Dame Imelda Staunton was “inconsolable” when she heard Queen Elizabeth had died while she was playing the monarch on ‘The Crown’. The 68-year-old actress portrayed Her Majesty in the final two seasons of Netflix’s royal drama – gaining nominations for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her work – and said she and her castmates were warned on set just before the monarch’s passing aged 96 in September 2022 was announced there may be “bad news” on the way. She told The Daily Telegraph about breaking down when it was confirmed the Quee…