March 13, 2014 / 12:53 PM

Joan Collins recreates Ellen's selfie with Sir Ben Kingsley, other British stars

Prince Charles "politely declines" to appear in the star-studded picture.

Ellen DeGeneres takes a selfie for the ages from the front row during the 86th Academy Awards held at the Hollywood and Highland Cwenter in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on March 2, 2014. Not only has Ellen DeGeneres set the record for most retweeted tweet of all-time, but she's also the first user to top 1 million retweets for a single Twitter post. Surpassing 1,300,000 retweets in less than an hour, @TheEllenShow posted the record-breaker while hosting the Oscars tonight. The mega-selfie featured, among others, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey and Bradley Cooper, who snapped the shot. UPI/Instagram

Ellen DeGeneres takes a selfie for the ages from the front row during the 86th Academy Awards held at the Hollywood and Highland Cwenter in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on March 2, 2014. Not only has Ellen DeGeneres set the record for most retweeted tweet of all-time, but she's also the first user to top 1 million retweets for a single Twitter post. Surpassing 1,300,000 retweets in less than an hour, @TheEllenShow posted the record-breaker while hosting the Oscars tonight. The mega-selfie featured, among others, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey and Bradley Cooper, who snapped the shot. UPI/Instagram | License Photo

English actress Joan Collins assembled a group of celebrities during Wednesday's Prince's Trust and Samsung Celebrate Success Awards to snap a selfie a la Ellen DeGeneres.

The 80-year-old star recruited the likes of Sir Ben Kingsley, Dominic West, Luke Evans, Jeremy Irons, Pixie Lot and others for the pic, which she later posted on Twitter with the caption: "Selfie' support."

"Selfie" support @PrincesTrust thx 2 @benkingsley @JeremyIrons @PixieLott @DominicWest @LukeEvans_ @News @VernonkayR1 pic.twitter.com/9Iii0bPy1a
— Joan Collins (@joancollinsobe) March 12, 2014

According to the Daily Mail, Collins tried to convince Prince Charles to appear in the photo, but he "politely declined and moved on."

Earlier this month, DeGeneres set a new record on Twitter for the most re-tweeted Tweet with over 1 million RTs after posting a star-studded selfie while hosting the 86 Annual Academy Awards on March 2.

The envelope please….to @TheEllenShow - this is now the most re-tweeted Tweet with over 1 million RTs. Congrats!
— Twitter (@twitter) March 3, 2014

[The Daily Mail]

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