The Queen makes a tough choice...

Rating: 7/10 (29 December 2016)

During a particularly terrible tragedy, the Queen was forced to react in the public eye. This is a story of how she was forced to take steps unprecedented for the royal family, in the wake of Diana's death. Her strength was forced upon her, unable to grieve for Diana was no longer a member of her family in a way befitting of someone in the royal family. After watching this movie, I found myself transported into the mindset of the Queen. What she came from, in a world where she had gone through so much change, so many rules had to be rewritten and she struggled to cope. With the help from newly elected PM, Tony Blair, she battled through the change to keep her family safe. One of the last lines in the movie hit me hard, "I've never been hated before." You can't keep everyone happy, and you can't be seen to be weak. I don't know how she does it, every movie I see, every book I read, I am more and more enthralled by this woman's determination to make her countries, and her responsibilities safe and functioning.