Queen expresses her sadness to PM Tony Blair - The Queen

[@cbtharr]

"Because you saw those headlines and thought one day that might happen to me. And it will Mr. Blair, quite suddenly and without warning." Probably the most prescient words ever spoken by a British monarch to a prime minister. Tony Blair was at the top of his game in 1997. Ten years later he would be at his nadir.

[@Luboman411]

The Queen had seen 10 prime ministers come and go by the time Blair got to her. Even the mighty Churchill suffered that indignity of bad headlines by the end of his second term in 1955. And she saw this first-hand. I do love that the Queen felt comfortable talking with Blair about government business once she wiped that self-satisfied smirk off his face. It's almost like "mummie" had to come over to teach this whippersnapper a lesson in humility. LOL.

[@Troxum]

This, in the school of play/screenwriting, is called dramatic irony.

[@TheAngelOfDeath01]

That already happened when he and Bush lied about Iraq's WMD stockpile.

[@bookie5667]

Except this is fiction.

[@TheAngelOfDeath01]

@@bookie5667 Is it? The Crown is based on the chronicals of HM Queen Elizabeth. And the defination of the word chronicals is as.following: a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation.

[@BipoIarbear]

I was in week 6 of training in the army when Diana died, after week 5 we got Sundays off , we were paraded at 7pm that night for a minutes silence for the Princess, was the queen who ordered it

[@charlesdavis545]

Helen Mirren nailed the Queen. Her mannerisms, her walk. She definitely deserved that Oscar. It would have been great to see Meryl's Thatcher go toe to toe with Mirren's Elizabeth.

[@richardkovacs2006]

I disliked Streep's Thatcher. Gillian anderson however was surprisingly good in that role in The Queen

[@charlesdavis545]

@@richardkovacs2006 I disagree, I think they both did an admirable job. Nobody did a better job of portraying Elizabeth, than Helen. She was better than any of the actresses of #TheCrown.

[@AndoCommando1000]

It’s so weird that you say that because I honestly thought exactly the opposite. I always found the sort of boisterous, energetic strut that Helen Mirren did as Queen totally took me out of the immersion. Her very energetic and springy walking is especially obvious in this scene when she gets up to look at the sunshine and says they should walk. Way too “athletic” for the real Queen. I think the Crown did a way better job in mannerisms.

[@aksharba9734]

Noooo! I rather adored Imelda Staunton's queen performance. Olivia Colman before her and Claire Foy before. Their portrayal of Queen was TOP notch.

[@cherylhulting1301]

@@richardkovacs2006 Why was Gillian's work "surprising"? She's a talented actress.

[@Bazookatone1]

Whatver else, Michael Sheen got the Cheshire Cat grin down PERFECTLY. I mean he did everything else perfectly, but the little exhale laugh through the nose....it's perfect.

[@mckavitt13]

Is perfect... ?

[@samuelfawell9159]

It’s really something people seem to forget about Blair, he had the Cheshire smile and a sort of bumbling charm that made people overlook his actions.

[@noahhradek5426]

A good walk and fresh air sorts everything out. She's right.

[@calarch78]

The British people were in irrational hysterics that week, fueled by a media machine that was first responsible for Diana’s demise and death, and which then turned its crosshairs toward the Queen. All in all, she handled the situation like a rock.

[@falconeshield]

Her steadiness almost ruined her for a terrible week. It's a good thing she listened to the mourning crowd. They needed their Queen and there she was.

[@mjc8281]

Personally I'm not supportive of the Royal family more generally, never quite understood why she was seen so favourably, but I think the one advantage having a hereditary head of state has is that they can be a vessel for a shared national experience. Like her father during the blitz, while as a nation it couldn't individually experience the blitz in London through the King and Queen the nation could. That being the case. however, you spin it, that whole situation with Diana's death was handled poorly and it was the one event that I can think of over my lifetime...although maybe you would also include Aberfan but in my defence I was only 1!... 50 plus years that the nation couldn't relate a shared experience through the Queen.

[@sadjaxx]

Not irrational. The situation clearly displayed the distance between the institution and the people.

[@calarch78]

@@sadjaxx Distance? The people became obsessed with intimate details of the family’s life to an extent that Diana was hounded to death. The people consumed tabloid fodder like candy, leaving no appropriate boundaries at all. And when a boundary was appropriate (private grief of children), the very people who fueled the media frenzy that killed Diana demanded a show from the Queen. It was one of the most shameful episodes of public life in Britain, and not because of the Queen or the palace.

