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* TheCassandra: Charles is the only member of the Royal Family who seems to understand just how much love and feeling Diana provokes, and how maintaining a StiffUpperLip and acting like nothing's happened is only going to backfire on the them. He's ignored, but ends up being proven correct.

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* TheCassandra: Charles is the only member of the Royal Family who seems to understand just how much love and feeling Diana provokes, and how maintaining a StiffUpperLip and acting like nothing's happened is only going to backfire on the them. He's ignored, but ends up being proven correct.



* HeroWithBadPublicity: The Queen. Also, Prince Charles clearly considers himself this with regards to how the media treat him versus how they treat Diana; at one point he reflects that one silver lining in the whole mess is that his family now have some idea of what he's had to put up with all this time.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Prince Phillip.
** Perhaps more of a Historical JerkAss upgrade, but only in regards to Diana.

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* HeroWithBadPublicity: The Queen. Also, Prince Charles clearly considers himself this with regards to how the media treat treats him versus how they treat Diana; at one point he reflects that one silver lining in the whole mess is that his family now have some idea of what he's had to put up with all this time.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Prince Phillip.
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Perhaps more of a Historical JerkAss upgrade, upgrade for Prince Phillip, but only in regards to Diana.



* IKissYourHand: Blair does it for the Queen after she asks him to form a government. This is a faux pas, since the custom is supposed to be done symbolically, even though it's called "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kissing_hands kissing hands]]"

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* IKissYourHand: Blair does it for the Queen after she asks him to form a government. This is a faux pas, since the custom is supposed to be done symbolically, even though it's called "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kissing_hands kissing hands]]"hands]]".
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* JerkassHasAPoint: A downplayed example; Charles is portrayed as being a bit scheming in trying to position himself ahead of the rest of his family in terms of responding publicly to Diana's death, but he's also the only one who truly seems to understand exactly what's happening and that the old ways of responding are not longer sufficient. Furthermore, having already received more than his fair share of bad press with regards to his ex-wife, he can probably be forgiven for not wanting to have to swallow even ''more'' of it.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: A downplayed example; Charles is portrayed as being a bit scheming in trying to position himself ahead of the rest of his family in terms of responding publicly to Diana's death, but he's also the only one who truly seems to understand exactly what's happening and that the old ways of responding are not no longer sufficient. Furthermore, having already received more than his fair share of bad press with regards to his ex-wife, he can probably be forgiven for not wanting to have to swallow even ''more'' of it.

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%%* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Film/TheDeal2003''.



* VillainWithGoodPublicity: From the perspective of the Royal Family at least, Diana; while she's not exactly depicted as such, we're given plenty of scenes with various members grumbling about her in a way that implies that her interactions with them were a lot more complicated, and with plenty of fault on her side, than the simplistic depiction of her in the media as a saintly angel being bullied and tormented by them would suggest.

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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: From the perspective of the Royal Family at least, Diana; while she's not [[DownplayedTrope exactly depicted depicted]] as such, we're given plenty of scenes with various members grumbling about her in a way that implies that her interactions with them were a lot more complicated, and complicated (and with plenty of fault on her side, side) than the simplistic depiction of her in the media as a saintly angel being bullied and tormented by them would suggest.
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* BigNo: Charles' reaction to the news that Princess Diana has died.

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* BigNo: Charles' reaction to the news that Princess Diana has died.
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* BigNo: Charles' reaction to the news that Princess Diana has died.
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* PrecisionFStrike - The Queen -- yes, Her Royal Majesty -- when she busts an axle in her Range Rover:

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* PrecisionFStrike - The Queen -- yes, Her Royal Britannic Majesty -- when she busts an axle in her Range Rover:



* WrongGenreSavvy: The public are angered by the bare flagpole atop Buckingham Palace, demanding that the Royal Standard be flown at half-staff, completely unaware of that it has different protocols to other flags.

