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Dawn French and Jackie Chan reveal their Royal secrets to Graham Norton
Tonight on The Graham Norton Show on 91Èȱ¬ Two, guests Dawn French and Jackie Chan entertain their host with a few anecdotes about meeting Her Majesty The Queen.
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Dawn says: "She moves as if she's on rollerblades... I decided beforehand 'no curtseying' but then immediately you do... The Queen must think she's a great comedian because all she sees is people fawning, laughing at everything she says - I was!"
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Meanwhile, Jackie admits that when he met the Queen, his English wasn't very good. "I remember I bowed, she kept talking, but I didn't know what she was talking about. I thought 'go away'... I was happy standing there, but I kept thinking 'don't ask me any more!'"
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Dawn reveals that she's extending her farewell French & Saunders tour.
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She says: "We hadn't intended to come to London but halfway through we were enjoying it so much, we're coming to London in October."
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She tells Graham that she's enjoying writing her memoirs.
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She says: "I'm loving writing. I didn't want to write an autobiography as such, I've written in the form of letters... My granny is 100 years old and we've written to each other since I was 12, I'm used to writing letters."
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The music on tonight's show is provided by Duffy who says that she hates travelling to the United States, despite her fame there.
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"I don't like flying," she says. "I always wake up having palpitations, but I'm getting used to it."
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Duffy performs her new single Warwick Avenue live in the studio.
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The Graham Norton Show is a So Television production for 91Èȱ¬ Two.
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The Graham Norton Show, 9.45pm, Thursday 22 May 2008, 91Èȱ¬ Two
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Notes to Editors
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Please note that the above quotes are taken verbatim from a studio recording before editing, and may not necessarily reflect the content of the final transmitted version of the programme. Ìý
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