With the death of Elizabeth II, another protagonist also leaves the scene, certainly not as well known, but who has carved out a respectable role for herself in the annals of cinema and television.
Mary Reynolds, 89, has been playing the role of the queen on television and in film since 1988.
The queen's double decided not to continue with this work, "out of respect for her" inspirer ", the deceased sovereign. And to a Russian broadcaster who asked her to do so she replied that" the only way which I could have dressed to imitate the queen would have been in a black dress. "In return, she will keep her 'outfits' in memory of a woman who felt like" family ".
Mary Reynolds lives in Epping, Essex and her resemblance to Elizabeth was pointed out to her as early as the age of 17.
She appeared on television and in film, including alongside Roger Moore, in 1990, in Bullseye, and for an episode of Doctor Who's 25th anniversary series in 1988. Reynolds explained that she felt the resemblance to the queen, an 'incredible' person, who has followed closely, without ever meeting her, in all the important stages of her reign, and now feels "very, very, sad".
"It is a sea change, now it will all be very strange".
"I've spent all these years doing this job, which helped me earn some money, but at the same time it was a pleasure to see people looking at you and saying, 'She's the queen.' Wherever I went in the world, she was the queen - not Queen Elizabeth, not the Queen of England, she was the queen. There will never be anyone like her. "