Benedict Cumberbatch attends garden party at Buckingham Palace: so hot?!

Here are some gorgeous new photos of Benedict Cumberbatch at a garden party at Buckingham Palace. You know Cumby is tight with royalty, right? It’s his posh education, plus he’s an ambassador for The Prince’s Trust (Prince Charles’ personal charity). I may be wrong, but I believe Cumby is speaking to Prince Edward in these photos. HOT. Cumby, not Edward. I believe the party was supposed to be hosted by the Queen and Prince Phillip, but Phillip went to the hospital yesterday because he was feeling unwell. He’s going to be out of commission for a while because the doctors want to do some exploratory surgery. Poor Phillip.

But back to Cumby… his career is going gangbusters these days. He’s already set to do The Imitation Game, a bio-pic of Alan Turing, the man who cracked the Enigma Code during WWII and was later prosecuted for being gay. The news about the film this week is that Keira Knightley is probably going to join Cumby for the film – which should be good. I would imagine they will be able to play off of each other very well, and Keira will be playing Turning’s “complicated” love interest. Considering he was gay, it should be “complicated” for sure.

God, I love these photos… he looks really hot here, right? His hair looks great, that’s a wonderful suit, and he looks confident and sexy. I want him to bone me at a garden party. Damn.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

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  1. T.Fanty says:

    So, so, hot. The curl making a bid for freedom is making me very happy this morning.

    And yes, that is Prince Edward.

    Cumby might have polished his shoes, though. He did meet the Queen, after all.

    (sidenote: my uncle went to the palace and met the Queen. Before he did, he got a letter instructing him on how to address her – ma’m, as in jam, it said – and how to bow, etc.)

    • Amelia says:

      I love how you even notice his shoes.
      Nice choice of suit, Cumby scrubs up well.
      I assume you burnt the mourning suit he wore to the STID premiere?

      • T.Fanty says:

        Yes. And I beat him with the ENORMOUS bottle of hair gel he abused until he agreed not to turn his hair into a black rock anymore. Evidently he listened.

        Pasty redheads can’t wear black easily (being one, I know). A dark color has the same effect but doesn’t leave him looking like a corpsey Richard E. Grant. You see? He needs me. Especially if his mother is going to let him leave the house with shoes that scuffed.

      • EscapedConvent says:

        @Fanty,

        Don’t you dare touch his socks.

    • grabbyhands says:

      I was ridiculously pleased that he let his curls loose and didn’t slick his hair back. So dreamy.

    • EscapedConvent says:

      I hope your Uncle wore his best sheet.

  2. allons-y alonso says:

    sigh……he’s gorgeous.

  3. LadyMTL says:

    Erm…his hair needs to be combed, it doesn’t look great. Mind you, I’m not a Cumby fan at all, so he doesn’t really warm my crumpets.

    That said, the Lizard King does look wear that suit well!

    • JenD says:

      I’ve never seen him in anything and have never gotten his appeal, so this is the first CB-Cumberbath article I’ve ever clicked on, just to check him out. Eh, still not getting it.

  4. Agnes says:

    I love the way he looks here 🙂 He looks younger without so much hair gel

  5. marie says:

    Poor Prince Philip, I hope he makes it through okay.

    I don’t find Cumby attractive, leaves more for the rest of you though right?

    • Anna says:

      What amazes me is that the Queen, while wasnt a great beauty, is a rather attractive woman. And Philip…well, at 90+ he looks better than pretty much any male in his family and than any other royal or consort in Europe, including those half a century younger. And in his younger days he was INSANELY, movie-star handsome. Like, CB would be doing a ‘would you hit it?’ posts on him to a chorus of YESes. And then their kids turned out so unfortunate…

      • T.fanty says:

        I know. It’s like the movie Twins, but everyone got stuck with Danny Devito.

      • ncboudicca says:

        Yes, very handsome man in his youth. I think I have read that sometimes genes skip a generation – I like to think that Prince Harry looks a bit like him, especially the smile.

      • marie says:

        ha ha great description Fanty. and you are completely right Anna.

