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{{quote|"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown"|''[[Henry IV]], Part II''}}
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 [[British Royal Family]] and the Blair government, with the main focus on the developing relationship between [[Elizabeth II|HM The Queen]] ([[Helen Mirren]]) and new Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] ([[Michael Sheen]]).
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 the Blairs (though Cherie makes only fairly brief appearances).
Mirren's performance [[Oscar Bait|in the title role was highly praised]], and she won many awards for it, including the [[Academy
The same production/writing/director team having made a previous film about Blair starring Sheen, 2003's ''[[The Deal]]'', ''[[The Queen]]'' is now <s> retconned</s> viewed as the second installment in the "Blair Trilogy", which was concluded by ''The Special Relationship'' (about Blair and [[Bill Clinton]], with some Blair/Bush towards the end) in 2010.
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