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Olivia Colman, who will play the Queen in the new series of The Crown, admits being famous makes for strange encounters. ‘The weirdest place I’ve ever been recognised is at the dentist,’ Olivia, left, tells me at the Mencap charity fashion evening. ‘I was actually in the dentist chair, with my mouth wide open, and someone said: “Where do I recognise you from?” I basically had an entire fist in my mouth so I couldn’t even answer properly.’