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Cate Blanchett recently recounted having lunch with Queen Elizabeth during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen.
On August 7, the New Boy actor said she had lunch with the late Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace.
"I had lunch at the palace," explained the 55-year-old.
When Andy inquired why she was invited, the Carol star said, "I'm not sure. The fire chief was present, as was Helen Fielding, the scientist rather than the author."
"I thought maybe because I played her ancestor Queen Elizabeth I," she said later.
However, Cate explained to the presenter, "I mean, Prince Philip just asked if I could help him with his DVD player."
"Because I was an actress," she humorously explained.
Andy asked, "Did you help him?" Cate said, "No, I did not." "I am not technical."
When Andy questioned if the late Queen had seen Cate's 1998 film Elizabeth, in which she played Queen Elizabeth I, the actress said, "It became very clear that she had not!".
Cate previously recounted her interactions with the late Prince Philip in 2018.
She told UK talk show presenter Jonathan Ross, "There were 12 of us, and I couldn't work out for the life of me why I'd been invited."
"I sat next to [Philip], and he asked, 'I hear you're an actor? "I was given a DVD player for Christmas, and I can't remember whether I put the green cord in or the red cord," she explained.
Cate went further: "I thought, 'He's invited me to lunch to tell me about his DVD player!'"
