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Jane Seymour Shares Her Special View of England s Royal Family
The actress is part of an AARP live event Thursday on life lessons from Queen Elizabeth II
Paul Archuleta/Getty Images on Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. ET on these and other fascinating royal subjects. (Read more about it in this month.) And we found the ideal expert to host the live show: Jane Seymour, the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning actress (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman; ; the upcoming The War With Grandpa). A loyal subject of Queen Elizabeth since she was a year old, Seymour has friends in the royal palace, played British royalty on-screen and received the Order of the British Empire from the Queen herself in 2000. Here's what she told us ahead of the event. Get instant access to members-only products and hundreds of discounts, a free second membership, and a subscription to AARP the Magazine. Jane Seymour you re named after the third wife of King Henry VIII but that s not your birth name right
My name is Joyce Penelope Wilhemina Frankenberg. Difficult to spell, hard to remember. So my agent made me change it when I was 17. Jane Seymour at Buckingham Palace where she received an OBE from Queen Elizabeth II in 2000. Stefan Rousseau - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images Queen Elizabeth must not have been too offended because she honored you at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace
It's a great honor. It's called the Order of the Knighthood, and it comes at different levels. So the knighthood is the top tier, and before that is the OBE [Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire]. I'm an OBE. I have been presented to the Queen on a number of occasions, the Queen Mother, then Princess Anne, and I've met pretty much every member of the royal family. Except for Camilla. Flowers & Gifts 25% off sitewide and 30% off select items See more Flowers & Gifts offers > Which royals have you played on-screen
I'm actually playing Eleanor of Aquitaine in a movie right now. She was Queen of France and Queen of England. I also played Wallis Simpson in [the 1988 television film] The Woman He Loved. She's considered to be bad news because she was the reason why King Edward left the throne and abdicated. The Queen Mother couldn't bear to watch the movie because she was so disturbed by what happened. Weren t the royals surprised by some of the inside stories in The Woman He Loved
It was very disturbing, and they wondered where we got some of the information — “How did you know about this?” And I said no, honestly, I just read the script and did some research. That was all I did. AARP NEWSLETTERS %{ newsLetterPromoText }% %{ description }% Subscribe . We're funding six charities specifically affected by — things like women who've been domestically abused and foster kids, and various others. I was painting with people on Zoom, especially with people stuck in old-people's homes, and we auctioned the paintings off, raising $75,000. I came up with scarves people have been buying that are to be worn as scarves or with a mask, and 100 percent of the money goes to the foundation for COVID-19. very kindly posed in one, and they sold very, very quickly. Share a royal evening with Jane Seymour this Thursday, Oct. 1, at 7 p.m. ET, at AARP's tele-town hall. Watch by . More on entertainment AARP NEWSLETTERS %{ newsLetterPromoText }% %{ description }% Subscribe AARP VALUE & MEMBER BENEFITS See more Health & Wellness offers > See more Flights & Vacation Packages offers > See more Finances offers > See more Health & Wellness offers > SAVE MONEY WITH THESE LIMITED-TIME OFFERS