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* WrongGenreSavvy: The public are angered by the bare flagpole atop Buckingham Palace, demanding that the Royal Standard be flown at half-staff, completely unaware of that it has different protocols to than other flags.
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** Prince Philip is a grumpy old blowhard, but he says the most challenging line of the film, one his grandsons even agreed with years later.
--> '''Philip''': Sleeping in the streets and pulling out their hair for someone they never knew. And they think ''we're'' mad!
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* WrongGenreSavvy: The public are angered by the bare flagpole atop Buckingham Palace, demanding that the Royal Standard be flown at half-staff, completely unaware of that it has different protocols to other flags.
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* HeroWithBadPublicity: The Queen. Also, Prince Charles clearly considers himself this with regards to how the media treat him versus how they treat Diana; at one point he reflects that one silver lining in the whole mess is that his family now have some idea of what he's had to put up all this time.

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* HeroWithBadPublicity: The Queen. Also, Prince Charles clearly considers himself this with regards to how the media treat him versus how they treat Diana; at one point he reflects that one silver lining in the whole mess is that his family now have some idea of what he's had to put up with all this time.
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* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Despite her own less-than-warm feelings towards Diana, the Queen clearly believes in this; when Philip (slightly gloatingly) reports a snide comment Princess Margaret made about Diana to the Queen in private, she sternly replies that he is ''not'' to allow his grandsons to hear him make any comments of that nature about Diana.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: A downplayed example; Charles is portrayed as being a bit scheming in trying to position himself ahead of the rest of his family in terms of responding publicly to Diana's death, but he's also the only one who truly seems to understand exactly what's happening and that the old ways of responding are not longer sufficient. Furthermore, having already received more than his fair share of bad press with regards to his ex-wife, he can probably be forgiven for not wanting to have to swallow even ''more'' of it.



* JerkassHasAPoint: A downplayed example; Charles is portrayed as being a bit scheming in trying to position himself ahead of the rest of his family in terms of responding publicly to Diana's death, but he's also the only one who truly seems to understand exactly what's happening and that the old ways of responding are not longer sufficient. Furthermore, having already received more than his fair share of bad press with regards to his ex-wife, he can probably be forgiven for not wanting to have to swallow even ''more'' of it.
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* TheCassandra: Charles is the only member of the Royal Family who seems to understand just how much love and feeling Diana provokes, and how maintaining a StiffUpperLip and acting like nothing's happened is only going to backfire on the them. He's ignored, but ends up being proven correct.


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* JerkassHasAPoint: A downplayed example; Charles is portrayed as being a bit scheming in trying to position himself ahead of the rest of his family in terms of responding publicly to Diana's death, but he's also the only one who truly seems to understand exactly what's happening and that the old ways of responding are not longer sufficient. Furthermore, having already received more than his fair share of bad press with regards to his ex-wife, he can probably be forgiven for not wanting to have to swallow even ''more'' of it.

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* HeroWithBadPublicity: The Queen.

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* HeroWithBadPublicity: The Queen. Also, Prince Charles clearly considers himself this with regards to how the media treat him versus how they treat Diana; at one point he reflects that one silver lining in the whole mess is that his family now have some idea of what he's had to put up all this time.


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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: From the perspective of the Royal Family at least, Diana; while she's not exactly depicted as such, we're given plenty of scenes with various members grumbling about her in a way that implies that her interactions with them were a lot more complicated, and with plenty of fault on her side, than the simplistic depiction of her in the media as a saintly angel being bullied and tormented by them would suggest.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Played with, since the Queen isn't really the villain; however, her inaction regarding Diana's death publicly leads to the media painting her as one, when it really stems from a well-meaning but somewhat misguided (and somewhat [[BornInTheWrongCentury out-of-touch]]) attempt to shield her grandsons from public scrutiny during a time of grief and to try and take their mind off things.
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Award-winning 2006 drama about how the popular and media reaction to the death of Diana, Princess of Wales came to shape the relations between UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily and the Blair government, with the main focus on the developing relationship between UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen (Creator/HelenMirren) and new Prime Minister UsefulNotes/TonyBlair (Creator/MichaelSheen).