  6. TheyPromisedMeBeer says:

    *Places fresh banana bread and mimosas on the table* *sighs deeply*

    Oh boo, we finally get a British Man post to hang out in and I have to work all day. Oh well. Hi everyone! Have fun! 🙂

    • T.Fanty says:

      *waves at Beer* Come and play! Work isn’t important!

    • j.eyre says:

      May I have a strawberry for my mimosa?

    • ncboudicca says:

      Can I have a Bellini instead, luv?

      • EscapedConvent says:

        HA! I was about to ask for a Bellini too.

      • drea says:

        A Bellini for me too, please. And can I get mine to go? Been swamped recently so all I can manage is some drive-by commenting, but I just had to stop in and say, oooooh Cumby curls!

      • EscapedConvent says:

        Hello, drea! It’s still all about his curls, eh?! 😉

    • Anna says:

      I’ll take all the beer that TPMB left behind. And then will be promptly banished from such a classy gathering.

      • T.Fanty says:

        It’s true. And seeing as our elegant soiree is themed “boning at the garden party,” hats are required. If you didn’t bring one, Miss Jane has a wide selection of “come hither behind the rose bush” bonnets.

      • Pharce says:

        It won’t let me reply directly to T.Fanty, but I would like one of the “come hither behind the rose bush” bonnets!

    • j.eyre says:

      No the rose bushes – they aren’t in bloom. Let’s bone in the lavender today – the Poms are out to be fluffed and folded and, well, we can do the same in their fields.

    • EscapedConvent says:

      @PromisedBeer,

      It was so very thoughtful of you to set such a lovely table for the garden party today. But you should be here!

      I hope that by now you have slipped away from work for a lunch break—from which you will not return. If that doesn’t work, the Cumby-bitches will pile into the stagecoach & come & break you out of there. We can pretend that there is a family emergency, & we will wail & get the vapors & be so obnoxious that your boss will let you go just so we’ll shut up.

      By the way, Miss Eyre is hiding a banana bread remnant in her apron pocket but you did not hear that from me.

    • j.eyre says:

      Peshaw! I am not!

      Okay, I am. It seems somebody overexerted themselves last night and needs a little sustenance if I want to act out my Anne of Green Gables fantasy later.

      • EscapedConvent says:

        Perfectly understandable, Miss Jane. And I just love Anne. Don’t forget your darling straw hat with the ribbon streamers! They look so winsome with your sailor bouse.

      • EscapedConvent says:

        @Miss Eyre,

        Also, Achtung! FB!

  7. Gossip pro says:

    This guy is remotely unattractive… I don’t get the hype for him at all

    • MichelleR says:

      I’m with you…I don’t get it!!! He’s quite plain.

      • The Original Tiffany says:

        Worse than plain! He is so damned ugly. I just will never, ever understand the love this guy gets.

        This site gave up HGF and instead hosts pictures of this guy? I am so confused and I don’t think it is the painkillers I am on.

      • Lauli says:

        How beautiful he is in these pics. I guess he got some rest, finally.

    • mabooski says:

      !!!

    • He’s a great actor and his voice is sexy but he’s very… unfortunate looking.

  8. Anna says:

    He really fits in there. I think he should make like Hiddles and own his ‘posh’.

    • Crumpets and Crotchshots says:

      I don’t think either of them own their posh. They need to take lessons from Tilda.

  9. Gossip Garl says:

    i try to get the spark, when i read all ur comments…but the guy really doesnt do it for me.I dont get the hype..he’s not average looking. Thats all.

    • Sarah says:

      These fans are quite blind, aren’t they?

      • Shw says:

        I didn’t get it for the -longest- time. Then I watched the last episode of ‘Sherlock’, and he’s my new obsession.
        For me, it’s the voice ( look on YouTube for him reading ‘Ode to a Nightingale’) and weirdly, watching the way he moves his hands when he smokes. Ahhh … Cumberbatch *sighs*

      • Lauli says:

        @shw,
        well done. This is a man who gives his best when he’s “in motion”. He’s an actor not a model and he doesn’t give a damn about photoshoots and posing. To appreciate him you have to watch him ACTING.