[@lol365]

The one thing this fictional Blair was right about was that the Queen's legacy was not negatively impacted by Diana's death. In hindsight, the consensus is the Queen, for once, acted as a grandmother first, and a monarch second, and that she was right to prioritize Princes William and Harry.

[@Dabhach1]

Regrettably, she should have acted more like a mother and boxed her wing-nut son's jug ears for him.

[@fahimfaisalmahir567]

@@Dabhach1 Her son was anything but a kid. He was a mature adult and was responsible for his own course of actions. Queen was anything but an interfering and nosy woman. She did as much she could. You people expected her to send her son off to the tower..

[@MTknitter22]

Blair was sucking up to her as everyone did telling her how swimmingly all had been handled and that was not true and she knew it. She was forced to get out there and try to understand how much the British people LOVED Diana. To hear her speak here, if true, how tragic she still did not “get it.”

[@Voodoomaria]

@@fahimfaisalmahir567 Disagree, Charles was indeed an adult, but maturity had never been a hallmark of his personality and while more responsible than his less than stellar sibling, well, That's not a difficult bar to hurdle. I'm happy to see he's FINALLY put on his big-boy pants. Let's hope his reign will eventually overshadow is decades long adolescence.

[@AndyCutright]

Her legacy was absolutely affected by her handling of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. The Queen selflessly led the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth for more than 70 years. She served as a model for all her subjects throughout her reign. One though must honestly acknowledge her failures. The Queen failed to lead her people well following the Aberfan disaster and following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.

[@shosha1878]

A masterclass of acting. Both of them.

[@christianzafiroglu6705]

Mirren was the Queen, but for my money Sheen was the King of this film, her equal in all respects.

[@deepaknayakmanel8581]

Acting masterclass by Helen Mirren here. Sheen is also very good.

[@laraschauble]

Helen Mirren looks more like Queen Elizabeth than the actress in season 5 of The Crown ...

[@eoghanlacey6384]

@@laraschauble no imelda looks far closer to the queen and has her tendencies to a tee

[@nirjhorrahmanbangladeshang5011]

"It will Mr Blair. Quite suddenly and without warning." Iraq: please allow me to introduce myself

[@TheLocalLt]

To be fair Blair had nothing to do with the post-war planning, which is really when everything went south. The infighting and indecisiveness of the American administration which resulted in a breakdown of civil order in Iraq also happened to take Blair down with it.

[@brettbuck7362]

How is that a negative? It was a tremendous success, only to be p*ssed away by Obama.

[@timheavrin2253]

An all around outstanding film with all around outstanding acting by all the cast. Her Majesty came out of it a better person and a Queen.

[@wolf99000]

Ans he said she became more loved after the events than ever and it was not held against her legacy

[@wildevixen7753]

Really? It conveys the absurdity of a constitutional monarch with no legitimate part to play in the running of the country and the arrogance that comes from a false belief in entitlement. During the historic week referred to, the royals saw how fragile their place in our society actually is. Now, not before time, the wheels are coming off this lumbering vehicle of privilege, and the present incumbent looks like being the last, not as the result of a revolution as has often been envisaged, but by the inevitable process of a system with no relevance in the modern world collapsing in on itself.

[@timheavrin2253]

@@wolf99000 Absolutely she did! My respect for her and Philip went up.

[@inigobantok1579]

Stephen Frears and Peter Morgan (when he's not puffing a bad scripting here) put a very magnificent docudrama here

[@AFreakingAxeCH]

I swear Martin Sheen is to Tony Blair like RDJ is to Iron Man, dude's the go to everytime Blair is involved.

[@thepoormansguidetothegalax3981]

That’s Michael Sheen, not Martin.

[@wheelyjon]

Everyone says how wonderful Helen Mirren was and she was absolutely stonking in the wrong no argument but not enough people comment on how wonderful Michael Sheen was as Tony Blair He was a perfect Tony Blair having grown up in the Blair Britain honestly sometimes I'm thinking I'm listening to an interview it's not an impersonation as in he's trying to be mistaken for him completely that's just what makes it work he's just got the mannerisms without the forced impersonation elements

[@boulevard14]

I had a headache reading this

[@maxsch8454]

The Queen was stonking in the right.

[@alexsmith4937]

Quite right. Sheen's ability to capture Blair's nervous tic smile is amazing.

[@MuhammadHassan-hj6mx]

Not a single punctuation. I am so confused lol

[@rogerrousco2921]

@@boulevard14 hahaha, this made me laugh somehow

[@ladymary22]

A woman after my own heart. Walking helps you think.

