If marriages are considered, many people are linked to the royal family. Still, Paddington 2 actor Hugh Grant was close to the late Queen. These are the connections between Queen Elizabeth II and Phoenix Buchanan, the actor.
Hugh Grant’s mother, Fyvola Susan Grant, according to the genealogy website Geni, was the daughter of Margaret MacLean, whose father was Felton Randolph and whose mother was Frances Randolph. She was Lionel Hervey’s daughter; Felton Hervey, The Hon. Felton Hervey’s father, and Lionel Hervey.
This is where the monarchy comes into play since Sir Edward Villiers’ brother was Sir Edward Villiers, Knight Marshal of the Household.
His mother was Elizabeth Hervey, Countless of Bristol, whose mother was Lady Elizabeth Felton, whose mother was Barbara Villiers. This is when we return down the family tree to the late Queen after traveling as far back as the 17th century.
Mother of Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland, William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland, and William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Anne Villiers’ father, was Sir Edward Villiers, Knight Marshal of the Household.
His son was The Reverend Charles William Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck. He was the son of Lt-Col Lord William Charles Augustus Cavendish-Bentinck.
He now had a daughter named Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countless of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Their daughter Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon would eventually wed King George VI and go on to serve as the Queen Mother for 50 years following her father’s passing in 1952.
Naturally, their firstborn would grow up to be Queen Elizabeth II. Hugh Grant is thus the late monarch’s tenth cousin once removed. Additionally, the Paddington 2 star’s ancestry may be traced back to Scottish King James IV and King Henry VII, commonly known as Henry Tudor.
If the actor returns to his BAFTA-nominated role as Phoenix Buchanan in Paddington 3, perhaps the film will pay homage to this truth. A tribute to Her Late Majesty in the third picture, Paddington in Peru, which is expected to begin production in 2023, would be lovely following the sketch this summer.