Helen Mirren reveals why she decided to marry Taylor Hackford

Helen Mirren and her husband Taylor Hackford have been together for nearly 20 years, which is considered to be a very long time for a Hollywood couple. 

However, Helen has revealed that she never really wanted to get married. 

"I did very consciously choose my work over my relationships right up to the time that I met Taylor," she explained. " I was 38 when I met Taylor, pretty late in life."

After being together for more than 10 years, they eventually decided to tie the knot, but for the obvious reason.

"We got married, ultimately, for legal reasons more than anything else. Estate planning and other complicated things like that. And our families, we sensed, wanted us to be married."

She continued, "I always said I have nothing against marriage. It just wasn't to my taste, like turnips. It took me a very long time to come around to acquiring the taste. I just had to meet the right turnip."