Name: A Day in the Life of the Queen's Double
Uploaded: 2020-03-03T05:20:53.000Z
Duration: 2 min 47 s
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I think people say I look a bit like a queen in this outfit, yeah.

It's almost like living two lives, really.

I'm Ella Slack, and I'm the Queen's stand-in.

Anything that the Queen does is rehearsed.

If it's just going to a town hall or opening a hospital, I've probably been a stand-in Queen, definitely more than 50 times.

But I'm the same sort of stature and height.

The Queen's about five foot two, but I live at Royal Court on Queens Promenade, in Royal Ramsey in the Isle of Man.

And the Queen lives in Buckingham Palace, in London.

The Queen has been seen to drive Range Rovers, and most of the time, she's in a chauffeur-driven car or in a carriage.

Well, it started because I was at the BBC, and the producer who was doing The Cenotaph came to see me and said that the Queen had sent a message to say, when she stood at the Cenotaph, the sun was in her eyes, and so could we do anything about it?

Well, I said to him, would you like me to come and stand in the position for you, because all the stage managers were six foot men.

I went in her royal carriage and rode on the boat up to the Tower of London.

And then there will be the state opening of Parliament.

I've never been allowed to sit on the throne in the House of Lords.

If I'm in a carriage or a car, I will wave.

The events that I've been helping with are events that are transmitted worldwide, and millions of people are going to watch.

I look afterwards, and watch the programs going out, and I'll see her there, and think, I did it for you.

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