    • Birdie says:

      I didn’t get it at first as well. Watch some interviews of him on youtube and you’ll see. Voice, charm, wits.

    • amanda. says:

      He may not have a “hollywood pretty boy” face but his face is interesting, remarkable, he’s someone you’re going to remember rather than just some plain forgettable actor. Also, it’s not about his looks only, he’s a brilliant actor, he’s got a nice personality and that voice, oh that voice.

  10. kronster says:

    “I want him to bone me at a garden party.”

    Get in line!

    God, he’s gorgeous!!!! ^_^

  11. Katie says:

    He co-starred with Keira Knightley once before in Atonement but I don’t think they had many scenes together.

    Association with royals makes him considerably less hot to me. They are the worst.

  12. judyjudy says:

    I don’t see it at all. I’m sure he’s a lovely fellow but in my eyes he’s the opposite of hot.

    • Maria says:

      Yup, I have all things Cumberbatch and Benedict blacklisted on tumblr because he is everywhere.

      /sigh

    • TheOriginalKitten says:

      I tried watching that Sherlock show and I could KINDA see the appeal of him in motion (vs. just photos). That being said, he is certainly a talented actor but yeah….he’s def. not my cup of tea.

  13. Jenna says:

    *sigh* I still don’t get it. Great actor though. Are you Cumberbitches going to bring out your fancy shanks since this is a garden party?

    • T.Fanty says:

      I miss Eve. Boning in the orchard isn’t as exciting when you don’t have to worry about getting a knife between the ribs.

      • EscapedConvent says:

        I mean no disrespect, but I like the peace & beauty of the orchard much better (for boning purposes) when I am not worried about getting surprise-shanked.

      • Crumpets and Crotchshots says:

        I deeply miss Eve and her shanks.

    • ncboudicca says:

      I think Eve paid Prince Edward (I’m sure he need the extra cash, he probably doesn’t get that much of an allowance, does he?) and a few other gents to affix blades to the rib-ends of their umbrellas. If one of us gets too close to BC, they’ll snap the umbrellas open and spin those blades like they’re villains in a James Bond flick. I am not in the mood to die today, but I must touch his hair…

      • T.fanty says:

        I think that errant curl is worth the pain. Do it! Then I’ll assess the damage they inflict upon you before I decide whether it ‘s worth luring him into the hothouse to look at my orchid.

      • Jenna says:

        Ooh, I like this idea!!! I miss the battles though. *sigh* The good ole glory days…

      • EscapedConvent says:

        @Boudicca,

        That’s very Avengers—that is, the classic Avengers, John Steed & Mrs. Emma Peel. 😉

      • ncboudicca says:

        @EsCon: Oh my, you are correct! How could I have forgotten the Avengers and their umbrellas!

    • j.eyre says:

      *sigh* I was so hoping for a shank-free “garden” party. However, blood does soak into the soil and I am still trying to get Fanty’s blood out of the runner in the long hall.

      I am positively ignited over the Avengers/Emma Peel references. Once we are done in the garden, mayhap we take things into the drawing room for catsuits and kicky hairstyles?

      • T.Fanty says:

        I would love to, but TommyAnne has my leather catsuit, Diana Rigg hairpiece and Patrick MacNee bowler hat. He’s combining them while riding the Fantling’s dora bycicle for a post-irony couture photo shoot. BUt don’t worry – he’ll be pouting while he does it.

      • j.eyre says:

        Oh heavens – did you assume I meant to have the women wear the catsuits?

      • Jenna says:

        Aww, but think of all the good times that lead up to T.Fanty loosing blood in various areas!!! 😀

        Also, I read that as ‘cat tails’ and ‘kinky’ hairstyles. Then again, I was also thinking that I should probably release Karl from the handcuffs so he can get some circulation, but now I think I won’t. I should probably get my whip out for my lunch-break, right?

      • EscapedConvent says:

        @Miss Eyre,

        Absolutely! By that time I should have my Emma Peel brunette “flip” just about right. But, please, Jane, can you arrange for it not to rain? Because my hair is curly & is on standby, just waiting for the weather to turn humid. Then the curls will appear, destroying hours of curl-relaxing treatments, setting on huge brush rollers, & finally, flat-ironing a la Goop. It is *so* tiresome! Not to mention that I had to color it darker just to get that perfect Diana Rigg deep chestnut shade.

