June Brown: EastEnders' Dot Cotton star had a mishap in front of the Queen (Image: GETTY)
June Brown has said she was going to write to the Queen to say sorry for her mishap when she collected her MBE over a decade ago. The EastEnders favourite, who has played Dot Cotton since 1985, said she “admired” the monarch and first met her at her “60th birthday party”. The 92-year-old claims the royal “just walked off” during that encounter, leaving her in hysterics. However, their second meeting was a bit more successful at the start, however later left the small screen favourite wanting to apologise.
I thought about writing to her to the Queen apologise. But I suppose at least I made her laugh
June Brown
Speaking to the latest issue of Radio Times, June discussed what happened while in the prescence of the the Queen, as well as her friendship with Lady Gaga.
On meeting the former as part of her milestone birthday, she started: “She [Queen] didn’t have a clue who I was.
“Her aides weren’t there to introduce me, so she gave me a look and just walked off, which made me fall about laughing.”
June continued: “I met her again when she presented me with an MBE [in 2008], but when I was called I tripped on the step in front of her and almost fell over.
“She said something about enjoying EastEnders and for some reason I replied, ‘I didn’t think you’d see it because it clashes with
