'Whenever I see the Queen, I think, "Oh ... there I am"': The right royal progress of Helen Mirren
To play one British monarch named Elizabeth may be considered fortunate; to play two looks like calculation. When Helen Mirren followed her portrayal of Elizabeth I in 2005 with Elizabeth II in 2006 the crown was hers for the taking. The rave reviews of her latest stage incarnation of HM would seem to bear this out.