        Cumby had damn well better appreciate all the trouble I, for one, am going through to get ready for this party. The silly dweeb will probably show up wearing a straw boater that doesn’t fit him, carrying his plastic lamb.

        @Fanty,

        Yes, that was just for you, dear.

      • EscapedConvent says:

        @Jenna,

        I see the cat o’nine tails is missing from the accessory room, Jenna.

      • EscapedConvent says:

        @Fanty,

        Now that you mention the Dora bicycle, I can see that this is what was missing from John Steed’s allover “look.”

      • Jenna says:

        @EsCon: *looks around* I have no idea what you’re talking about. *innocent face*

      • T.fanty says:

        @EsCon;

        I’m actually a little disappointed that he didn’t bring it to the palace. I can only assume that Danny Boyle has yet to return it after the Olympics.

      • EscapedConvent says:

        @Jenna,

        All right, if you say so….;-)

      • j.eyre says:

        Just a moment – the cat o’nines is missing?!? Who had it last?

        I suppose I shall have to improvise tonight.

        Honestly Jenna, please attend to Karl. Those noises he is uttering from your suite has sent poor Grace Poole into a tizzy. She keeps eyeing the attic and no good is going to come from that.

        EsCon – we all appreciate the efforts you go to. Sit down, darling, and have a sip of sherry. You look a bit peaked.

        Is Danny Boyle coming? Good heavens, I am going to need to send out for more tripe.

  14. ncboudicca says:

    So happy to see this post. Hiddles’ Dong Photo Call kept me going for awhile but I was missing good Cumberbatch photos. He looks awesome.

    • T.Fanty says:

      Speaking of Hiddles, I want to plug the greatest tumblr EVER:

      http://tomismonochromaticallyfabulous.tumblr.com

      • Crumpets and Crotchshots says:

        That latest post is beyond priceless. That photo qualifies as blackmail fodder

        I would like to believe he had no say in this shoot, but judging by the video, I think he was totally into it.

      • Anna says:

        OMG!!! Can I un-see…most of these? Esp the top photo?!?!?!?!

      • ncboudicca says:

        So horrifying, I couldn’t look away. I was on a conf call and probably missed 50% of what was being said because my retinas were burning from the photos.

        The potted plant one is the worst.

      • T.Fanty says:

        They’re magnetically bad. Hiddles could turn in an Oscar-worthy performance in Coriolanus at the end of the year, but I’ll just be sitting there thinking “sassy capris. Pot Plant. Waxed jeans.”

      • EscapedConvent says:

        How can anyone out-do Hiddles in his sassy capris? A most wonderful pic, & such attitude! He seems to say, “I am the Dragonfly King, & I can wear whatever the #$%! I want.”

      • ncboudicca says:

        @ TFanty: Girl, if you get tickets to that AND the boy plays a naked scene, then you’d better not be thinking about potted plant, you’d better be discreetly snapping away with your camera to get photos of Dragonfly Dong. Zoom lens probably will not be required, so don’t worry about trying to sneak one in.

      • T.Fanty says:

        @ NBoudy,

        Because I am insufferably literary, not only will I take a picture, I will pen verse. Behold.

        O for a dong of fire! That would ascend
        The sassiest pants of invention,
        The Donmar for a Stage, the Dragon Prince to act
        And celebitches to behold his swelling scene!
        The flat frankenstein shoes that have dared
        On Thornfield’s worthy scaffold to bring forth
        So great an object: can Miss Jane’s cockpit hold
        The vasty Potted Plant? or may we cram
        Within our wooden Os the waxen jeans
        That did affright the hedgehogs at Agincourt?

        Or something. I’m a little off my game today.

