Rustic manor of cinematic Queen: Helen Millen sells a house in Provence

Rustic manor of cinematic Queen: Helen Millen sells a house in Provence

Three times the Queen on the screen, winner of the "Oscar" Helen Millen is the real life owns not king's chambers, but more than the usual country house in Provence.

This is very much in the style of the movie "The Hundred-Foot Journey", which was released last year, where Helen has played a major role.

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70-year-old actress (how can it even be possible!), which became popular atfer the TV series "Prime Suspect," and later the role of the English Queens Charlotte, Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II, for more than 12 years ago bought 2 acre of land  and a rustic house in the village Saint-Paul-en-Forêt. But she restored only half of the house (150 m2 of 300m2): in the restored part there are three bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen, living room and large covered terrace.

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Now Helen and her husband, American director Taylor Hackford, put the house up for sale for € 636 thousand (£ 463 thousand.), as most of the time at their home in Puglia. Also, the couple have a property in London, New York and Los Angeles.

Recently another British celebrity, rock musician Eric Clapton also put up for sale his rustic house in in the village of Nans les Pins, as he spends a lot of time with his family in England.

Based on materials from The Sunday Times

Photocredit: home-hunts.com, helenmirren.com