{"id":1201390,"date":"2022-09-09T14:03:37","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T14:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/09\/queen-elizabeth-ii-the-biggest-stars-she-met-from-marilyn-monroe-to-game-of-thrones-cast\/"},"modified":"2022-09-09T14:03:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T14:03:37","slug":"queen-elizabeth-ii-the-biggest-stars-she-met-from-marilyn-monroe-to-game-of-thrones-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/09\/queen-elizabeth-ii-the-biggest-stars-she-met-from-marilyn-monroe-to-game-of-thrones-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth II: The biggest stars she met, from Marilyn Monroe to ‘Game of Thrones’ cast"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Queen Elizabeth II\u00a0met some of the world\u2019s biggest stars throughout her life. After\u00a0the monarch died\u00a0at age 96 at\u00a0Balmoral Castle\u00a0on Thursday,\u00a0tributes poured\u00a0in from A-list stars and political leaders, showing the magnitude of\u00a0her 70-year reign\u00a0from every corner of the globe.<\/p>\n

The star-studded remembrances reflect Queen Elizabeth\u2019s time on the throne, where she met everyone from world leaders to iconic actors\u00a0to famed athletes and modern-day pop stars.<\/p>\n

Keep reading to see 15 of the biggest stars Queen Elizabeth met throughout her life.<\/p>\n

Marilyn Monroe<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The famed singer and Queen Elizabeth shook hands at a Royal Film Performance of\u00a0The Battle of the River Plate<\/em>\u00a0in 1956.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Taylor<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The actress and her soon-to-be husband, John Warner, met the Queen during a 1976 gala dinner\u00a0in Washington D.C.<\/p>\n

Meryl Streep<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Oscar winner was introduced to the Queen following a Royal Film Performance of\u00a0Kramer vs Kramer\u00a0<\/em>in 1980.<\/p>\n

Paul McCartney<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Queen Elizabeth met the singer at\u00a0The Liverpool Institute For Performing Arts in 1996.<\/p>\n

Spice Girls<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The famed U.K. girl group was introduced to the late monarch after their Royal Variety performance in 1997.<\/p>\n

Jennifer Lopez<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The triple threat and Queen Elizabeth met backstage at the Dominion Theatre in London after the 2001\u00a0Royal Variety Performance.<\/p>\n

Madonna<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The singer curtsied when she met Queen Elizabeth\u00a0at the 2002 world premiere of\u00a0Die Another Day<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Lady Gaga<\/strong><\/p>\n

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After her 2009 Royal Variety Performance, the pop star met the late monarch.<\/p>\n

Miley Cyrus<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Lady Gaga wasn\u2019t the only singer after the Dec. 2009 event, she was also introduced to Miley Cyrus.<\/p>\n

Hugh Jackman<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The actor shook hands with Queen Elizabeth\u00a0during a 2011 royal reception for members of the Australian community living in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

Elton John<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Elton
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The iconic singer has long had ties to the royal family and greeted\u00a0the late monarchy herself following\u00a0The Diamond Jubilee Concert in 2012.<\/p>\n

Angelina Jolie<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Queen
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The actress and philanthropist was\u00a0presented with the Insignia of an Honorary Dame Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George by Queen Elizabeth in 2014.<\/p>\n

The cast of\u00a0Game of Thrones<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Queen
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The cast of HBO\u2019s mega-hit series met the late monarch when she viewed\u00a0some of the props from the series during the 2014 tour of Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n

Anna Wintour<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Queen
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The Queen sat alongside the famed\u00a0Vogue\u00a0<\/em>editor at\u00a0designer Richard Quinn\u2019s runway show in 2018.<\/p>\n

David Beckham<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Queen
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The former soccer star met Queen Elizabeth many times throughout her life, first in 2002 and most recently\u00a0before the Queen\u2019s Young Leaders Awards Ceremony in 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Queen Elizabeth II\u00a0met some of the world\u2019s biggest stars throughout her life. After\u00a0the monarch died\u00a0at age 96 at\u00a0Balmoral Castle\u00a0on Thursday,\u00a0tributes poured\u00a0in from A-list stars and political leaders, showing the magnitude of\u00a0her 70-year reign\u00a0from every corner of the globe. The star-studded remembrances reflect Queen Elizabeth\u2019s time on the throne, where she met everyone from world leaders […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1201391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2229,17303,9245,281,25470,50,17482,74,95,25471],"class_list":["post-1201390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-biggest","tag-cast","tag-elizabeth","tag-game","tag-marilyn","tag-met","tag-monroe","tag-queen","tag-stars","tag-thrones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1201390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1201390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1201390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1201390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1201390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}