She's the closest thing to royalty we're likely to see appear on a talk show, but Dame Helen Mirren isn't one to mince her words.
The actress graced the couch on The Graham Norton Show, alongside her Collateral Beauty co-stars Will Smith and Naomie Harris, and was asked by the host to deliver a Christmas message to the masses.
In her trademark regal tone, she brought the house down with a scathing, but oh-so-fitting summary of the year.
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"Hello, at this time of celebration and togetherness we have the chance to reflect on the year gone by," she began.