Frank Cottrell-Boyce joked the reason Queen Elizabeth II had so many lines in the Paddington Bear Jubilee sketch was "it was cheaper to film her than Paddington".
The author and screenwriter appeared on BBC this morning, Friday, September 9 speaking about the much-loved Paddington Bear sketch that was created to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee earlier this year. Her Majesty died yesterday at Balmoral, Scotland aged 96. The news was announced via The Royal Family's official Twitter account at 6.30pm yesterday, September 8.
Mr Cottrell-Boyce, who wrote the short sketch with Paddington film writers Jon Foster and James Lamont, said: "Paddington embodies so many of the Queen's values. Kindness, tolerance, being kind to strangers, politeness...all values that are significant today."
