At a time when people like Prince Philip looked as though they would live forever and the world was a little awed at the sight of that stark yet grand military funeral at Windsor Castle, with the Queen – who has reigned since Churchill was prime minister and Stalin ruled Russia – mourning her 99-year- old consort, it was sad that Helen McCrory, one of Britain’s finest actresses, should have been snatched from us at just 53.
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