In photos: 'Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund Royal Film Performance 2008'

By James Wray Nov 17, 2008, 20:38 GMT

Britrish actress Samantha Bond (L), Sir Derek Jacobi (C) and Imelda Staunton (R) arrive at the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund Royal Film Performance 2008: 'A Bunch Of Amateurs', held at the Odeon Leicester Square in Central London, Britain on 17 November 2008. Royals and stars attend the annual charity screening, this year premiering comedy about a Hollywood star who signs up for what he thinks is King Lear at the Royal Shakespeare Company, but finds he is really working with an amateur dramatic society in a little village. Release date is December 19th. EPA/DANIEL DEME

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrives with the Duke of Edinburgh (unseen) at the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund Royal Film Performance 2008: 'A Bunch Of Amateurs', held at the Odeon Leicester Square in Central London, Britain on 17 November 2008. Royals and stars attend the annual charity screening, this year premiering comedy about a Hollywood star who signs up for what he thinks is King Lear at the Royal Shakespeare Company, but finds he is really working with an amateur dramatic society in a little village. Released December 19th. EPA/DANIEL DEME

Britrish actor Sir Derek Jakobi arrives at the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund Royal Film Performance 2008: 'A Bunch Of Amateurs', held at the Odeon Leicester Square in Central London, Britain on 17 November 2008. Royals and stars attend the annual charity screening, this year premiering comedy about a Hollywood star who signs up for what he thinks is King Lear at the Royal Shakespeare Company, but finds he is really working with an amateur dramatic society in a little village. Release date is December 19th. EPA/DANIEL DEME

Britrish actress Samantha Bond arrives at the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund Royal Film Performance 2008: 'A Bunch Of Amateurs', held at the Odeon Leicester Square in Central London, Britain on 17 November 2008. Royals and stars attend the annual charity screening, this year premiering comedy about a Hollywood star who signs up for what he thinks is King Lear at the Royal Shakespeare Company, but finds he is really working with an amateur dramatic society in a little village. Release date is December 19th. EPA/DANIEL DEME

Britrish actress Imelda Staunton (R) arrives with a guest (L) at the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund Royal Film Performance 2008: 'A Bunch Of Amateurs', held at the Odeon Leicester Square in Central London, Britain on 17 November 2008. Royals and stars attend the annual charity screening, this year premiering comedy about a Hollywood star who signs up for what he thinks is King Lear at the Royal Shakespeare Company, but finds he is really working with an amateur dramatic society in a little village. Release date is December 19th. EPA/DANIEL DEME

Britrish actor Andy Serkis (R) arrives with a guest (L) at the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund Royal Film Performance 2008: 'A Bunch Of Amateurs', held at the Odeon Leicester Square in Central London, Britain on 17 November 2008. Royals and stars attend the annual charity screening, this year premiering comedy about a Hollywood star who signs up for what he thinks is King Lear at the Royal Shakespeare Company, but finds he is really working with an amateur dramatic society in a little village. Release date is December 19th. EPA/DANIEL DEME

Britrish director Andy Cadiff arrives at the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund Royal Film Performance 2008: 'A Bunch Of Amateurs', held at the Odeon Leicester Square in Central London, Britain on 17 November 2008. Royals and stars attend the annual charity screening, this year premiering comedy about a Hollywood star who signs up for what he thinks is King Lear at the Royal Shakespeare Company, but finds he is really working with an amateur dramatic society in a little village. Release date is December 19th. EPA/DANIEL DEME

British actress Camilla Arfwedson arrives at the Cinema & Television Benevolent Fund Royal Film Performance 2008: 'A Bunch Of Amateurs', held at the Odeon Leicester Square in Central London, England on 17 November 2008. Royals and stars attend the annual charity screening, this year premiering comedy about a Hollywood star who signs up for what he thinks is King Lear at the Royal Shakespeare Company, but finds he's really working with an amateur dramatic society in a little village. The film is released 19 December 2008. EPA/DANIEL DEME

British actress Camilla Arfwedson arrives at the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund Royal Film Performance 2008: 'A Bunch Of Amateurs', held at the Odeon Leicester Square in Central London, Britain on 17 November 2008. Royals and stars attend the annual charity screening, this year premiering comedy about a Hollywood star who signs up for what he thinks is King Lear at the Royal Shakespeare Company, but finds he is really working with an amateur dramatic society in a little village. Released December 19th. EPA/DANIEL DEME

British comedian and publicist Ian Hislop arrives for the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund Royal Film Performance 2008: 'A Bunch Of Amateurs', held at the Odeon Leicester Square in Central London, Britain on 17 November 2008. Royals and stars attend the annual charity screening, this year premiering comedy about a Hollywood star who signs up for what he thinks is King Lear at the Royal Shakespeare Company, but finds he is really working with an amateur dramatic society in a little village. Released December 19th. EPA/DANIEL DEME

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (L) arrives with the Duke of Edinburgh at the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund Royal Film Performance 2008: 'A Bunch Of Amateurs', held at the Odeon Leicester Square in Central London, Britain on 17 November 2008. Royals and stars attend the annual charity screening, this year premiering comedy about a Hollywood star who signs up for what he thinks is King Lear at the Royal Shakespeare Company, but finds he is really working with an amateur dramatic society in a little village. Released December 19th. EPA/DANIEL DEME