British 'Star Wars' star Daisy Ridley called Buckingham Palace an 'unused building' and said she doe
Redeem now - Daisy Ridley recently told British GQ that she doesn't "massively care" about the royal family.
- "Buckingham Palace is great, but it's an unused building, isn't it?" the "Star Wars" star said. "The other day, there was a story that the Queen uses six rooms in the palace. Six. How is that a good thing? It's prime real estate."
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Daisy Ridley recently told British GQ that she doesn't "massively care" about the royal family.
The British "Star Wars" star, who will reprise her role as Rey in the upcoming "The Rise of Skywalker" installment, said she thought the revelation would be "so shocking for Americans but not Brits."
"I am not a royalist," she said. "Buckingham Palace is great, but it's an unused building, isn't it? The other day, there was a story that the Queen uses six rooms in the palace. Six. How is that a good thing? It's prime real estate."
Buckingham Palace is the central hub of the royal family, where Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Phillip, both live. It also became the royal household of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle earlier this year.
Ridley did clarify that she empathizes with the Duke and Duchess Of Sussex — particularly Markle — and feels the way they've been treated by the British press is "truly shameful."
Markle is currently pursuing legal action against British tabloids. In a statement, her husband argued that Markle has been willfully misrepresented, bullied, and "vilified almost daily" by "select media outlets" — treatment, he says, that has "escalated over the past year" since she announced her pregnancy.
Elsewhere in the interview with GQ, Ridley discussed her ongoing issues with aggressive paparazzi and the scrutiny that came with landing her role in the new "Star Wars" trilogy.
"I was followed home by someone in a van, this f---ing paparazzi person," she said. "That's where it's more scary as a woman. I have to be so vigilant with security and keeping myself safe. It's horrid."
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