She won an Oscar for her stunning portrayal of the Queen in the film of the same name.
And now Dame Helen Mirren has been deemed regal enough to perform a duty often reserved for Royalty: she is to launch her first ship.
But in a break with tradition, the 62-year-old movie, stage and TV star will not be swinging a bottle of champagne against the hull of the new P&O cruise ship Ventura, which is the largest liner designed exclusively for the British market.
Instead she will name the ship, but then hand the bubbly to a squadron of Royal Marine Commandos, who will abseil down the hull, smashing the champagne as they go.
It is a move designed to ensure there is no repeat of the “Curse of Camilla” - when Prince Charles’s wife failed to break the bottle at the launch of another cruise ship in December.
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