her again.”
“She gave off so much light, she was so loved, she was everyone’s friend,” says who, in 1947, camped out overnight in a tent with her companion on the wide avenue that joins Trafalgar Square and Buckingham Palace to participate. in the festivities of the wedding of the Queen, then Princess, with Prince Felipe.
a country with problems
The disappearance of Elizabeth II plunged the United Kingdom into a period of national mourning. Citizens flocked to the castles of Balmoral, the place of her death, Windsor and Buckingham to deposit gifts there. Many events are planned according to a precise protocol until the funeral of Elizabeth II, which will take place on September 19 at Westminster Abbey.
And King Charles III has fulfilled many obligations since his disappearance: after his official proclamation on Saturday, he went to Scotland, from which he left on Tuesday for Northern Ireland. He will be in Wales on Thursday.
Source: BFM TV
