Moment is dubbed the oddest piece of television the BBC has ever produced

Jun 8, 2013 08:09 GMT  ·  By
Queen Elizabeth upstages 2 BBC News anchors during live broadcast, on official visit
   Queen Elizabeth upstages 2 BBC News anchors during live broadcast, on official visit

As celebrity photobombs go, Queen Elizabeth II totally takes home the crown, pun intended. On an official visit to the Broadcasting House in central London, the royal upstaged two BBC News anchors as she stopped behind the glass during the live broadcast.

A photo of the photobomb is above. Below is the video.

You can clearly see the 87-year-old monarch stop as part of the guided tour, perhaps not realizing that she’s on air.

At the same time, the two anchors turn from their desks, backs to the camera, to acknowledge her presence.

“That is one of the most bizarre bits of television that the BBC has produced for some time, as the queen makes her way past the BBC news channel studio,” Simon McCoy, who was covering Her Majesty’s visit, says.