Helen Mirren is mourning Queen Elizabeth. Buckingham Palace confirmed that the monarch passed away at the age of 96 at Balmoral on Thursday (September 8), and now world leaders and prominent figures are speaking out to express their condolences.
The 77-year-old Oscar winner, who won for playing the Queen in 2006′s The Queen, and again played her on Broadway in 2015 in The Audience — who won an Oscar for playing Queen Elizabeth in the 2006 film The Queen and again portrayed her onstage for the play The Audience on Broadway in 2015, reflected on social media. Click inside to read more… I am proud to be an Elizabethan.
We mourn a woman, who, with or without the crown, was the epitome of nobility,” she wrote. When she accepted her Best Actress Academy Award for her performance, she said in her speech at the time: “Now, you know, for 50 years and more, Elizabeth Windsor has maintained her dignity, her sense of duty and her hairstyle.
She’s had her feet planted firmly on the ground, her hat on her head, her handbag on her arm and she’s weathered many, many storms.
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