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Award-winning 2006 drama drama, directed by Creator/StephenFrears, about how the popular and media reaction to the death of Diana, Princess of Wales came to shape the relations between UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily and the Blair government, with the main focus on the developing relationship between UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen (Creator/HelenMirren) and new Prime Minister UsefulNotes/TonyBlair (Creator/MichaelSheen).
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-->--- '''Theatre/HenryIV, Part II'''

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-->--- '''Theatre/HenryIV, Part II'''
'''''Theatre/HenryIVPart2'''''
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--> "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown" - '''Theatre/HenryIV, Part II'''

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--> "Uneasy ->''"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown" - crown."''
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'''Theatre/HenryIV, Part II'''
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* [[EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep Everybody Calls Her The Queen]]: The Queen is always called "Your Majesty", "Ma'am", and Prince Philip calls her "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny Cabbage]]" (the real Prince Philip's actual nickname for her) at some point, with only a CNN newsreader referring to her as "Queen Elizabeth".

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* [[EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep Everybody Calls Her The Queen]]: The Queen is always called "Your Majesty", "Ma'am", and Prince Philip calls her "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny "[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Cabbage]]" (the real Prince Philip's actual nickname for her) at some point, with only a CNN newsreader referring to her as "Queen Elizabeth".



* JerkAss: On both sides. Prince Phillip doesn't get all the furor and keeps giving his wife the Queen bad advice. Blair has to deal with Alastair constantly making rude remarks about the Royals, leading up to Blair's [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome passionate defense of the Queen]].

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* JerkAss: On both sides. Prince Phillip doesn't get all the furor and keeps giving his wife the Queen bad advice. Blair has to deal with Alastair constantly making rude remarks about the Royals, leading up to Blair's [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome passionate defense of the Queen]].
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* [[EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep Everybody Calls Her The Queen]]: The Queen is always called "Your Majesty", "Ma'am", and Prince Philip calls her "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny Cabbage]]" (the real Prince Philip's actual nickname for her) at some point, with only a CNN newsreader referring to her as "Queen Elizabath".

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* [[EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep Everybody Calls Her The Queen]]: The Queen is always called "Your Majesty", "Ma'am", and Prince Philip calls her "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny Cabbage]]" (the real Prince Philip's actual nickname for her) at some point, with only a CNN newsreader referring to her as "Queen Elizabath".Elizabeth".
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The same production/writing/director team having made a previous film about Blair starring Sheen, 2003's ''Film/TheDeal2003'', ''The Queen'' is now [[strike: retconned]] viewed as the second installment in the "Blair Trilogy", which was concluded by ''The Special Relationship'' (about Blair and UsefulNotes/BillClinton, with some Blair/Bush towards the end) in 2010. It can also be seen as the first instalment of a Peter Morgan-penned cross-medium "Queen Elizabeth Trilogy" consisting of ''The Queen'', the 2013 play ''Theatre/TheAudience'' (portraying Her Majesty's audiences with her various Prime Ministers over the years), and the 2016-present television (well, "[[Creator/{{Netflix}} television]]") series ''[[Series/TheCrown2016 The Crown]]'' (portraying Elizabeth II's whole reign).

