Shout Out / Children's Party at the Palace

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• Disney may have gotten one since many of the characters from books they made film adaptations of have recurring roles or cameos in this play ^{Click to expand}  Alice in Wonderland, Mary Poppins, Peter Pan, 101 Dalmatians, Winnie the Pooh, Robin Hood, The BFG, etc.
  • Cruella de Vil resembles her Disney counterpart when she is shown with her hair in a wreck after dealing with the corgis.
• When Cruella de Vil approaches Mr. Tibbs looking after the leashed corgis, she takes a look at them and says "Coochie-poochie, perfect for Gucci!"
• Gandalf from Lord of the Rings is mentioned by Mr. Plod when he tells Harry Hill that they shouldn't depend on "underage wizards" to help the Queen get her handbag back and that he should've written to him instead.
• Several other literature characters are mentioned as Burglar Bill reads the names of the invitations, though they never made an appearance in the play ^{Click to expand}  Fungus the Bogeyman, Charlie and Lola, Meg and Mog, Babe, and Doctor Dolittle..
• This play draws parallels to My Little Pony's Generation 3 musical, The World's Biggest Tea Party, because both have similar plots ^note  They both revolve around some sort of royal party and retrieving a MacGuffin, WBTP being the How-To Book and teapot and CPTATP being the Queen’s handbag.. This play is basically WBTP but with more Brits and less ponies. Not surprising because both plays occurred around the same year ^note  However, this play happens to get higher ratings than WBTP on IMDB..
• The Arctic Monkeys is mentioned by Cruella.
  Cruella: And don’t fiddle with the CD player. I don't want to come back to find you've been busting the Arctic Monkeys in there again!
• The classic Nursery Rhyme "Baa Baa Black Sheep" is referenced by Cruella’s chaperone.
  Chaperone: Three bags full, madam.
• Yet another nursery rhyme is referenced, this time it’s "Three Little Kittens", by Cruella when she looks at Jess, Postman Pat’s cat.
  Cruella: Which is a shame, because kittens mean mittens!
• Elton John is mentioned by Cruella.
  Cruella: Oh, it’s Elton John’s wedding all over again! And I sent him such a lovely scarf.
• The Game Boy is mentioned by the Grand High Witch, as she said to "sell them on eBay"^note What is pretty coincidental is that it came out on the same day the Queen turned 63..
• Several posters of various literature are seen in the London Underground ^{Click to expand}  Aesop's Fables, The Queen’s Knickers, Kipper’s A to Z, Horrid Henry Meets the Queen, etc .
• Prince Harry is mentioned by Tracy Beaker when she takes the net off of Horrid Henry, mistaking him for the prince mentioned. The constant mentioning of other Royal Family members is Played for Laughs.
  Tracy: [gasps] Are you Prince Harry?!
  Horrid Henry: No. I’m Henry. Dad calls me Horrid Henry. [sticks tongue out]
  Tracy: Oh, I can see why...
  • Even Prince William is mentioned by Tracy after she answers the door at Buckingham Palace, mistaking Just William for him.
  Tracy: Who’s there?
  Just William: William!
  Tracy: Prince William?! [opens door]
  Just William: No, just William!
• Whilst not mentioned by its actual name, the “Formula 86 Delayed-Action Mouse-Maker” is used in the Queen’s cake by the Grand High Witch to turn the children into mice when they eat from it.
• The infamous sneak-in of Michael Fagan at Buckingham Palace that happened back in 1980 is mentioned by Mary.
  Mary: No. Oh, unless you’re a comic in a dress or a man sitting on the edge of her bed!
• The Horrid Henry episode, “Horrid Henry Meets the Queen” is referenced when Henry wonders about where the Queen’s “hi-def mega-screen telly” is.
• Graham Norton is mentioned by the Buckingham Palace maid when she describes all the Beatrix Potter characters that were in backstage to Angelina, comparing them to his dressing room.