Helen Mirren channels the late Queen’s style as she is seen for the first time filming The Thursday Murder Club

She won both an Oscar and a Bafta for her portrayal of Elizabeth II in the acclaimed 2006 film The Queen.

Now Helen Mirren appears to be drawing on the late Queen’s style for her latest role in The Thursday Murder Club, Netflix’s forthcoming adaptation of Richard Osman’s best-selling novel.

She wears a green headscarf and oversize spectacles – similar to those she wore in The Queen 18 years ago – for the role of Elizabeth Best, a former spy and one of the four central characters in the drama.

Dame Helen, 79, also wears a khaki-coloured gilet similar to one the Queen would wear while in the countryside, as well as walking with a stick.

She was seen filming scenes for the drama in Hertfordshire alongside co-star Celia Imrie, who stood out in a red knitted hat for her role as ex-nurse Joyce Meadowcroft.

She wears a green headscarf and oversize spectacles – similar to those she wore in The Queen 18 years ago – for the role of Elizabeth Best, a former spy and one of the four central characters in the drama

She was seen filming scenes for the drama in Hertfordshire

Helen’s look for The Thursday Murder Club is quite similar to when she played the late monarch in The Queen (2006)

The pair, who also appeared in the hit film Calendar Girls together, shot scenes that involved them boarding a bus and visiting a local police station.

The plot revolves around a group of elderly friends who play at solving murders from their retirement home, only to find themselves with a real case on their hands.

It boasts a star-studded cast including Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Mays, David Tennant and Richard E. Grant.

Osman’s wife Ingrid Oliver is to play Joyce’s daughter Joanna, although the author insists that it was not his idea.

The former Pointless co-presenter’s debut novel, set in the Coopers Chase Retirement Village in the fictional town of Fairhaven, Kent, was a hit release in 2020 and he has since written three more books in the series.