The actor announced that the 96-year-old monarch told him what her favorite cocktail was when he was sitting next to the queen at a dinner
THE Tom Hanks was a little surprised when the Queen Elizabeth revealed the cocktail he prefers.
The actor announced that the 96-year-old monarch told him what her favorite cocktail was when she was sitting next to the queen at a dinner in 2011. The American actor remembered the experience when he appeared in BBC “The One Show” in the context of the promotion of the biographical film “Elvis”, in which he co-stars with Austin Butler.
«“I was sitting right next to the queen,” Tom Hanks said of the 2011 dinner that was part of his visit at the time. US President Barack Obama in the United Kingdom. “Talking to the queen is something you have to prepare for. I knew I was going to sit next to her, so I wanted to be able to talk about things that were important but not indecent. Like how often he really has free time and how much I have. It was a nice conversation“, He stated.
During the night, Tom Hanks said he noticed “out of the corner of his eye” an employee at Palace to place what he thought was a “glass of water” between himself and the queen.
«“But it was not in a glass of water,” he explained. It was a clear liquid and so I dared to ask the queen: “And what is the cocktail of Your Majesty?”. And he said to me: “Oh, martini”».
The queen drank only one throughout the night, Tom Hanks noted, adding jokingly: “He had a wonderful kingdom, so maybe if I want to improve a little I can start drinking a martini every now and then.”
