The Queen Meets Dame Helen Mirren At Palace

The Queen has revealed where she keeps the honorary Bafta she was presented with last year. Hosting a reception at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the dramatic arts in the UK, the Queen made the revelation in a conversation with British Director Steve McQueen, who triumphed in the best film category at Sunday’s Bafta awards ceremony. The Queen told the 12 Years A Slave director: “I couldn’t help but look at mine, which I keep on the television.“ The Buckingham Palace event featured a who’s who of leading film-makers, entertainers and thespians including Mike Leigh, actors Sir Roger Moore, Joan Collins and Dame Helen Mirren, and writers such as Alan Bennett. The night was hosted by the Queen in her capacity as patron of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada) and the Duchess of Cambridge joined her for the evening wearing a red Alexander McQueen dress. The Duchess of Cambridge with Helena Bonham Carter and Sir Trevor Nunn Comedian Lenny Henry made the Queen chuckle as sh