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The same production/writing/director team having made a previous film about Blair starring Sheen, 2003's ''Film/TheDeal2003'', ''The Queen'' is now [[strike: retconned]] viewed as the second installment in the "Blair Trilogy", which was concluded by ''The Special Relationship'' (about Blair and UsefulNotes/BillClinton, with some Blair/Bush towards the end) in 2010. It can also be seen as the first instalment of a Peter Morgan-penned cross-medium "Queen Elizabeth "Elizabeth II Trilogy" consisting of ''The Queen'', the 2013 play ''Theatre/TheAudience'' (portraying Her Majesty's audiences with her various Prime Ministers over the years), and the 2016-present television (well, "[[Creator/{{Netflix}} television]]") series ''[[Series/TheCrown2016 The Crown]]'' (portraying Elizabeth II's whole reign).
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The same production/writing/director team having made a previous film about Blair starring Sheen, 2003's ''Film/TheDeal2003'', ''The Queen'' is now [[strike: retconned]] viewed as the second installment in the "Blair Trilogy", which was concluded by ''The Special Relationship'' (about Blair and UsefulNotes/BillClinton, with some Blair/Bush towards the end) in 2010. It can also be seen as the first instalment of a Peter Morgan-penned cross-medium "Queen Elizabeth Trilogy" consisting of ''The Queen'', the 2013 play ''Theatre/TheAudience'' (portraying Her Majesty's audiences with her various Prime Ministers over the years), and the 2016-present ''[[Series/TheCrown2016 The Crown]]'' (portraying Elizabeth II's whole reign).

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The same production/writing/director team having made a previous film about Blair starring Sheen, 2003's ''Film/TheDeal2003'', ''The Queen'' is now [[strike: retconned]] viewed as the second installment in the "Blair Trilogy", which was concluded by ''The Special Relationship'' (about Blair and UsefulNotes/BillClinton, with some Blair/Bush towards the end) in 2010. It can also be seen as the first instalment of a Peter Morgan-penned cross-medium "Queen Elizabeth Trilogy" consisting of ''The Queen'', the 2013 play ''Theatre/TheAudience'' (portraying Her Majesty's audiences with her various Prime Ministers over the years), and the 2016-present television (well, "[[Creator/{{Netflix}} television]]") series ''[[Series/TheCrown2016 The Crown]]'' (portraying Elizabeth II's whole reign).
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The same production/writing/director team having made a previous film about Blair starring Sheen, 2003's ''Film/TheDeal2003'', ''The Queen'' is now [[strike: retconned]] viewed as the second installment in the "Blair Trilogy", which was concluded by ''The Special Relationship'' (about Blair and UsefulNotes/BillClinton, with some Blair/Bush towards the end) in 2010. It can also be seen as part of a Peter Morgan-penned "Queen Elizabeth Trilogy" consisting of ''The Queen'', the 2013 play ''Theatre/TheAudience'' (portraying Her Majesty's audiences with her various Prime Ministers over the years), and the 2016-present ''[[Series/TheCrown2016 The Crown]]'' (portraying Elizabeth II's whole reign).

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The same production/writing/director team having made a previous film about Blair starring Sheen, 2003's ''Film/TheDeal2003'', ''The Queen'' is now [[strike: retconned]] viewed as the second installment in the "Blair Trilogy", which was concluded by ''The Special Relationship'' (about Blair and UsefulNotes/BillClinton, with some Blair/Bush towards the end) in 2010. It can also be seen as part the first instalment of a Peter Morgan-penned cross-medium "Queen Elizabeth Trilogy" consisting of ''The Queen'', the 2013 play ''Theatre/TheAudience'' (portraying Her Majesty's audiences with her various Prime Ministers over the years), and the 2016-present ''[[Series/TheCrown2016 The Crown]]'' (portraying Elizabeth II's whole reign).
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The same production/writing/director team having made a previous film about Blair starring Sheen, 2003's ''Film/TheDeal2003'', ''The Queen'' is now [[strike: retconned]] viewed as the second installment in the "Blair Trilogy", which was concluded by ''The Special Relationship'' (about Blair and UsefulNotes/BillClinton, with some Blair/Bush towards the end) in 2010.

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The same production/writing/director team having made a previous film about Blair starring Sheen, 2003's ''Film/TheDeal2003'', ''The Queen'' is now [[strike: retconned]] viewed as the second installment in the "Blair Trilogy", which was concluded by ''The Special Relationship'' (about Blair and UsefulNotes/BillClinton, with some Blair/Bush towards the end) in 2010. It can also be seen as part of a Peter Morgan-penned "Queen Elizabeth Trilogy" consisting of ''The Queen'', the 2013 play ''Theatre/TheAudience'' (portraying Her Majesty's audiences with her various Prime Ministers over the years), and the 2016-present ''[[Series/TheCrown2016 The Crown]]'' (portraying Elizabeth II's whole reign).
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* WrenchWench: The Queen reminds one of her assistants she used to be one during [[WorldWarII the War]].

