{"id":202867,"date":"2026-04-19T23:31:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T23:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/202867\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T23:31:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T23:31:38","slug":"teddy-bear-made-for-queen-elizabeths-100th-birthday-recreates-iconic-moment-with-paddington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/202867\/","title":{"rendered":"Teddy bear made for Queen Elizabeth\u2019s 100th birthday recreates iconic moment with Paddington"},"content":{"rendered":"

An iconic moment from the late Queen Elizabeth II<\/a>\u2019s Platinum Jubilee<\/a> celebrations has been lovingly recreated with toys, marking the launch of a new Steiff bear to commemorate what would have been her 100th birthday on 21 April.<\/p>\n

The scene, staged at Newby Hall, mirrors the 2022 comedy sketch where the Queen shared tea with a digitally animated Paddington Bear<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During the memorable short film<\/a>, she famously revealed her penchant for keeping marmalade sandwiches<\/a> \u2013 a favourite treat of the Peruvian bear \u2013 in her handbag.<\/p>\n

For the recreation, a soft toy Paddington was positioned enjoying tea with a special edition Queen Elizabeth II Steiff teddy bear<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The bear wears one of the late Queen\u2019s most recognisable ensembles<\/a>: a lime green coat with a matching hat, complete with a pearl necklace and handbag.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The limited-edition bear will be released on 21 April to mark the centenary of Queen Elizabeth\u2019s birth (PA)<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat Her Majesty (stood) for in the last 100 years was really, as she said herself, dedication and pride, and service, and I think she has a very special place in all of our hearts,\u201d Ian Munro, Steiff\u2019s director of international sales, said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd all of us at Steiff, together with our key partner, Galerista, wanted to celebrate this event where we\u2019re launching a superb collectible, limited edition-style teddy bear.\u201d<\/p>\n

The commemorative bears are limited to just 4,996 pieces, a nod to the late Queen\u2019s 96 years of life.<\/p>\n

Each bear is priced at \u00a3289, individually numbered, and presented in a souvenir bag, featuring coloured embroidery on the soles of their feet to mark the centenary of her birth.<\/p>\n

\"Stieff's<\/p>\n

Stieff’s Ian Munro with a recreation of the tea party shared by Queen Elizabeth II and Paddington Bear (PA)<\/p>\n

Mr Munro described the original encounter between Paddington and the late Queen as \u201cone of the most cherished moments\u201d and \u201cone of the greatest secrets\u201d in British life.<\/p>\n

The sketch resonated deeply with the public, and mourners left piles of Paddington cuddly toys and marmalade sandwiches<\/a> outside Buckingham Palace following the late Queen\u2019s passing in 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Founded in the German city of Giengen in 1880 by Margarete Steiff, the Steiff company is credited with inventing the first teddy bear.<\/p>\n

It has a long history of creating special edition bears for significant events, including the millennium and the sinking of the Titanic<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An iconic moment from the late Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s Platinum Jubilee celebrations has been lovingly recreated with toys,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202868,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[22017,3993,80321,9,24,63,80319,80322,122,124,123,80320,80323],"class_list":{"0":"post-202867","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-100th-birthday","9":"tag-elizabeth-ii","10":"tag-ian-munro","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-paddington-bear","15":"tag-peruvian-bear","16":"tag-queens","17":"tag-queens-headlines","18":"tag-queens-news","19":"tag-steiff-bear","20":"tag-teddy-bear"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}