As part of the conversation, Mirren reveals that she wrote to the monarch before taking part in The Queen. She says: \u201cI realised we were investigating a profoundly painful part of her life, so I wrote to her. How do you write to your queen? Was it Madam, or Your Highness, or Your Majesty? I said, \u2018We are doing this film. We are investigating a very difficult time in your life. I hope it\u2019s not too awful for you.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t remember how I put it. I just said that in my research I found myself with a growing respect for her, and I just wanted to say that. She didn\u2019t write back, of course, but her secretary did. You know, \u2018Yours sincerely, da di da di da,\u2019 on behalf of the Queen. I was very relieved subsequently that I had written that letter.\u201d<\/p>\n
Also in this week\u2019s Radio Times:<\/strong><\/h2>\n- With Neighbours<\/a> coming to an end this month, Alan Fletcher and Jackie Woodburne talk their 28 years playing Dr Karl and Susan Kennedy, saying they felt the five stages of grief when the show was cancelled. They also talk about spotting Margot Robbie\u2019s talent when she was on the show, saying: \u201cAfter the first few scenes I shot with her, I thought, \u2018Wow.\u2019 She\u2019s a natural. So instinctive. She just got it.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Roger Mosey, the former Head of BBC News, talks about the the Conservative leadership election and Nadine Dorries\u2019 role as culture secretary. He says: \u201cPart of the Boris Johnson approach was not only to get his culture secretary to impose punitive measures on the BBC, but to make her appointment a punishment in itself. It\u2019s hard to imagine anyone less suitable for the job than Nadine Dorries.\u201d He also calls the licence fee \u201can out-of-date idea and says Channel 4 has \u201cstrayed from its mission of distinctiveness\u201d.<\/li>\n
- JJ Chalmers speaks about Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> and his friendship with Prince Harry. He says of Harry: \u201cHe created the Invictus Games, which inspired my recovery, changed my life and introduced me to the world of broadcasting. We\u2019ve developed a relationship and he\u2019s someone that I look up to and respect. Now that we both have kids, we just do dad chat. I know that Archie loves The Octonauts and my son James loves it, too.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>
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