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* WrenchWench: The Queen reminds one of her assistants she used to be one during [[WorldWarII [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII the War]].
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* IKissYourHand: Blair does it for the Queen after she asks him to form a government.

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* IKissYourHand: Blair does it for the Queen after she asks him to form a government. This is a faux pas, since the custom is supposed to be done symbolically, even though it's called "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kissing_hands kissing hands]]"
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* UsefulNotes/TheMenOfDowningStreet: The film's subplot of how a Prime Minister interacts with the Queen - namely, how a "modern" Minister like UsefulNotes/TonyBlair is going to work with a woman who's so experienced she can name-drop UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill on you and get away with it.

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* TheMentor: The Queen Mother, to whom The Queen goes for advice when relations with Blair (not to mention the media furor) reach a tipping point.



* TheObiWan: The Queen Mother, to whom The Queen goes for advice when relations with Blair (not to mention the media furor) reach a tipping point.
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The same production/writing/director team having made a previous film about Blair starring Sheen, 2003's ''Film/TheDeal'', ''The Queen'' is now [[strike: retconned]] viewed as the second installment in the "Blair Trilogy", which was concluded by ''The Special Relationship'' (about Blair and UsefulNotes/BillClinton, with some Blair/Bush towards the end) in 2010.

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The same production/writing/director team having made a previous film about Blair starring Sheen, 2003's ''Film/TheDeal'', ''Film/TheDeal2003'', ''The Queen'' is now [[strike: retconned]] viewed as the second installment in the "Blair Trilogy", which was concluded by ''The Special Relationship'' (about Blair and UsefulNotes/BillClinton, with some Blair/Bush towards the end) in 2010.



%%* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Film/TheDeal''.

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%%* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Film/TheDeal''.''Film/TheDeal2003''.
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Award-winning 2006 drama about how the popular and media reaction to the death of Diana, Princess of Wales came to shape the relations between the BritishRoyalFamily and the Blair government, with the main focus on the developing relationship between UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen (Creator/HelenMirren) and new Prime Minister UsefulNotes/TonyBlair (Creator/MichaelSheen).

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Award-winning 2006 drama about how the popular and media reaction to the death of Diana, Princess of Wales came to shape the relations between the BritishRoyalFamily UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily and the Blair government, with the main focus on the developing relationship between UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen (Creator/HelenMirren) and new Prime Minister UsefulNotes/TonyBlair (Creator/MichaelSheen).

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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Film/TheDeal''.
** ''TheKingsSpeech'' could be considered a SpiritualSuccessor to this movie '''and''' a {{Prequel}}.

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* %%* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Film/TheDeal''.
** ''TheKingsSpeech'' could be considered a SpiritualSuccessor to this movie '''and''' a {{Prequel}}.
''Film/TheDeal''.
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The same production/writing/director team having made a previous film about Blair starring Sheen, 2003's ''TheDeal'', ''The Queen'' is now [[strike: retconned]] viewed as the second installment in the "Blair Trilogy", which was concluded by ''The Special Relationship'' (about Blair and UsefulNotes/BillClinton, with some Blair/Bush towards the end) in 2010.

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The same production/writing/director team having made a previous film about Blair starring Sheen, 2003's ''TheDeal'', ''Film/TheDeal'', ''The Queen'' is now [[strike: retconned]] viewed as the second installment in the "Blair Trilogy", which was concluded by ''The Special Relationship'' (about Blair and UsefulNotes/BillClinton, with some Blair/Bush towards the end) in 2010.



* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''TheDeal''.

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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''TheDeal''.''Film/TheDeal''.

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