Tom Cruise wants to follow in the Duke of Edinburgh’s footsteps and land a helicopter in an iconic London landmark. The Hollywood A-lister was a special guest at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, introducing The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery at the open-air arena in Windsor.
The 59-year-old actor, best known for action film franchises Top Gun and Mission: Impossible, told presenters Phillip Schofield and Julie Etchingham that the Queen “is a woman I greatly admire”. He said: “It is a wonderful, wonderful event. I’m very honoured to be here, it’s a real privilege. I think she’s someone who has tremendous dignity and I admire her devotion. What she’s accomplished has been historic.
"Presidents, world leaders, people of all walks of life. I think that not just America, but the world knows her dignity and devotion and kindness, that’s what we I’ve always felt about her. (She is) someone that understands her position and has held it through a history that’s just been extraordinary the past 70 years.”
