News | Entertainment
5 Aug 2025 14:47
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Queen Elizabeth's senior dresser Angela Kelly is a big fan of a new play about her relationship with the monarch

    Daisy Goodwin's By Royal Appointment was inspired by the late monarch and her personal assistant's working relationship and Daisy revealed Angela actually attended a performance of the play and was impressed with how "true to the Queen" it was


    Daisy told HELLO! Magazine: "She wrote me such a sweet note afterwards to say how much she'd enjoyed it. She felt it was truthful and it had made her well up.

    "I thought that was so impressive. It takes a lot of nerve to watch something that's meant to be you on stage. She was big enough to see that what I've done was not her but true to her position. I think she thought it was true to the Queen so I was thrilled by that."

    Daisy also spoke about how Angela's circumstances have changed since the death of Queen Elizabeth in 2022, going from a role "at the heart of the court" to obscurity.

    She said: "You go from having been one of the most powerful people at the heart of the court to someone whose services are no longer required and I thought 'here is a great story'.

    "I didn't want her to feel exploited but now that she's seen it, she knows it's an affectionate portrait of the Queen and a realistic portrait of her.

    "I imagine that in a world of courtiers, to have someone like Angela, who is not to the manor born, in a position of power, must have been quite tricky. She didn't suffer fools gladly."

    And, Daisy was also fascinated by Queen Elizabeth's relationship with fashion.

    She explained: "Here is a woman who isn't interested in fashion at all. What she wanted to wear was a Barbour or a headscarf. And yet she was the most famous clotheshorse in the world."

    By Royal Appointment is currently on a national tour with Anne Reid as the Queen and Caroline Quentin as the dresser.

    © 2025 Bang Showbiz, NZCity

     Other Entertainment News
     05 Aug: The Maccabees star Rupert Jarvis feels sorry for new bands
     05 Aug: Seth Rogen considers on-screen chemistry to be a "mysterious thing"
     05 Aug: Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau "have a lot in common"
     05 Aug: Rebecca Romijn considers herself to be a Real Housewives superfan
     05 Aug: Dave Franco feared he would "ruin" The Studio
     05 Aug: Ana de Armas "blends right in beautifully" in the town of Woodstock
     05 Aug: Lindsay Lohan hopes Freakier Friday helps cinemagoers to "forget about what's going on" in the world
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    Uncapped backline utility Geronimo Prisciantelli headlines a largely settled Argentina squad for their two tests against the All Blacks More...


    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    Exporters are counting the cost of Donald's Trump's latest tariff hike -- in effect from Friday More...



     Today's News

    Entertainment:
    The Maccabees star Rupert Jarvis feels sorry for new bands 14:24

    National:
    Soaring food prices prove the Gaza famine is real – and will affect generations to come 14:07

    Rugby:
    Uncapped backline utility Geronimo Prisciantelli headlines a largely settled Argentina squad for their two tests against the All Blacks 14:07

    Entertainment:
    Seth Rogen considers on-screen chemistry to be a "mysterious thing" 13:54

    Business:
    Exporters are counting the cost of Donald's Trump's latest tariff hike -- in effect from Friday 13:47

    International:
    From understanding to disappointment, breaking down the Trump-Putin relationship 13:47

    Rugby League:
    One of New Zealand's greatest goal-kickers is playing his part in an impressive streak for one of the rising stars in league's NRLW competition 13:47

    Politics:
    Shovels are in the ground, for construction on a district court in Auckland's Papakura 13:27

    Entertainment:
    Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau "have a lot in common" 13:24

    Law and Order:
    A Canterbury University rowing club's doing an internal review after a rower allegedly threw and killed a crayfish, at a Christchurch restaurant 13:07


     News Search






    Power Search


    © 2025 New Zealand City Ltd