A lookalike of Britain's Queen Elizabeth drew in a crowd of thousands in China. Elizabeth Richard - who has previously doubled as the monarch in videos for Sir Elton John and Blur - was mobbed by onlookers and wellwishers flying British flags in the stunt, which was organised by VisitBritain in a bid to encourage Chinese people to visit the UK. Mark Di-Toro from VisitBritain told The Metro newspaper: 'The Chinese are enthusiastic about Britain's heritage and culture anyway. 'We had anticipated a few hundred would attend but thousands of people ended up congregating as word spread about the queen. There was a surprise element of our impersonator arriving and fooling people for however long it took them to...
- 5/25/2012
- Monsters and Critics
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