[@guhendrannaraynan7387]

This version of Tony Blair is much realistic than the Crown's Blair

[@sayno2lolzisback]

Tough act to follow tbf

[@johnmonk3381]

And the accent is more realistic too

[@YusufYusuf-ti2rz]

You are so correct

[@Brock8338]

This whole movie was much more realistic than the most recent season of The Crown. I still enjoyed the last season of The Crown. But I prefer seasons three and four.

[@TheBasher-_-]

This is more of a documentary. Where as the Crown is more fictional writing. Also the "Palace" wouldn't cooperate with Netflix and The Crown so we have what we have because the "palace" or w.e. refused to cooperate.

[@Luboman411]

Helen Mirren will always be the best Queen Elizabeth II in my book. Of course, after seeing "The Crown," Olivia Coleman now comes at a close second. Everyone else is left in the dust.

[@frname7665]

Well no lol. In terms of accuracy, young Elizabeth by Claire Foy is the best

[@Allthingsasian]

Claire Foy’s performance was unforgettable 💗

[@tinagemcgee6190]

Well, for me it's.... Mirren Foy Colman **Was hoping Cate Blanchett would've taken on this role and join Mirren as two of the only actresses to play both Elizabeth's**

[@Cor6196]

That loping walk, as if she had just gotten off a horse that she rode every day like a cowboy!

[@Luboman411]

@@frname7665 I feel the young Elizabeth has been portrayed so little in movies and TV shows that Claire Foy is the ONLY young Elizabeth. She doesn't have much competition. Among the old and middle-aged Elizabeths, Mirren did the best job.

[@MagnusKen]

Mr.Sheen is the Best character for PM Tony Blair

[@turmuthoer]

_"Foolishly, I believed [stoicism] was what the people wanted from their Queen. Not to make a fuss nor wear one's heart on one's sleeve. Duty first, self second"_ - Don't worry, there are still some of us out there that respect a good stiff upper lip. I'll never understand why the general public now seem to want their political leaders to be blubbering emotional wrecks.

[@hgc5293]

A great many, everywhere

[@mohammedshakoor4718]

Who's watching this in 2023 and thinking. Woah!! 👀.. She was so right on so many levels.. 👀

[@luisguillermojg]

I've seen this scene a few times and I'd never noticed the bit at 2:32 where she stops herself from saying "...for me". Terrific piece of acting.

[@antmagor]

In many ways I look at this movie and can’t help but think it was ground zero for the crown. I can’t speak for everybody who saw it but what intrigue me most about it was the idea that we would actually get a glimpse as to how the British government is supposed to operate. Because prior to this movie anybody outside the UK knew of the Queen but didn’t really know what it was she actually did. Or what role if any she played in the actual government.

[@tinagemcgee6190]

Speaking of "The Crown", if they'd gotten Helen Mirren to return to the role, Ben Mendelsohn would've been really good as Charles.

[@marywenzel3199]

@@tinagemcgee6190 Ben made a wonderful George VI in Darkest Hour. Playing George’s grandson would have been droll.

[@christoperwallace6197]

@@marywenzel3199 he was great.

[@antmagor]

@@tinagemcgee6190 I agree but I do not believe she was interested. After this movie she went on to play the Queen again a few years later on Broadway and a play called the audience. She also did that show on the West End. After she won the Tony for best actress I think Helen was quite tired of playing the role because she had done it for the movie and both The West End and Broadway. And when you consider how grueling the theater is by comparison to cinema (two shows, sometimes 6 to 7 days a week) I don’t blame her.

[@bluedasher74]

@@marywenzel3199 and he actually looked like George VI. Great casting, uncanny resemblance.

[@VansSpartacus]

How the Queen says, is so beautiful that she was brought up, teaching that duty comes first,

[@ajvanmarle]

As good as The Crown is, it never reached this level.

[@fahimfaisalmahir567]

The makers are the same..

[@inigobantok1579]

The writing here deserved best original screenplay.

[@edwardnashen5960]

Mirren's performance is exquisite. Doesn't get any better. She so finds Elizabeth's spirit. The Diana tragedy was a major wake up call, that I don't think the Queen could properly handle in the moment. Diana's popularity eclipsed her and Charles. Obviously. Blair was right to advise her to come back to London Asap. At that time the fall out cost her. She came off to the people as cold. She rallied round eventually. But It has cost Charles til this day. People don't forget. They move on.

