How Diana's death changed the Monarchy.

Rating: Null/10 (12 May 2007)

Most of the movie takes place during the week Princess Diana died and what followed. Diana was divorced from Prince Charles, and the Royal Family had emotionally divorced her, even though she was the mother of a future King of England. When her unfortunate accidental death in Paris occurred, the Royal Family simply wanted it treated as a private matter by Diana's family. But England and the world would have none of that.
Tony Blair was the popular, young, recently elected Prime Minister. In early scenes we are clearly shown that he serves at the pleasure of the Queen, even though he was elected by the people. In a brief meeting with the Queen in her quarters, she must request that he serve as Prime Minister. However, during the week of Diana's death and funeral, Blair is the one who shows wisdom, who ends up telling the Queen what she must do to avoid a rebellion of sorts. While the movie focuses alternately on Diana, Tony Blair, and Queen Elizabeth, the title of the movie is "The Queen" and that is its main focus, how the Queen changed as a result of that fateful week. And realized how the world had changed.
Helen Mirren won a well-deserved Oscar for her role as The Queen. Michael Sheen was equally effective as Tony Blair. James Cromwell does a competent turn as Prince Philip and Alex Jennings as Prince Charles, who apparently sympathized more with the people than with his mother.
Good movie!!
SPOILERS. There is an episode regarding a majestic, 14-point buck on the 40,000 acre property of the Royal Family. The Queen's vehicle breaks down crossing a river bed, and the buck appears. Later the buck is killed and she visits the corpse hanging for dressing. She is told how it had been wounded, and eventually chased hunted it down and finished it off. And that is what happened to Diana.