Saw this send up of Her Majesty in my sports travels and apparently it’s caused a little stink about the Ravens dissing the old gal. (That red eye was probably what made it totally unacceptable.)
In another nod to PCness, the Ravens have since pulled this down from their website. Go figure the NFL – you can sit for the National Anthem and diss the flag – but you can’t mess with the Queen of England. As Riggio told Sandra Day – “Loosen up baby.”
John Lithgow very deservedly so won a Best Supporting Actor Emmy the other night for his portrayal of Churchill in The Crown.
The lady playing Queen Elizabeth, Claire Foy was nominated for Best Actress but did not win. Of all the women nominated in that category Claire’s performance as the Queen was the only one I saw but she too was very good and convincing. She actually forced me to change my previous, not-so-good opinion of the Queen. Now that’s some acting!
Although they probably had another kind of Queen in mind when they chose their band name, Freddy and the Boys seemed in order for today: