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‘I’d be hopeless at BEING QUEEN ’

‘I don’t have the level of calmness required. I’d be in hot water within a week!’

She’s the queen of the silver screen who famously played Queen Elizabeth II in 2006, a role that won her the Academy Award for best actress, but Dame Helen Mirren insists she’d be ‘hopeless’ in Her Majesty’s court shoes. When we catch up with Helen, 75, over Zoom, she’s as charming as ever as she discusses a new project to tie in with the Queen’s 95th birthday – and her admiration  

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