With the Christmas holidays in full swing, a British actor has just praised Kate Middleton as the company’s “savior.”
The actor in question, Christopher Biggins, shared everything in a chat with The Telegraph and explained that he was “not always a big fan” of the future King of England.
“I don’t know why, but it wasn’t like that. But recently I did the Royal Variety Show,” he explained. ‘I met him afterwards and said, ‘I have to tell you that this theatre, the Royal Albert Hall, is the place where I took your mother years ago [Princess Diana] to see Liza Minnelli, and your mother was just an amazing, incredible woman.” And he was really very moved. He was charming.”
“And then Catherine, who I think is going to be the savior of the royal family, came along and we talked about her bringing the kids home. [watch a] pantomime,” he also recalled. According to the actor, “when she came back, she just walked away and said, ‘Actually, when I was a young girl, I played Principal Boy [in a pantomime].’”
According to the actor, the character she finally admitted she was playing was Dick Whittington, to which he said, “Ah yes, I’ve heard of you Dick!” And she raised her hand and said, ‘If you tell that story to anyone…'” he said before abruptly cutting off.
What is relevant to mention about this is that the role is a traditional British pantomime portraying a male hero, but is almost always played by a young woman who dresses crosswise, according to the Merriam Webster dictionary.
Story of Dick Dick Whittington:
According to Britannica, “Dick Whittington (died March 1423, London, England) was an English merchant and mayor of London who became a well-known figure in legend and traditional pantomime.”
“According to popular legend, Dick Whittington is a poor orphan employed as a scullion by a wealthy London merchant. He risks his only possession, a cat, as an item to be sold on one of his master’s trading ships. Dick is mistreated by the cook and then runs away, but just outside the city he hears the prophetic chiming of the bells that seems to say: “Again, Whittington, Mayor of Greater London” (or “Thrice Mayor of Greater London’).
“He returns to find that his cat has been sold for a large fortune to a Moorish ruler whose rule is plagued by rats. Whittington marries his master’s daughter, succeeds to the company and goes on to become mayor of London three times. The first recorded reference to the story dates from 1605.”
