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EVEN Queen Elizabeth, one of the most recognisable faces on the planet, would occasionally be a little starstruck upon meeting celebrities – just as many of them were at meeting her – and she even carried a camera in her handbag for private snaps with them for her photo albums.

Many people who met the queen spoke of how friendly she was, including actress Joanna Lumley, who was a lifelong fan of the monarch.

“She’s smaller than you thought, entering a room with her corgis in her wake, her blue eyes twinkling,” she once said. “It’s a real honour to

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