Actress Helen Mirren, Oscar winner for her role in the film “The Queen” (2006), in which she played Queen Elizabeth II, paid tribute to the real Elizabeth II, who died this Thursday (8/9) in the Kingdom Joined at age 96.
“I am in mourning with the rest of my country over the death of a great queen,” Mirren said in a statement. “I am proud to call myself Elizabethan. If there was a definition of nobility, Elizabeth Windsor embodied it.”
In addition to the statement, Mirren also shared a photo of the queen on her Instagram. In the caption, she said, “I am proud to be Elizabethan. We mourn the death of a woman who, crown or not, was the epitome of nobility.”
Elizabeth Windsor was the second longest-lived monarch in the world and ruled her country for over 70 years. She died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, the place she chose as her final resting place.
In previous interviews, Mirren revealed that he even wrote a letter to Queen Elizabeth before filming “The Queen”.
The film focused on a time when the queen and royal family were criticized for their reactions after the incident that resulted in Princess Diana’s death. “I realized we were investigating a deeply painful part of her in her life, so I wrote to her,” Mirren told Radio Times magazine.
“How do you write to your queen? Would that be ‘Madame’ or ‘Your Highness’ or ‘Your Majesty’? I said, ‘We are making this movie. We are facing a very difficult time in your life. You.'”
Mirren added that “I don’t remember exactly how I said it. I just said that in my research I found a growing respect for her, and I just wanted to say it.”
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