‘The epitome of nobility’: Dame Helen Mirren pays poignant tribute to Queen Elizabeth II after death

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after her death at the age of 96.The actress, who has played the Queen on two separate occasions, described the late monarch as the ‘epitome of nobility’.Sharing a photo of the Queen’s profile in her youth, Dame Helen wrote: ‘I’m mourning along with the rest of my country, the passing of a great Queen.

I am proud to be an Elizabethan. We mourn a woman, who, with or without the crown, was the epitome of nobility.’The actress, who received her Damehood in 2003, has starred as Queen Elizbabeth II twice – in the 2006 film The Queen, and in the 2013 West End play The Audience.The Queen, written by Peter Morgan (who also wrote The Crown) and directed by Stephen Frears, was a biographical drama that depicted the death of Princess Diana.Before it was released, Dame Helen wrote to the Queen.Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has died after 70 years on the throne, with her death announced by Buckingham Palace on September 8, 2022.

She died at the age of 96 surrounded by her family at her home in Balmoral, including her son and heir to the throne Charles, the Prince of Wales, and her grandsons, the Duke Of Cambridge, Prince William and the Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry.Follow Metro.co.uk's live blog for the latest updates.‘I realised we were investigating a profoundly painful part of her life, so I wrote to her,’ she told Radio Times.‘I said, “We are doing this film.

We are investigating a very difficult time in your life. I hope it’s not too awful for you.’ I can’t remember how I put it. I just said that in my research I found myself with a growing respect for her, and I just wanted to say that.’She continued: ‘She didn’t write back, of course, but her secretary did.