History Film / TheQueen

* PlayingGertrude: Sylvia Syms as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother is only eleven years older than Helen Mirren, who played her daughter. The actual Queen Mother was 26 years older than her daughter. Syms was 72 when the film was released, while her character is 97.

An award-winning 2006 British drama film directed by Creator/StephenFrears, about how the popular and media reaction to the death of [[UsefulNotes/DianaPrincessOfWales Lady Diana]] came to shape the relations between UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily and the Blair government, with the main focus on the developing relationship between [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen Queen Elizabeth II]] (Creator/HelenMirren) and new Prime Minister UsefulNotes/TonyBlair (Creator/MichaelSheen).

* PlayingGertrude: Sylvia Syms as the Queen Mother is only eleven years older than Helen Mirren as the Queen. The actual Queen Mother was 26 years older than her daughter.

* WrongGenreSavvy: The public are angered by the bare flagpole atop Buckingham Palace, demanding that the Royal Standard be flown at half-staff, apparently unaware that it has different protocols than other flags. Unlike most instances of this trope, it's not the misinformed public but The Queen herself who eventually learns the error of her ways, and changes the protocol to allows the Union Flag to fly there when not in residence.[[labelnote:(more)]]Before Diana's death, the Royal Standard was the ''only'' flag ever flown over Buckingham Palace, and only when the Queen was in the building, and "never" at half-mast. Because of Diana's death, the Queen allowed the Union Flag to be flown over the Palace whenever she's not in the Palace, allowing it to be lowered to half-mast when necessary[[/labelnote]].

* AsYouKnow; The first scene of the film has Elizabeth's portrait artist bring up to her, "One forgets that as sovereign, you are not entitled to vote." This is common knowledge in the UK, but might be unknown to audiences in other countries.

An award-winning 2006 British drama film directed by Creator/StephenFrears, about how the popular and media reaction to the death of UsefulNotes/DianaPrincessOfWales came to shape the relations between UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily and the Blair government, with the main focus on the developing relationship between [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen Queen Elizabeth II]] (Creator/HelenMirren) and new Prime Minister UsefulNotes/TonyBlair (Creator/MichaelSheen).

An award-winning 2006 British drama film directed by Creator/StephenFrears, about how the popular and media reaction to the death of [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor 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 Queen Elizabeth II]] (Creator/HelenMirren) and new Prime Minister UsefulNotes/TonyBlair (Creator/MichaelSheen).

Surprisingly low on actual Diana-presence (occasional bits of archive footage only), and generally treats all the characters rather more sympathetically than might have been expected, including such stock figures of media fun as Charles and Philip, and for that matter Tony Blair -- Cherie Blair, however, is as smugly derisive as one would expect.

* NotSoStoic: The Queen.

* WrongGenreSavvy: The public are angered by the bare flagpole atop Buckingham Palace, demanding that the Royal Standard be flown at half-staff, apparently unaware that it has different protocols than other flags. Unlike most instances of this trope, it's not the misinformed public but The Queen herself who eventually learns the error of her ways, and changes the protocol to allows the Union Flag to fly there when not in residence.[[labelnote:(more)]]Before Diana's death, the Royal Standard was the ''only'' flag ever flown over Buckingham Palace, and only when the Queen was in the building, and "never" at half-mast. Because of Diana's death, the Queen allowed the Union Flag to be flown over the Palace whenever she's away from London, allowing it to be lowered to half-mast when necessary[[/labelnote]].

* BigRedButton: Invoked and hinted at during the first meeting between Blair and the Queen. The first question she asks him during their first meeting is whether he's been shown [[NuclearOption how to start a nuclear war]], and when he answers that he hasn't, goes on to claim that its always the first thing that new Prime Ministers are taught how to do.

* DefrostingIceQueen: The Queen

* BigNo: Charles' reaction to the news that Diana has died.

* TheGhost: Diana, Princess of Wales. Subverted with Princes William and Harry who are seen, but only from behind and/or with blurry, far away shots, and never speak a single line of dialogue.

* TheGhost: Diana, Princess of Wales.

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Award-winning 2006 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 Queen Elizabeth II]] (Creator/HelenMirren) and new Prime Minister UsefulNotes/TonyBlair (Creator/MichaelSheen).

Mirren's performance [[OscarBait in the title role was highly praised]] and earned her multiple awards, including the [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscar]] for Best Actress.

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Award-winning 2006 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).

* AlternateCharacterInterpetation: InUniverse discussion of [[TheGhost Diana]] amongst the Royal Family compared with how the world sees her. To them she was an AttentionWhore that had become nothing but a headache. To the world at large she is the beloved "People's Princess".

** The beautiful stag that is sighted, then hunted and stalked by the royal family, until it is chased to a neighboring estate, wounded, and killed. The Queen seems to feel some resonance between its journey and Diana's.

* WrongGenreSavvy: The public are angered by the bare flagpole atop Buckingham Palace, demanding that the Royal Standard be flown at half-staff, completely unaware that it has different protocols than other flags[[labelnote:*]]Before Diana's death, the Royal Standard was the "only" flag ever flown over Buckingham Palace, and only when the Queen was in the building, and "never" at half-mast. Because of Diana's death, the Queen allowed the Union Flag to be flown over the Palace whenever she's away from London, allowing it to be lowered to half-mast when necessary[[//labelnote]].

* GranolaGirl: Yes, it's Charlie. Who also appears to be TheUnfavorite of both parents, even without any of his siblings being mentioned or shown.

* BrickJoke: Directly after Diana's death, Charles voices his fears over being shot by an enraged Diana supporter. Much later in the film, when the Royal Family finally came out of Balmoral Castle, a motorbike backfires and Charles jumps and looks around in fright.

* HypercompetentSidekick: Alistair Campbell for Blair and Robin Janvrin for the Royals.

Surprisingly low on actual Diana-presence (occasional bits of archive footage only), and generally treats all the characters rather more sympathetically than might have been expected, including such stock figures of media fun as Charles and Philip, and for that matter Tony Blair -- Cherie, however, is as smugly derisive as one would expect.

* HypercompetentSidekick: AlistairCampbell for Blair and Robin Janvrin for the Royals.

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

* ImpersonationParadox: Largely averted - Sheen's Blair, in particular, is eerily like the real thing in voice and mannerisms, despite not looking all that much like UsefulNotes/TonyBlair.