      • ncboudicca says:

        Off your game? Never! You have inspired me to imagine a Hiddles monologue (though I had to fall back on my 5th grade haiku skills because iambic pentameter and all that is way over me)

        Hedgehogs be damned
        Longer than the Batch I am
        Dragonfly army swoons

      • T.fanty says:

        *doffing my hat to Boudy, Queen of the Dragonflies*

        ETA: seeing as Cumby appears willing to take any kind of voiceover job, I propose that we edit all of our work into a collection, then hire him to do the audiobook. That’s BAFTA winning work right there.

      • ncboudicca says:

        Er, I should come up with odes to his alien beauty before we get him to sign the contract. I’m not sure I want to ask the man to read a bad haiku about another man’s penis being bigger than his. LOL

    • Crumpets and Crotchshots says:

      Hiddles’s recent dong photo made it into Perez Hilton, complete with circles, arrows, and little hearts. We all know he is trying to compete with Jon Hamm, right?

      This garden party needs hedgehogs.

      • T.Fanty says:

        I would like to think that Cumby has smuggled in a few in his hair.

      • EscapedConvent says:

        If you look closely you can just see Tiggywinkle trying to climb out of the curls on Cumby’s right side. It’s clear that he is very cross about the hair product.

    • EscapedConvent says:

      @ Fanty,

      Off your game, you say? No, Fanty, thou hast truly out-done thyself with today’s verse. An ode to a dong of fire & the King in his sassiest pants? How wonderful!

      I have burst into tears! You must wear the Crown today!

      Not the hollow one, either.

    • EscapedConvent says:

      @Boudicca,

      I don’t know where this comment is going to show up, but I absolutely love your haiku.

  15. GeeMoney says:

    OMG… love him! He looks hot in that suit.

  16. Esti says:

    I’m with those who don’t get it. I think he’s actively unattractive, he looks like a lizard. And has way more of a serial-killer vibe than Bradley Cooper. It looks like he’s thinking of ways to skin and eat Edward in these pictures.

  17. Aeryn39 says:

    I love me some Cumby 🙂

    But just an FYI: Prince Philip did attend the Garden Party along with HM as well as another event the same day. He went to the London Clinic after the Party. It was a scheduled admission for exploratory surgery I believe. There are some great pics and a video over at The Daily Mail website:
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2337195/Prince-Philip-Duke-Edinburgh-Hours-hospital-dash-Philip-boisterous-chatty-ever.html

  18. Dani says:

    I love him but his age is really starting to show. Sigh. It’s okay I like men almost twice my age.

  19. GirlyGirl says:

    No-one wheres a suit as well as Cumberbatch.

    I bet he was born in one.

    • EscapedConvent says:

      If his baby photos are any indication, his parents may have insisted upon it.

  20. Nev says:

    he looks handsome here.

    never thought that before EVER.

  21. Heather says:

    I didn’t know who he was until I watched Sherlock recently. I can’t get enough of him now. I love to say his name in a British accent. Star Trek was so much better with Cumby.

  22. Miss so and so says:

    He does nothing for me. I just saw Star Trek recently and he looks odd. I can’t really place what it is…. He is just probably the least attractive leading man type in Hollywood right now.

  23. Tish says:

    The Cumberface bashing was amusing the past year but now I just find them boring and repetitive. Unattractive. Unattractive. Lizard. Serial killer. Unattractive.

    Oh, well. He does look great in these. He really looks young for his age. And that Turing role stinks of Oscar.

    • T.Fanty says:

      Yes, I don’t understand the point of posting just to say that they don’t get something. It’s like me sending a note to my kids’s entire class just to tell them that I don’t like cheese.

      • j.eyre says:

        Wait – you don’t like cheese? Why wasn’t I told?

      • T.Fanty says:

        Actually, I do. I just can’t have it in the house. It’s hedgehog crack. They get all loopy and I inevitably end up with one stuck to the bottom of my foot, which makes EsCon mad, and the whole thing goes to hell in a handbasket.

      • EscapedConvent says:

        Fanty, for Heaven’s sake, the hedgehogs can escape from the handbasket so easily. They absolutely refuse to go to hell in it.

        Btw, have you seen Tiggy since he discovered the goat cheese? I’m worried he’s going to overdose.

      • j.eyre says:

        *calling from the library*

        LADIES! One of your hedgehogs is chewing my Chaucer – get it out of here now!

