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The 61-year-old actress praised the monarch's "courage and consistency" in her acceptance speech before she raised her Oscar statuette and said: "I thank her because if it wasn't for her I most certainly would not be here. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Queen!"
Explaining her acceptance speech to a BBC interviewer, she said: "I had to recognise the person that I was playing, the history of our country, and what she means to us and me. I wouldn’t be here without her.”
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