Celebrating 90 Years of Two Much-loved British Icons in a Brand New Short Adventure

Winnie-the-Pooh and the Royal Birthday

LONDON, May 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

Britain's best-loved bear meets Her Majesty The Queen for the first time in an enchanting new illustrated adventure, narrated by Jim Broadbent 

Video featuring Jim Broadbent recording the story available here:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89zsCLfsmCY&feature=youtu.be

"Bear," announced Christopher Robin solemnly. "That hum is fit for a Queen. That hum shall be The Queen's present. Owl shall write it out and you and I and Eeyore shall deliver it to Buckingham Palace. And Piglet must come too because London is a very big place indeed and even small animals, if they are very good friends, can make everything alright." 

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To celebrate 90 years of two much-loved British icons, Winnie-the-Pooh and the Royal Birthday is released today as a brand new illustrated and audio adventure, narrated by Oscar winning actor Jim Broadbent and available for free at http://www.Disney.co.uk/WinnieRoyalBirthday.

This brand new story has been specially written to celebrate the upcoming official 90^th birthday celebrations of Her Majesty The Queen, and also Winnie-the-Pooh's 90^th anniversary, with October 2016 marking 90 years since his first publication and arrival in the Hundred Acre Wood.

Featuring Pooh's first ever meeting of the Royal Family, the tale beautifully presents the loveable bear and his friends embarking on an unforgettable journey from the Hundred Acre Wood to London with the wish of delivering their own thoughtful 90^th birthday presents to The Queen.  Illustrations drawn in the classic E.H. Shepard style by Mark Burgess see the nation's favourite bear and friends travelling through London on an open-top bus, taking in the sights including Trafalgar Square and Buckingham Palace guards, before a chance meeting with The Queen, which allows Pooh to present their birthday gifts.

Jim Broadbent, who narrated the audiobook of the new short adventure, says: "I have been a fan of Winnie-the-Pooh since I was a boy, in fact I named my very first and much loved teddy 'Pooh' and that can only have been after the A. A. Milne character.   I've loved being part of this story to celebrate The Queen's 90^th birthday and Winnie-the-Pooh's 90^th anniversary; it's been an honour to narrate such an iconic story and I want to wish both Her Majesty The Queen and Winnie-the-Pooh a very Happy 90^th!"