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'Irritable' Prince Philip refused to watch Helen Mirren's The Queen due to the 'inaccurate portrayal' of Elizabeth II who 'NEVER cried', Gyles Brandreth claims
Gyles Brandreth - who shared a close relationship with the late Prince Philip - has recalled the tense conversation he had with Philip about Helen Mirren's drama, The Queen.
Helen Mirren (pictured in the series) won widespread critical and popular acclaim for her portrayal of the monarch in the movie, which also starred Michael Sheen as Tony Blair He was also told by people who were with Elizabeth when she came back from Kenya after her father George VI died, how "calm and contained she was and how she didn't shed tears". Helen Mirren won widespread critical and popular acclaim for her portrayal of the monarch in the movie, which also starred Michael Sheen as Tony Blair.
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