--- description: Queen Elizabeth II visited the set of HBO's Game of Thrones title: Queen Elizabeth II Visited the Game of Thrones Set image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda44a96cd8d2fdf6/698698f9d0b6f2d55d304fae/queen-elizabeth-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Royalty](/tag/royalty/) ## Royalty Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Queen Elizabeth II Eyes Iron Throne on _Game of Thrones_ Set by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 24, 2014 2:06 PM CUT  Britain's Queen Elizabeth looks at the Iron Throne as she meets members of the cast on the set of the television show Game of Thrones in the Titanic Quarter of Belfast, Northern Ireland, June 24, 2014. Britain's Queen Elizabeth looks at the Iron Throne as she meets members of the cast on the set of the television show Game of Thrones in the Titanic Quarter of Belfast, Northern Ireland, June 24, 2014.Phil Noble—Reuters by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 24, 2014 2:06 PM CUT There’s a lot of royalty in _Game of Throne’s_ Seven Kingdoms, but a real life queen — with impressive longevity compared to the monarchs in George R.R. Martin’s books — visited the set of the HBO hit series Tuesday. Queen Elizabeth II went to Ireland to see the Belfast set and meet with cast members and show creators David Benioff and Dan Weiss. While the 88-year-old queen, who prefers corgis to direwolves, stopped to admire props, _CBS_ reports that she politely declined to sit on the sword-covered Iron Throne. She’s got one of her own at home:  Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (L) delivers the Queen's Speech from the Throne in the House of Lords next to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (R) during the State Opening of Parliament CARL COURT—AFP/Getty Images \[[_CBS_](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/queen-elizabeth-ii-visits-game-of-thrones-set/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2917267/queen-elizabeth-game-of-thrones/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2917267/queen-elizabeth-game-of-thrones/"},"headline":"Queen Elizabeth II Eyes Iron Throne on Game of Thrones Set","datePublished":"2014-06-24T14:06:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:35.487Z","description":"Though she prefers a corgi to a direwolf","url":"https://time.com/2917267/queen-elizabeth-game-of-thrones/","keywords":["Royalty","Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","england","Queen Elizabeth II"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda44a96cd8d2fdf6/698698f9d0b6f2d55d304fae/queen-elizabeth-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda44a96cd8d2fdf6/698698f9d0b6f2d55d304fae/queen-elizabeth-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Britain's Queen Elizabeth looks at the Iron Throne as she meets members of the cast on the set of the television show Game of Thrones in the Titanic Quarter of Belfast, Northern Ireland, June 24, 2014.","caption":"Britain's Queen Elizabeth looks at the Iron Throne as she meets members of the cast on the set of the television show Game of Thrones in the Titanic Quarter of Belfast, Northern Ireland, June 24, 2014.","creditText":"Phil Noble—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/royalty/","name":"Royalty"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2917267/queen-elizabeth-game-of-thrones/","name":"Queen Elizabeth II Eyes Iron Throne on Game of Thrones Set"}}]}] ```