The Queen and I

TV Movie
2018
1h 14m

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Samantha Bond and David Walliams in The Queen and I (2018)

A new republican prime minister strips the British monarch and her family of their money and assets and forces them to live on a rundown council estate.A new republican prime minister strips the British monarch and her family of their money and assets and forces them to live on a rundown council estate.A new republican prime minister strips the British monarch and her family of their money and assets and forces them to live on a rundown council estate.

Director
- Dan Zeff
Writers
- Stephen Russell
- Sue Townsend
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5.4/10

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Director
- Dan Zeff
Writers
- Stephen Russell
- Sue Townsend
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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1coldfeet2000

Please read the book

This could have been so much better. The book written by the late Sue Townsend. I've read the book on numerous occasions over the last 20 years and it's not at all how I pictured it. Where was Prince Phillip? Why was he excluded? It seemed very rushed. Johnny Vegas casting as Spiggy was about the only decent thing.

Such a shame. Sorry Sue.

1lopezpatricia-06139

READ THE BOOK. THIS IS A MASSIVE DISAPPOINTMENT

If you've read the book then you'll be dying to see the film. Well don't. Apart from the annoying David Walliams the films a big letdown. Quite short and the actors haven't really been made up to resemble the royals. The book had so much depth and humour. This was made for kids. So you can see how much of a wet fart the film is by comparison. Perhaps see the film first the read the book.

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Trivia
Though the year of the action is never stated, the radio newsreader reporting the election result gives the date as 15th October. This must be a Friday, as UK General Elections are always held on a Thursday. The fifteenth of October fell on a Friday in 1993, which would tie in with the apparent ages of Princes William and Harry (though not with the Queen Mother claiming to be 92; she turned 93 in August of that year. Possibly she simply forgot).

Goofs
The original novel by Sue Townsend was published in 1992 and set at the time of the 1992 general election. Although the time period is not mentioned in this film, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret are still alive (both died in 2002) and Princes William and Harry are still children. However various 21st century items are featured such as vehicles, 2010s-style TV news graphics, tasers and electronic cigarettes.