Helen Mirren Honors Queen Elizabeth II In Touching Tribute After Her Death: ‘The Epitome Of Nobility’

Helen Mirren honored the precocious Queen Elizabeth II with a touching connection successful the hours aft the monarch’s death was announced connected September 8. “I americium arrogant to beryllium an Elizabethan. We mourn a woman, who, with oregon without the crown, was the epitome of nobility,” the 77-year-old posted connected Instagram, on with a photograph of the Queen.

Helen Mirren’s connection astir Queen Elizabeth II’s death. (Instagram)

Queen Elizabeth II passed away peacefully astatine Balmoral, her location successful Scotland, connected September 8. She was 96 years old. Prince Charles, present known arsenic King Charles III, Prince William, and much of the royal household rushed to beryllium by her side successful her last moments.

Helen played Queen Elizabeth II successful the 2006 movie The Queen. The movie earned Helen her archetypal Oscar for Best Performance by an Actress successful a Leading Role. She besides received a British Academy Film Award for her performance.

Helen Mirren arsenic Queen Elizabeth II successful ‘The Queen.’ (Miramax/Everett Collection)

The Queen focused connected the series of events that took spot pursuing Princess Diana’s decease successful 1997. Helen revealed that she really wrote a missive to the monarch up of filming. “I said, ‘We are doing this film. We are investigating a precise hard clip successful your life. I anticipation it’s not excessively atrocious for you,’” Helen told Radio Times. “I can’t retrieve however I enactment it. I conscionable said that successful my probe I recovered myself with a increasing respect for her, and I conscionable wanted to accidental that.”

While Queen Elizabeth II did not personally constitute back, her caput did, Helen revealed. “You know, ‘Yours sincerely, da di da di da,’ connected behalf of the Queen. I was precise relieved subsequently that I had written that letter,” Helen admitted.

Helen Mirren gathering with Queen Elizabeth II. (Shutterstock)

HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with Helen back successful April 2022 and asked if she would ever instrumentality connected the relation of the Queen again arsenic The Crown and much adaptations proceed to research the royal household onscreen. “No, no, no, no, not that I didn’t emotion doing it. But, you know, and different radical person done it beautifully since, which is great. No, I needed to instrumentality that crown off, literally.”