Revealing mistake: When Pree shows Lister his Medi-Bay file, it is a flipped shot. Note the danger sign next to the computer. (00:27:40)
Revealing mistake: Crawford goes through the teleport to transport herself to the Space Station. But in the next shot, Crawford can be seen quickly leaving the shot as if she's still there. (00:23:05)
Revealing mistake: When they change Professor Edgington from ape form to human form, the human form is obviously a lifeless mannequin. (00:23:35)
Answer: It's Queen Victoria, someone any Englishman would recognize, and needed no introduction.
Kryten was introducing the "people" to Rimmer. Rimmer isn't an Englishman; he's not even from Earth; he's from Io.