Comments on: The Queen http://heracliteanfire.net/2006/10/01/the-queen/ Harry Rutherford's Blog Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:50:56 +0000 hourly 1 By: Harry http://heracliteanfire.net/2006/10/01/the-queen/comment-page-1/#comment-17386 Harry Mon, 26 Feb 2007 22:03:48 +0000 http://heracliteanfire.net/archives/836#comment-17386 Hey, Amy, thanks for your input. For me, though, you kind of lost all credibility this: "The movie was a whitewash, and may well have been funded at least in part by the royal family or noble families closely connected with the royal family." Hey, Amy, thanks for your input. For me, though, you kind of lost all credibility this:

“The movie was a whitewash, and may well have been funded at least in part by the royal family or noble families closely connected with the royal family.”

]]> By: Amy Wilson http://heracliteanfire.net/2006/10/01/the-queen/comment-page-1/#comment-17385 Amy Wilson Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:33:41 +0000 http://heracliteanfire.net/archives/836#comment-17385 In real life, the queen and the rest of the royal family were NOT oblivious to Diana's presence in France. The Duke of Edinburgh proclaiming, "What was she doing in France?" was FUNNY. They knew exactly where she was at all times, and were reeling in her frolicing about with a Muslim to which religion she was gonna convert and whom she was gonna marry. Also, the phone lines from Balmoral Castle were burned up not with the conversations depicted in the movie, but in valiant efforts to ensure that Diana's jewels will safely find their way back to the royal family. Also, no member of the royal family will ever, or has ever, uttered the words, "I hope the stag did not suffer during the hunt." From this movie, a person cannot tell that Diana and Charles had been divorced for a year prior to the death, and separated for about five. This movie indicated nothing about the fact that when Diana died, the young princes had not seen her in two months, and that she had been spending her time frolicking about Europe. In real life no member of the royal family shed a tear when she died, probably not even the young princes. The movie was a whitewash, and may well have been funded at least in part by the royal family or noble families closely connected with the royal family. We can also safely assume that Althorp and family of Earl Spencer did not much influence this movie! Also, I agree that one should be surprised, after all the hype about how good the actress who played Elizabeth was, how lame the other characters were! The Prince of Wales sounded like Ronald Reagan with a bad British accent. The Queen Mother looked like she would keel over at any moment. In real life the Queen Mother lived to 101 (four and a half more years) but looked like she had 10 more years left right up to the end. It is just as well that Princes Andrew, Edward, Princess Anne and Princess Margaret were all totally omitted from the movie. And the two young princes were seen only from a distance and from their backs. (No princesses Beatrice and Eugenie either.) Probably just as well. In real life, the queen and the rest of the royal family were NOT oblivious to Diana’s presence in France. The Duke of Edinburgh proclaiming, “What was she doing in France?” was FUNNY. They knew exactly where she was at all times, and were reeling in her frolicing about with a Muslim to which religion she was gonna convert and whom she was gonna marry. Also, the phone lines from Balmoral Castle were burned up not with the conversations depicted in the movie, but in valiant efforts to ensure that Diana’s jewels will safely find their way back to the royal family.

Also, no member of the royal family will ever, or has ever, uttered the words, “I hope the stag did not suffer during the hunt.”

From this movie, a person cannot tell that Diana and Charles had been divorced for a year prior to the death, and separated for about five.

This movie indicated nothing about the fact that when Diana died, the young princes had not seen her in two months, and that she had been spending her time frolicking about Europe.

In real life no member of the royal family shed a tear when she died, probably not even the young princes.

The movie was a whitewash, and may well have been funded at least in part by the royal family or noble families closely connected with the royal family. We can also safely assume that Althorp and family of Earl Spencer did not much influence this movie!

Also, I agree that one should be surprised, after all the hype about how good the actress who played Elizabeth was, how lame the other characters were! The Prince of Wales sounded like Ronald Reagan with a bad British accent. The Queen Mother looked like she would keel over at any moment. In real life the Queen Mother lived to 101 (four and a half more years) but looked like she had 10 more years left right up to the end.

It is just as well that Princes Andrew, Edward, Princess Anne and Princess Margaret were all totally omitted from the movie. And the two young princes were seen only from a distance and from their backs. (No princesses Beatrice and Eugenie either.) Probably just as well.

]]> By: Sherry Chandler » The Queen http://heracliteanfire.net/2006/10/01/the-queen/comment-page-1/#comment-7578 Sherry Chandler » The Queen Thu, 16 Nov 2006 02:04:51 +0000 http://heracliteanfire.net/archives/836#comment-7578 [...] For an actual British citizen’s take, read Heraclitean Fire’s post. [...] [...] For an actual British citizen’s take, read Heraclitean Fire’s post. [...]

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