Dame Helen Mirren — star of “The Queen,” “Red” and countless demeaning “Can you believe how good she looks at that age” articles — was spotted by an eagle-eyed Instagram user taking he R train in Manhattan recently, and naturally the British actress was showing remarkable decorum and etiquette. She kept her bag in her lap! And she even took a middle seat even though she didn’t have to. All class, that one.
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