At age 89, Dame Joan Collins has a long history with the royal family.

In 1997, the actor was honored by Queen Elizabeth with an OBE for drama.

Collins received royal recognition a second time in 2015 when she became a Dame for her philanthropic work.

After nearly nine decades, Collins has been taking time to reflect on her life.

Collins has been reminiscing in other places, too.

“We had a little dance together, which was very nice.

He’s quite a good dancer!

And he wrote very flattering words about it in his book.”

All raised up and presented as if on a tray!"

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Collins and Charles also connect through their mutual love of acting.

“The Royals have to do a lot of acting.”