Catherine Zeta-Jones says she felt like she had lost a real family member following the death of the Queen and that the news had made her homesick but “proud of my heritage”.
The Welsh actress, 52, said the monarch had been “a real inspiration” and a figure of “power and respect”. She has joined the many tributes from famous faces that have poured in from home and abroad following the announcement of the Queen’s death on Thursday.
Speaking at the Disney’s D23 Expo on Saturday, Swansea-born Zeta-Jones said she had called her family back home and “felt like a little piece of me had gone”. She told the PA news agency: “I’m a big royalist and I love the royal family and what they do for our country.
