The Queen had a clapperboard moment as she visited the set of raunchy TV drama, Rivals , and revealed binge-watching the series had cheered her up while she was ill with pneumonia last year.

Camilla, 78, was given a behind-the-scenes tour of the set in Bristol on Monday and met the show's stars, including Alex Hassell, David Tennant , Nafessa Williams, Victoria Smurfit and Bella Maclean.

The Disney+ series is based on the books by author Dame Jilly Cooper, who died aged 88 in October after sustaining a fatal head injury during a fall at her Gloucestershire home.

Following her death, the Queen paid tribute , describing her as a "legend" and a "wonderfully witty and compassionate friend to me and so many".

The pair were long-standing friends, and the author is said to have based h

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