News about Geoff Capes

Queen Elizabeth (right), who died a year ago in Balmoral, Scotland, at the age of 96, was unashamed to display her sense of humour. FEMAIL reveals her most amusing scenes from being in a scene with James Bond (top right), filming a scene with Paddington Bear (top right), and cutting a cake with a sword (bottom right).

JANE FRYER: I've seen a fair few collections over the years, ranging from budgerigars to lovingly restored teddy bears; ferrets to Romanian Military uniforms; and even met many a collector. Both men and women have a ferocious need to gather and shield, notably former strong man Geoff Capes' teeny budgies, as well as a great love and admiration for their jobs. However, none, I think, can touch Sue and Keith Blazye (left) when it comes to their unashered dedication and zeal for their huge army of novelty teapots. They're our world.' They're all about,' says Keith, 69, of Yalding, Kent. "We've been collecting them for 40 years, and I can't imagine life without them."

The Queen's sense of duty never wavered for a moment, but that doesn't mean our late monarch, who died on Thursday at the age of 96, didn't have pristine comic timing. In 2012, she appeared in a sketch with then Bond actor Daniel Craig, which culminated in her being 'parachuted' into the Olympic stadium for the opening ceremony. She warmed hearts once more by offering tea with Paddington Bear just a few months ago, during a moment that became a part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations. (Pictured clockwise from top left: Paddington and the Queen share a cuppa at the Palace, cheering on a horse back in 1978, teaming up with Daniel Craig for the 2012 skit, and enjoying a joke while cutting a cake with Camilla, Queen Consort and Kate Middleton)