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Queen Elizabeth II was apparently left questioning why Omid Djalili’s joke making light of the Tory’s Rwanda policy was cut from his comedy performance.
The 57-year-old comedian is said to be one of the last ever people to make the Queen laugh in public, before her death in September last year.
The late monarch had attended one of his shows, but ahead of the performance, he had to cut a joke out of it, which revolved around the controversial scheme, announced by then-Home Secretary Priti Patel last year, to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda.
Chatting to Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley on Wednesday’s Good Morning Britain, Omid explained that the Queen had been left asking about one of his cut jokes.
Apparently, the gaffe that had made the Queen laugh for one of the last times had been Omid on stage saying: ‘Your Royal Highness, on behalf of everyone here we’d like to, very humbly, thank you for choosing us over the State Opening of Parliament.
‘You did the right thing!’
Watching the clip, Susanna laughed: ‘I love it! Doesn’t she laugh thank you to you?’
‘Yes, we don’t know what she meant by that,’ Omid replied.
Omid Djalili explained his Rwanda joke was axed (Picture: ITV)
Queen Elizabeth II had attended his show before her death (Picture: Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images)
He continued: ‘But it was interesting because apparently Princess Anne saw the show the night beforehand had told her, “You know that comedian Omid, what’s his name, you should come and see him because he’s humiliating himself in a herald’s costume begging not to be sent to Rwanda.”
‘So apparently, [the Queen] goes, “Well what happened to the Rwanda joke?” which was cut at the last minute.’
He added: ‘But yeah, I’m not the last person to make her laugh in public, I think you’ll find that was when she met Liz Truss, she laughed there, just to make that really clear.’
Omid elsewhere continued by explaining that there had been a joke in his sketch about him ‘begging not to be sent to Rwanda’.
Omid was apparently one of the last people to make her laugh publicly (Picture: ITV)
The Queen noticed the joke being cut (Picture: ITV)
He shared: ‘It got a big laugh the night before and it got cut, yes.’
Richard probed: ‘And the Queen noticed it and commented on it?’
Omid replied: ‘Apparently, she said what happened to the Rwanda joke that got cut? That’s what I hear.’
‘Oh the Queen standing up for free speech!’ Susanna praised.
‘Yes, wonderful,’ Omid added.
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am on ITV1.
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