      • EscapedConvent says:

        @Miss Eyre,

        On my way, Miss Jane! With goat cheese.

      • T.Fanty says:

        I can live with chomped-on Chaucer. Call me when they get to Marlowe.

    • Esti says:

      You find the comments about not liking him repetitive? Every time there’s a post about him here, there are far fewer of those than there are “omg I love him so hot” over and over. As for why people post about not getting it, presumably the same reason people post long involved conversations about wanting to bone him at a garden party — the comment box is there for people to share their thoughts, positive or negative.

      • amanda. says:

        At least we don’t lose our time hating on a person for no reason. Those terms are just childish and I wonder if the ones posting them are reliving a not so great childhood, as someone said bellow.

      • allheavens says:

        What you say is is true. However, If you are going to insult someone at least TRY to be clever and amusing. It takes the edge off.

        Repeatedly saying Cumberbatch looks like a lizard, creepy or a serial killer is just boring. Is a little creativity too much to ask?

  24. Amy says:

    That Cumbutt guy is all kinds of lizard
    ugly. Yuck!

    • allheavens says:

      @Amy

      I assume you are reliving your childhood.

      • Amy says:

        allheavens,
        If you think that Cumbutt is good looking, Well you must have a gordter growing out of you neck. If that the case than you two will make a great couple because Cumbutt will be a cripple from the neck up and you will be a cripple from the neck down.

      • Lia says:

        Something isn’t quite right with Amy….. we should show her tolerance and pity. Good grief, she has such hatred in her heart.

      • Lauli says:

        @Lia,
        agree. Leave the nursery alone.

    • amanda. says:

      That’s just sad.

  25. Lia says:

    I wasn’t a fan at first. In fact, quite the opposite. However, after seeing STID, where I couldn’t take my eyes off the screen, I am eating my ugly words. Damn.

  26. Jane says:

    He look like a lizard !

  27. SE says:

    I binged last weekend and was up until 5 a.m. watching Sherlock. Am rather obsessed. He’s so beautiful and I want him desperately.

    • EscapedConvent says:

      @SE,

      I’ve had those Sherlock binges too! I was walking into walls after the first marathon. Don’t worry, eventually you will kind of be yourself again, sort of.

  28. Abby says:

    He is sooooo HOT…I am so proud to be a Cumberbitch and agree with all those who think he looks young in these pictures. I am patiently waiting for Sherlock season 3!!!!

  29. Resnictem says:

    Any thought I might have on how odd his looks are is more than made up for by the Voice. Plainly put, the Voice makes me cream.

  30. GSE says:

    Don’t kill me, but I don’t get it!?! He looks kinda creepy to me. 🙁

  31. Thora says:

    I sort of understand those who don’t get it. In some pictures he can look sort of weird and funny and he has played some weird roles too. So if you don’t know that mutch about him it’s understandable that you just see that.

    But then one day it just happens, boom and you are lost in him forever. I have never ever been so obsessed with any actor as I’m with him. First I didn’t even think he was good looking. Now I’m like the graziest fangirl ever, he’s so beautiful, so funny, such a wonderful dork and he’s such a nice person. He’s always so nice and respectful to his fans, I love that. He’s such a down to eart guy. I think the reason why many of his fans love him so mutch has a lot to do with his wonderful personality. And I just love watching interviews with him, he’s always doing something cute.

    Seriously I love him with whole my heart and I’m afraid there’s no going back. But who cares, it’s so mutch fun to be his fan.

    • Fangirl says:

      HAHAHAHA Thora, i so know wot u mean , its hits u out of nowhere ….. i have been Cumberbatched !!

  32. Fangirl says:

    Have to admit , i didnt get wot all the fuss was about …and then bam it hit me !! I saw it, and wondered how the hell i denied myself the Cumberbatch for so long, he is AMAZING… i need to find a man with a voice as sexy as his !! But seriously , he is talented and hot , great mix if u ask me. I think im part of the Cumbercollective .

  33. allheavens says:

    For @Amy

    If all you’ve ever cultivated in your life is the ability to use your energy for the presumptive demoralization of another human being…you should see a shrink.