# Helen Mirren Has Tea with Dying Boy After Actual Queen Says No **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 22, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-mirren-has-tea-with-dying-boy-after-actual-queen-says-no/659020 "2013-05-22T14:28:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-mirren-has-tea-with-dying-boy-after-actual-queen-says-no/659020/21 "2013-05-24T01:21:23Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Or that he’s about to die, and even even still the real Queen can’t be bothered. I can’t blame the real QEII for not doing this. If it was only once, yes, she could manage it. But once she did do it, for one kid, then she’d be inundated with other requests, and she’d never be able to do them all. So it has to be a case of everyone or none at all. And it was lovely of Mirren to do it. Maybe the “real” queen gave her the go ahead, who knows? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-mirren-has-tea-with-dying-boy-after-actual-queen-says-no/659020/22 "2013-05-24T01:47:53Z")
Yeah, like she’s got more important stuff to do. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-mirren-has-tea-with-dying-boy-after-actual-queen-says-no/659020/23 "2013-05-24T06:04:13Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Yeah, like she’s got more important stuff to do. Than visit thousands of dying people every single day? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-mirren-has-tea-with-dying-boy-after-actual-queen-says-no/659020/24 "2013-05-24T06:17:17Z")
Wait… WHAT? HELEN MIRREN ISN’T THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND? WHAT ARE YOU ALL SAYING? Waaaaaaaaaaaaa :’( :’( :’( ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-mirren-has-tea-with-dying-boy-after-actual-queen-says-no/659020/25 "2013-05-24T06:55:12Z")
damn allergies. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-mirren-has-tea-with-dying-boy-after-actual-queen-says-no/659020/26 "2013-05-24T09:40:29Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Then there is [this](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ron-perlman-make-wish-hellboy-346196). And THEN there is this: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZw2Z7LJqxw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZw2Z7LJqxw) ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-mirren-has-tea-with-dying-boy-after-actual-queen-says-no/659020/27 "2013-05-24T13:59:56Z")
I love the [Window-washing Superheroes](http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/04/uperhero-window-washers-children-hospital-video-pittsburgh/) that some Children’s Hospitals have. I got very nervous when I first searched for that and saw a Snopes link, but it turns out that this does really happen at a number of children’s hospitals. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-mirren-has-tea-with-dying-boy-after-actual-queen-says-no/659020/28 "2013-05-24T14:43:36Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Wait… WHAT? HELEN MIRREN ISN’T THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND? WHAT ARE YOU ALL SAYING? > Waaaaaaaaaaaaa :‘( :’( 😢 I thought Tim Curry was the “queen of England”? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-mirren-has-tea-with-dying-boy-after-actual-queen-says-no/659020/29 "2013-05-24T16:26:29Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I thought Tim Curry was the “queen of England”? 😕 You’re thinking of Ian McKellen. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-mirren-has-tea-with-dying-boy-after-actual-queen-says-no/659020/30 "2013-05-28T15:02:56Z")
According to Morgan Freeman, [Helen Mirren is one of the reasons we exist.](http://science.discovery.com/tv-shows/through-the-wormhole/videos/through-the-wormhole-returns-june-5th.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-mirren-has-tea-with-dying-boy-after-actual-queen-says-no/659020/31 "2013-05-29T01:05:02Z")
Everyone knows Elton John is the Queen of England. ---
**Author:** ![D-bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@D-bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D-bear)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-mirren-has-tea-with-dying-boy-after-actual-queen-says-no/659020/32 "2013-05-29T03:19:20Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Then there is [this](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ron-perlman-make-wish-hellboy-346196). And then there is (unfortunately) this… [‘Barefoot Contessa’ taking heat for repeatedly rejecting ‘Make-A-Wish’ cancer patient](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dailydish/2011/03/barefoot-contessa-ina-garten-rejecting-make-a-wish-cancer-patient-enzo.html). ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-mirren-has-tea-with-dying-boy-after-actual-queen-says-no/659020/33 "2013-05-29T03:24:05Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > Everyone knows Elton John is the Queen of England. This is the cue to mention one of my favorite headlines, which appeared in _The Sun_ when Elton John married his long-time companion: [“Elton takes David up the aisle”](http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/mysun/2847925/Can-you-out-pun-The-Sun.html) (third one down in the link). ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-mirren-has-tea-with-dying-boy-after-actual-queen-says-no/659020/34 "2013-05-29T03:41:04Z")
I gotta say that it seriously sucks for the family to complain publicly that some celebrity won’t meet with their kid, sick or not. I suppose that should apply to the Queen too, but I think queens have some public service obligations that the rest of the masses don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-mirren-has-tea-with-dying-boy-after-actual-queen-says-no/659020/35 "2013-05-29T11:13:52Z")
…because all she does is sit around all day waiting for someone to peel her a grape. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Obnoxious\_Hood\_Ornament](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Obnoxious\_Hood\_Ornament](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obnoxious_Hood_Ornament)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-mirren-has-tea-with-dying-boy-after-actual-queen-says-no/659020/36 "2013-05-29T17:08:25Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > I know, right? I mean you fuck one goat… You stopped at one? That’s your problem right there. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-mirren-has-tea-with-dying-boy-after-actual-queen-says-no/659020/37 "2013-05-29T18:15:08Z")
Yeah, if they’re gonna call you that word _anyway_, you might as well, right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-mirren-has-tea-with-dying-boy-after-actual-queen-says-no/659020.md?page=1)