History YMMV / ARoyalNightOut

* WTHCastingAgency: Some people had this reaction to Rupert Everett getting cast as King George.

* HeReallyCanAct: After playing a character who was TheScrappy in ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'', Jack Reynor proves that ''Film/WhatRichardDid'' was not a fluke. He gives a very subtle and layered performance as a ShellShockedVeteran, more than holding his own against the two leads. More superficially, he also nails the 1940s era cockney accent.

** Mickie the palace guard, who [[MoodWhiplash snaps to attention]] whenever the princesses pass. He also gets this fun exchange.

---> '''Mickie:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Does the tiara rather give the game away, miss]]?

** The spiv in Soho who helps Margaret get to Chelsea - and is a huge fanboy of the Royal Family. He doesn't have a lot of screentime but his part is one of the more memorable in the film.

* HeReallyCanAct: After playing a character who was TheScrappy in ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'', Jack Reynor proves that ''What Richard Did'' was not a fluke. He gives a very subtle and layered performance as a ShellShockedVeteran, more than holding his own against the two leads. More superficially, he also nails the 1940s era cockney accent.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments:
** Jack and Elizabeth's first meeting, where he notices the posh voice.
--> '''Jack:''' Family well-off by any chance?
--> ''beat''
--> '''Elizabeth:''' [[{{Understatement}} We manage]].
** Elizabeth and Margaret are escorted to a posh hotel where they expect they'll start their evening mingling with people on the dance floor. [[spoiler:Instead they get led into a small room filled with Upper Class couples all of them old enough to be the princesses' ''grandparents''. Both girls are not thrilled.]]
** Margaret sharing a car with a car full of prostitutes who have no idea they're talking to the ''princess''.
--> '''Margaret:''' Mother wanted me back before 1.
--> '''Prostitute:''' She's got lofty expectations, that mother of yours.
** And Elizabeth's realisation of the situation. "My sister has gone to Chelsea with a carload of tarts!"
** Capt Pryce is interrupted in the middle of a good shag and angrily asks who's on the phone...only to be told it's the King.
** Margaret drunkenly stumbling home at 6 am. Just like any young woman coming home from a night out. Except in this case she's the princess and it's the gates of Buckingham Palace.
--> '''Margaret:''' Coo-ee!
** Margaret introduces herself to the owner of the...ahem...knock-in-shop. "I'm P2, Princess number two! No one cares what I do."
** And at Chelsea Barracks, two soldiers get into a tug of war over who gets to dance with Margaret. They even pull rank on each other.
--> '''Margaret:''' Well I outrank both of you!

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming:
** The fact that Lillibet and Mags get along as sisters, enjoying their night out. [[spoiler:Especially when they finally get to the Chelsea Barracks and dance the Charleston as Margaret wanted.]]
** Elizabeth [[spoiler:barely has time to enjoy her night out as she spends most of it trying to catch up to Margaret as her younger sister innocently gets dragged off into the night for wacky hijinks. That's how much she cares about her sister.]]
** Elizabeth finally argues for the night out by suggesting to her father that they could go among the masses and listen to the King's Speech declaring the end of the European war to find out "if the people like it." [[spoiler:She's in a public house when the speech is broadcast. When Jack loudly snarks at it, the entire pub rises to the King's defense and tosses Jack out on his rear.]] She later [[spoiler:tells her father at breakfast that the people ''loved'' the speech, which improves King George's mood.]]
** King George [[spoiler:admitting he let his daughters - especially Elizabeth - go out because "It's going to be her world soon."]]
** The brothel owner (and black marketeer) who [[spoiler:immediately recognizes Margaret as a princess - he's an unabashed Royalist - and rescues her from the man attempting to spike her drink.]] He does [[spoiler:use what she knows about how to get into the Barracks so he can sneak in his prostitutes]] but he keeps a safe eye on her [[spoiler:up until the Barracks guards shove him into a room they then lock up.]]
** The scene where the King and Queen address the public, followed by a montage of the people celebrating. Elizabeth is hugged and kissed by complete strangers and is pleasantly surprised by it. It's a wonderful recreation of a moment where the whole nation was united by the celebration of Victory in Europe, despite the losses suffered.
** As Elizabeth and Jack ride on a tugboat, they pass some of the damage suffered by the Blitz, with Jack offering harsh commentary on how people's lives were ruined. But Elizabeth notices [[StiffUpperLip a couple arranging their dinner in a bombed-out apartment]] and notes that people still managed.
** In an interesting background moment, as Elizabeth and Jack [[spoiler:walk down the halls of the Palace they do so as the boards covering the windows are being taken down, allowing sunlight into the hallway]]. It's a subtle indication that with the War over - at least in Europe - there's no more need for blackouts and that life is returning to normal.
** Elizabeth [[spoiler:finally getting that kiss from Jack the whole movie's been building up to.]]

* HeReallyCanAct: After playing a character who was TheScrappy in ''Film/TransformersTheAgeOfExtinction'', Jack Reynor proves that ''What Richard Did'' was not a fluke. He gives a very subtle and layered performance as a ShellShockedVeteran, more than holding his own against the two leads. More superficially, he also nails the 1940s era cockney accent.
* OneSceneWonder: Mickie the palace guard, who [[MoodWhiplash snaps to attention]] whenever the princesses pass. He also gets this fun exchange.

** As Elizabeth and Jack ride on a tugboat, they pass some of the damage suffering by the Blitz, with Jack offering harsh commentary on how people's lives were ruined. But Elizabeth notices a couple arranging their dinner in a bombed-out apartment and notes that people still managed.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: The scene where the King and Queen address the public, followed by a montage of the people celebrating. Elizabeth is hugged and kissed by complete strangers and is pleasantly surprised by it. It's a wonderful recreation of a moment where the whole nation was united by the celebration of Victory in Europe, despite the losses suffered.

* ShownTheirWork: King George and Queen Elizabeth were indeed quite popular with the public during that particular time. They had stayed in London in Buckingham Palace throughout the war, rather than evacuating to somewhere safer - and they retained their popularity afterwards.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The Queen Mother in real life was known to be a charming and witty CoolOldLady. She doesn't feature too much in this film, mostly as a rather stuffy UpperClassTwit.