and she's attended several receptions at Buckingham Palace with the royal. But, according to Mirren, not all of their encounters have gone perfectly.Elizabeth and her husband, Prince PhilipAwkward Moment 1: Mirren didn't realize the tea date with the Queen was going to be an intimate affair.
"She invited me for tea," Mirren explained during her"Helen Mirren and Hawk Koch Discuss The Magic of Movies" event, according to."I thought it was going to be in a room with 200 other people, which it often is. I’ve met her once before and it was in a room with 200 other people. So I said, 'Oh well I can manage that.' So it was at the horsey place and the message came to me that the Queen would like to invite you to tea, she knows you’re here.
"I mean, is it sir? Is it your majesty? Is it your highness? Is it rude to ask him to pass the milk? Or should I just ask for a lackey?" So what did Mirren end up doing? Not having milk at all."I finished up not having any milk. I just couldn’t sort it out," she said."It’s a lesson in embarrassment, but they were lovely, they were utterly gracious."
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