Queen 'wouldn't have minded' being an actress says Gyles Brandreth as Paddington Bear sketch resurfaces

Gyles Brandreth has said the Queen 'wouldn't have minded' being an actress as her recent performance alongside Paddington Bear resurfaced following her death. Queen Elizabeth II died peacefully on Thursday afternoon (September 8) at Balmoral, her Scottish Highlands home.

Charles, who is now King, was joined by the monarch's other children the Princess Royal, the Duke of York and the Earl of Wessex, alongside the Duke of Cambridge, now heir to the throne, and the Duke of Sussex, who arrived after the official announcement was made, also travelling there.

A brief statement from Buckingham Palace, issued at around 6.30pm on Thursday, said: "The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow."

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Gyles, a broadcaster, former MP and author who was friends with The Duke of Edinburgh, has now spoke of the Queen's "wry sense of humour" and "electric smile". He told BBC Breakfast on Friday morning, as the BBC canceled all its scheduled programming to make way for rolling BBC News coverage: "She was extraordinary and it wasn’t simply because she was the Queen, I think it was the nature of her personality.

"That smile was electric. As the Queen grew older, she was conscious that her face sometimes looked a little bit grumpy unless she was smiling so she did flash that smile, but it was unbelievable. It really could light up a room. You saw it in that picture taken only on Tuesday, looking rather impish, clearly an elderly frail person, and yet with a twinkle in her eye.

"She had a wry sense of humour. I think the only thing that