Right Royal Jake - and for that WDW gives thanks

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone across the pond as well as to those Americans (ie, Jake Gyllenhaal) who may be spending their Thanksgiving on these shores. I hope our turkeys come up to scratch. And for this, I give thanks.


And for this...


This post comes with a tentative link warning, the reason being that bumping into the Queen and Prince Philip during my lunchbreak today is too untypical not to mention. 'Don't storm the car!' warned the friendly policeman - we politely said we wouldn't, and we didn't. 'People act irrationally when they see the Queen' said the policeman - we said we wouldn't, and we didn't. I didn't get a good picture of the waving Queen and Duke (thanks to a very tall bobby helmet) but I did get a picture of the next best thing - the car with a flag on the top.


The last royal I saw was, of course, Helen Mirren, when Jake was on hand to award her with the Bafta for best actress for The Queen. On that occasion, I had to ask Helen (politely but firmly) to budge as she was blocking my view of Jake. I like to think that the other Queen would have done the same thing today.



As it is unlikely that Jake will have a bop with Queen Elizabeth in the near future, this will have to do. Jake shimmied to I Will Survive alongside Queen Latifah for the benefit of Ellen Degeneres and a hundred million grateful Gyllenhaalics who enjoyed the sight of Jake's cheeky wiggle.



And, finally, Jake himself, despite his protestations of Californian republicanism, is now becoming a royal figure in his own right - Prince of Persia. According to Sir Ben, Jake has the 'effortless confidence' to pull off his regal role. Fortunately, Jake is playing my favourite kind of prince - the type that doesn't need to wear a shirt and can get away with arm bondage, big boots, tight trousers, bare chest, jewellery and luxurious scarves - and for that I also give thanks...



Includes pictures from IHJ and WDW (the car with the Queen in it photo).