What Did the Queen Think of the Movie?
I don't believe for a second she never watched it--she even invited Mirren to tea (and was rejected!) Any rumors about her reactions?
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" Princess Diana was everything The Queen cannot ever be--graceful, elegant, beautiful, and well-liked by countless people of the world."
Maybe not so much now mate, but there was a time, a long time, when her madge was all of these and more.
I respect your opinion though.
Some say his earwax tastes like Turkish Delight, all we know is, hes called The Stig
It's amazing that people believe the fairy tale perpetuated by the international news media. Queen Elizabeth the II believes in duty first above all. If she disliked anything about Diana, it was probably her inability to appreciate the need to keep her personal feelings subjugated to her role as Princess of Wales. Diana, because of her popularity with the public served as a thorn in the side of the Royal Family. At the end of the day, what the public didn't know about Diana is that she was emotionally fragile and ill equipped to deal with the fish bowl she found herself in upon her marriage to Prince Charles.
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People are "sheeple" regarding the monarchy in general, not just Diana. Look at how many idiots take it for read that we need the monarchy 'for tourism' (what rot!) or that the royals are 'above politics' (tell that to Charles!).
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It's amazing that people believe the fairy tale perpetuated by the international news media. Queen Elizabeth the II believes in duty first above all.
That you believe that the Queen believes in 'duty first above all' is also a fairy tale perpetuated by the news media. The Queen is human first and above all, and as susceptible to human frailties as anyone else - hence, she puts her self and her family's interests first above all. That's why she avoided tax and squirreled away money for the first forty years of her reign (and only began paying on a voluntary basis when royal finances came under scrutiny); that's why she kept the surplus of Civil List cash she had accrued in the early 90s; that's why she lied through her teeth at the Burrell trial; and that's why she keeps all of her political views hidden (lest she breach the exalted position she and her family hold of 'constitutional monarchs'). The point is that our monarchy have their snouts in the same trough as our MPs - they're just more adept at getting away with it by virtue of hiding behind celebrity, 'duty' (royal duties largely being things created for the royals to do rather than things the country really needs) and a (usually) fawning media.
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Good grief, sounds like a Diana fanatic. The queen showed a LOT of respect for Diana by trying to keep her sons from the media and abide by her family's wishes, insisting on a private funeral that I'm sure Diana would have preferred. And the queen IS graceful and elegant.
shareI would say that if the Queen preferred a private funeral for Diana, that it wouldn't have been for Diana's sake but because of protocol and not wanting to make such a fuss for a woman who had become a thorn in the queen's side. Her argument would have been "Well Diana's not a member of the Royal Family any more so she does not 'deserve' a state funeral."
The many many people who were reacting to Diana's death and the absence of any statement from Buckingham palace would have been outraged by a private funeral because they wanted to pay their respects for Diana... as clearly demonstrated by the endless line of people waiting to sign the books of condolences and the sea of flowers outside the palace gates.
I love the part in the movie where the Queen is told she can't do her normal appearance or drive around outside (I can't remember exactly what they were talking about doing) because the gates were obstructed by the huge amount of flowers left by mourners. Diana:5, Queen:0 !!
Grow up, Siobhan.
shareNo need to say that.
There are so many dumb moments in movies that people find ridiculously funny, like a woman *beep* t ing in a wedding dress in the street. People who find that amusing need to grow up!
From what I heard Diana was a fame whore. Just like it was said in the movie, 'warm especially when photographers were around'. I heard it that she went to one of her charities once and refused to stay. She wouldn't come back until the photographers were there.
shareI find that very hard to believe. It sounds like a story made up by a tabloid. If there was any truth to it I would say that she would have wanted the media to pay attention to the cause.
shareI don't. Considering all the private things she made public.
This is not invented by a tabloid, but actually told by a witness, who was working in this facility Diana wanted to visit. When Diana heard the photographers weren't there, she left and came back later for the photographers.
Diana was very much of a famewhore. These paparazzi are told by the publicists when somebody is going to be where. Do you really think you could find somebody in LONDON when you looked for him /her?!
I'm betting Diana would not have wanted a private funeral:)
shareI highly disagree. She died trying to get AWAY from the cameras.
shareI think she was too young to think of such things, when she died. HOwever as a Princess and a possible queen, she would not have expected a private funeral.. And I think that she probalby might have in some ways preferred to be laid to rest with just her loved ones in attendance but in ohter ways, she would probably have felt that if hte public wanted to be involved, she would have been ok with a state funeral as befitted her status..
shareShe WASN'T a princess anymore, and certainly not a possible queen.
shareSurprisingly, Diana had discussed her funeral with her brother Charles, Earl Spencer, earlier in the year when she visited him in South Africa. She stated that she wanted a private funeral. That makes sense because she was aware that in giving up her royal status, her HRH, she was not entitled to a state funeral. And, I think she would have wanted to spare her two boys of having to go through what they actually ended up having to go through in public.
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