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In Buckingham Palace, the Queen (Helen Mirren) doesn’t appear to
be fazed by Tony Blair’s arrival. Then again, she doesn’t appear to be fazed by
anything. But when Diana,-her son’s ex-wife and the mother of her grandchildren,
is killed in a tragic car accident, her authority is tested as never before.
While the Queen Mother (Sylvia Syms) and Prince Philip (James Cromwell) agree
with her decision to remain at their holiday estate in Balmoral and not publicly
acknowledge the tragedy, Tony Blair feels differently. Unfortunately, so do the
English people. Making matters worse is the out-of-control media, which has
begun to castigate the queen for her silence. In order to retain her grip on the
country that she has served for so many years, she must swallow her pride and
let the world know that she does, in fact, care.
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