Princess Eugenie issues touching tribute to late Queen and shares moment that left Royal Family stunned
Princess Eugenie has issued a touching tribute to the late Queen
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Princess Eugenie has issued a touching tribute to her grandmother, the late Queen, and shared a moment that left the wider Royal Family stunned.
The Royal Family had no idea Queen Elizabeth II would appear in the James Bond sketch during the London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony, according to the Princess of York.
Eugenie claimed "nobody knew" that an actress playing Queen Elizabeth would be "skydiving" into the Olympic Stadium alongside an actor playing Daniel Craig.
Speaking on the White Wine Question Time podcast with Kate Thornton, the 33-year-old said "it was amazing" to see her grandmother embrace the funny sketch.
An actress playing Queen Elizabeth parachuted down into the Olympics Opening Ceremony
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She said: "We were all surprised!
"She was just one of the best people in the world.
"Her sense of duty and dedication and her love of her people, it really happened in public like you all saw, and it happened in private with us.
"We learnt how to do things from her as well, how to talk to people, how to stay strong and dutiful and kind, she really instilled in us."
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In terms of her immediate family, Eugenie gushed over her mother, Sarah Ferguson, and her older sister, Princess Beatrice.
The mother-of-two shared she calls Beatrice for "nearly everything".
In addition, she praised the Duchess of York's charitable work.
Eugenie added: "She's founded a charity herself and built schools and went around the world... her example is definitely something I live by."
Princess Eugenie paid touching tribute to Queen Elizabeth
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