Throughout the movie, you learn how the Royal Family mourned the death of Lady Diana Spencer, the Princess of Wales. The Queen, who is the matriarch of the family, wanted privacy, but that would be a price she would have to pay. Since Diana was a part of the Royal Family, the Queen felt that it was important for her family to be able to mourn Diana’s death. Traditionally, a family is given time to go through the grieving process, but that would be very hard to do for the Royal Family. One of her duties as Queen of England is to comfort her people in a time of tragedy. The citizens of England wanted their Queen to speak to them and do her role as a morale builder. The Queen did not do what should have been done right away because she thought
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The Queen is the spokesperson for the Royal Family and Tony Blair is the spokesperson for the citizens of England. Since times were changing, the Queen struggled to keep tradition alive. Prime Minister Blair wanted natural changes to take place. There were many traditional things that needed to be done during a death, especially of a person with a high social status in England like Diana. The Queen felt it was vital that those traditions were not be messed with and should be kept. On behalf of the people, Tony Blair felt that the Queen was to serve her people first, not her family. That goes against the Queen’s traditional mourning. Even though the Queen has no true political power and Prime Minister Blair does, the Queen is the face that everyone looks up to. During this hard time, people wanted to see Princess Diana be honored, especially by the Queen. Prime Minister Blair wants to keep his job, so he has to persuade the Queen to give the people reassurance that everything will be all right by delivering a public address and having her give what they wanted: the Royal Flag at half-mast and visit a memorial of the late Lady Diana. Eventually, the Queen gave in to the people’s demands because of something Prime Minister said to her. He told her that if she did not deliver a public address before long, the Crown may be abolished. This would strip her of her social status and the special tradition of the Royal Family would no longer exist. She could not fathom losing the Crown. The Crown was the most prized possession that she had, and she was damned if it was going to be ripped away from her
The Queen is the spokesperson for the Royal Family and Tony Blair is the spokesperson for the citizens of England. Since times were changing, the Queen struggled to keep tradition alive. Prime Minister Blair wanted natural changes to take place. There were many traditional things that needed to be done during a death, especially of a person with a high social status in England like Diana. The Queen felt it was vital that those traditions were not be messed with and should be kept. On behalf of the people, Tony Blair felt that the Queen was to serve her people first, not her family. That goes against the Queen’s traditional mourning. Even though the Queen has no true political power and Prime Minister Blair does, the Queen is the face that everyone looks up to. During this hard time, people wanted to see Princess Diana be honored, especially by the Queen. Prime Minister Blair wants to keep his job, so he has to persuade the Queen to give the people reassurance that everything will be all right by delivering a public address and having her give what they wanted: the Royal Flag at half-mast and visit a memorial of the late Lady Diana. Eventually, the Queen gave in to the people’s demands because of something Prime Minister said to her. He told her that if she did not deliver a public address before long, the Crown may be abolished. This would strip her of her social status and the special tradition of the Royal Family would no longer exist. She could not fathom losing the Crown. The Crown was the most prized possession that she had, and she was damned if it was going to be ripped away from her