After receiving her award for best actress at this years Oscars, Dame Helen Mirren was full of praise for the monarch who she played in the critically aclaimed film 'The Queen'.
Dame Helen was the favourite to win the award and add to her already impressive accomplishments, including, a BAFTA, a Golden Globe and screen actors guild prize. Her achievment stood out on a night of dissapointment for British nominees, and a Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said she was 'sure that the Queen will be pleased'.
The film is based around the royal familys reaction to the 1997 death of Princess Diana, a time at which the Queen and the whole Monarchy was being heavily criticised for showin to little or no emotion after the tragic events. However, Dame Helen was quick to defend the woman she had been awarded an oscar for acting and praised the Queen for her dignity and sense of duty for England.
"If it wasn't for her, i most certainly wouldnt be here- ladies and gentlemen, i give you the Queen" she said after receiving the award.
It has emerged in the last few days that Dame Helen will now meet the Queen for lunch. It appears that the Queen has invited director Stephen Frears and screenwriter Peter Morgan aswel as Mirren to Buckingham palace.
Speaking after the oscars Dame Helen thanked the royal family for allowing the film to be made.
"There are many countries in the world that one would not be allowed to make this film"