The unlikely friendship between Tom Cruise and Elizabeth II

An “unlikely” friendship. According to a source from the Sunday Times Elizabeth II and the star of Top Gun they would be friends a few weeks before the Queen’s death. Tom Cruise he had participated in the celebrations for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, which celebrated the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne. However, the monarch, who had mobility problems, had not been able to meet him. The meeting took place a few weeks later: “The Queen said she was very sorry not to have met Tom Cruise on the occasion of the Jubilee, so she proceeded to invite him for a special visit to Windsor Castle, where he was welcomed in the best of ways. Later, Tom Cruise and the Queen had tea together, ”said the same source.

During the visit, Tom Cruise had the opportunity to shoot a ceremonial pistol. The source also explains that Elizabeth II “was pleased to meet him and the two got along very well, so much so that she invited him to lunch. You were even allowed to arrive by helicopter. ‘ The lunch that was supposed to seal their friendship, however, never took place, because the Queen’s death, which occurred on September 8, at the age of 96, did not allow it.

However, Tom Cruise had spoken of his admiration for Elizabeth II in May on television, when he declared that he considered her a “woman of great dignity” whose “dedication” he admires. “The results you have achieved are historic,” he said, before sharing some good times with the monarch.