Actor Ralph Fiennes has praised Natasha Richardson, while presenting an award to her mother Vanessa Redgrave.

Redgrave got a lifetime achievement gong from Harper’s Bazar magazine.

Fiennes said that he had a great friendship with Richardson.

During his speech he said.

“You might think I’m a bit in love but I’m just a fan and a friend (of Vanessa), and if I am it’s because of a great friendship I shared with Natasha and through that great friendship I’ve got to know Vanessa, and Natasha was imbued with so many of your fantastic qualities as well as many of her own, and I feel blessed to have had that friendship, and thus through that friendship to have known Vanessa.”

He added “If I think of a woman of truth, of loyalty, of integrity, of passion, of compassion, a woman with a great heart and a woman of all elements, I think of Vanessa Redgrave.If I think of an actress of infinite range and infinite variety, I think of Vanessa.

“If I think of a woman who gives determined voice to those who have no voice, I think of Vanessa.
“And if I just think of a fantastic, beautiful, sexy woman, I think of Vanessa.”

Spoken like a true English gentleman

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