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

The one time she needed to put her family, specifically her grandsons, first and the media pounced. The newspapers made sections of the public feel it was their tragedy as much as the princes'. The same sections of the public who had greedily bought up all the gossip magazines and newspapers to see the latest paparazzi shots of Diana.

[@bluedasher74]

@@zacmumblethunder7466 Oh please, the day that their mother died, the queen took them to Sunday mass (like nothing had happened) and Diana's name was not even mentioned in the mass. The sons should have been allowed to go with their father to Paris to pick up Diana's body. The whole "she was just protecting her grandchildren" crap was just damage control for the queen who didn't say anything to the public about Diana's death for almost a week.

[@AllAmericanJock]

@@bluedasher74 Those children absolutely should not have been in Paris anywhere near their mother's mangled body. That's ridiculous. You don't expose children to that, especially not with the paparazzi circus on top it. I agree with you about the rest tho.

[@nathanjustus6659]

@@bluedasher74 sorry but I don’t see how you would take your still pretty young kids with you to pick up your ex wife’s body. Whether things were handled properly or not, the kids NOT going was the right thing.

[@MTknitter22]

@Edward Nashen, oh not everyone forgot her coldness at Diana’s death especially Diana’s family. However, as we know, it never mattered if she made a mistake we all pretended she never did.

[@mogznwaz]

The Queen was in Balmoral caring for her 2 motherless grandsons. That’s where I expected her to be, not pandering to the newly discovered emotional incontinence of portions of the public, whipped up by a media who had always used Diana to sell their papers.

[@dannyd96]

Exactly right and very well said.

[@LGranthamsHeir]

4:15 - 4:40 The Queen's 'Never complain, never explain' ethos would certainly be tested later in the year (1997)

[@VivoYs-mg4uj]

Love this scene..love how Helen act as Queen Elizabeth II and Michael.Sheen as Tony Blair

[@Drobium77]

Her majesty's legacy was that over 5 billion watched her funeral. God rest her soul

[@kiryuchan860]

Total rubbish.

[@sidbroughton8750]

Really Jimmy savile very close ties with the Royal family, very close ties with Charlie boy

[@falconeshield]

It beat the WC views?

[@mogznwaz]

I still miss her

[@mogznwaz]

@@sidbroughton8750 And? Savile fooled all of us. We sent money to his charities, watched Jim’ll Fix It - how are we any different?

[@AllenChen-dr2xg]

Helen Mirren, one of the very best of British actresses!

[@paulhunter6742]

i am always impressed by Helen Mirren's performance. She always brings a quality of realism to whatever character she plays. But, for me she always be PI Jane Tennison.

[@edwardnashen5960]

Mirren is brilliant. An understatement.

[@spaghettiking7312]

The most cultured lady I've ever seen.

[@__seeker__]

He portrays that creepy false smile which Tony Blair so often dons quite well.

[@kimrunic5874]

Best PM of the last 40 years

[@cr8207]

@@will123134 New Labour largely carried on the policies of John Major’s Conservative government

[@thl205]

@@will123134 every single problem in Britain can be traced to Thatcherism, and New Labour was simply a child of Thatcherism → it was no longer possible even for the Labour Party to be controlled by big businesses or they'd be destroyed by the media

[@zigzgshodzixhoxohxh3800]

@@will123134 it’s a fact tho. Blair literally said he’d follow Major’s policies. That’s evident in New LabourMs treatment of the economy.

[@finding_aether]

Tbf... smiles from actors are false

[@shlokamsrivastava6782]

The quality of the video is great!

[@centredoorplugsthornton4112]

"Quite suddenly and without warning." Like early September 2022, she asks her FIFTEENTH prime minister who happens to have the same first name to form a government, 2 days later, she's dead.

[@spaghettiking7312]

She was the mother to us all, and I miss her.

[@charisma8180]

Lizzy's in a box in a box, Lizzy's in a box.

[@Sigma.6]

​​@@charisma8180 Is there really any need for a comment like that? 🧐 You should change your username, because a pugnacious comment like that shows you've zero charisma.

[@charisma8180]

@@Sigma.6 Pugnacious is pretty funny ngl. My point being that people have to realise that the Monarchy doesn't have your best interests at heart and they don't care about 99% of the population. They actually represent in equality on a pedestal since the British taxpayer gives them free money for just existing which is crazy. So yeah I think it's ok to make fun of her death because she represents an evil system and under her watch some of Britain's most disgusting attrocties were committed. So yeah fuck her and fuck the Monarchy.

