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Queen lookalike gives up job after 34 years out of respect for late monarch

A professional Queen lookalike has revealed that she plans to give up her job after 34 years "out of respect" for the late monarch. Mary Reynolds, an 89-year-old woman from Epping, Essex, plans to keep the outfits she uses to impersonate Her Majesty in memory of a woman who "felt like part of the family".

The royal fan, who has appeared on TV and film, originally became a lookalike in 1988, and was first told that she looks like Queen Elizabeth II when she was just 17-years-old. Throughout her career, Mary featured in 1990 comedy film Bullseye with the late Sir Roger Moore as well as an episode of Doctor Who in 1988 as part of the 25th anniversary series.

Mary Reynolds has been an impersonator for 34 years (Rhys Whittock)
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