[@Corgipon]

⁠@@charisma8180shut your trap

[@Barbapippo]

For this performance alone, the Academy should give Helen Mirren one oscar per year for the next 30 years....

[@lipadblogtv3378]

Wow amazing I love this movie

[@martynlee7473]

It's a true mark of a great actor to portray a villain so well, as Michael Sheen did here...

[@laracc8407]

Not as well as Aro from The Volturi

[@BillyAlabama]

Michael Sheen was magnificent in this film.

[@DCFunBud]

Helen Mirren is extraordinary here.

[@ceciliaeklund3604]

Endured in silence nobody notice but it say much more about strength than a drama infront of everybody.

[@bravi353]

It is the best performance of 'Queen Elizabeth II"! No dejected Coleman.

[@yesyes3010]

A conversation like that never took place! It’s the queen that has to do what she is told by the PM. NOT the other way around!

[@kingpinj5745]

I miss her

[@maestroclassico5801]

They deliberately avoided repeating scenes of this film from Season 6 of THE CROWN. So as a result Blair is missing in key parts. Michael has played Tony 3 times and he just blows The CROWN actor away. Imelda has done well but I for one really wanted Helen to reprise her role....

[@anthonybardsley4985]

The queen came out on top .

[@renan.csmaia]

Helen Mirren was perfect playing Queen Elizabeth.

[@1chish]

I often wonder if Her Late Majesty ever watched this film. I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall if she ever did. Mirren absolutely 'got' the Queen right - overall look, mannerisms, speech, facial expressions.

[@falconeshield]

I'd be creeped up. To have my mannerisim imitated like a mirror. But it's different when you're a part of living history.

[@fahimfaisalmahir567]

She has watched the film.

[@shubhuful]

She also invited Dame Helen Mirren for private dinner after the movie was released.

[@ladybugflv]

​@@shubhufulI cannot help but imagine the queen saying: "now do me once more".

[@Tmanaz480]

And, unlike The Crown, they're not in the dark.

[@ed19742006]

love this women

[@Dakota1202]

And it will, Mr. Blair...quite suddenly and without warning.

[@robp2282]

The British people in her day had pride and respect. Today we are weak and lily-livered. I miss her majesty.

[@russetmantle1]

I'm a Brit who is not a fan of either the British monarchy or of Tony Blair - and yet I cannot imagine the actual conversation they had playing out like this. The representation of Blair is far too insensitive, and the representation of the Queen is far too expressive. This scene is a total nonsense. "Nowadays people want glamour and tears - the grand performance. I'm not very good at that - I never have been". The Queen would never have said anything like this, even if she felt it. And Blair would never have gone in to that meeting trying to dull things down by talking about the Queen's recent international visits. Instead, they would both have greeted each other politely and tackled the issue of Diana's death head on. This is a scriptwriter putting their own thoughts into the mouths of characters in an inauthentic way. This whole scene reads as ridiculously inauthentic.

[@andriyurenov7215]

Same thoughts. Especially after brilliant Lilibets in “The Crown”. (Though I’m Ukrainian who IS a fan of your monarchy).

[@russetmantle1]

@@andriyurenov7215 Thanks for the response and I just want to say that one thing I am definitely a fan of is the fantastic people of Ukraine. Cлава Україні. :)

[@JaketheJust]

There is a reason Tony Blair is despised and Queen Elizabeth II was loved by the people of Great Britain.

[@ladydivaalfee]

Why they didn't cast Helen Mirren and The Queen's Mother from this movie to the crown season 5? Gosh some of the season 5 cast are just...well....noo no no no

[@AllAmericanJock]

Helen Mirren is currently starring in 1923, a TV series. Many actors don't like playing the same role more than once. Imelda Staunton is a more believable Elizabeth anyway. Mirren plays a great part, but it's overdramatized. And is the Queen Mum actress from this nearly 20 year old film even still living? She did look more like the real lady.

[@jessylopez8119]

She’s really bad in that movie she looks nothing like the queen And makes her look really bad

[@aleksanderkorecki7887]

@@AllAmericanJock Yes, Sylvia Syms who played Queen Mother in this film is still alive, she's 88.

[@joeseeking3572]

One bobble does not outweigh 70 years of service - BUT, people did not forget Queen's and the Palace's grudging reaction to Diana's death. Or perhaps more personally, I did not. She was a great Queen, but that doesn't mean she never put a foot wrong.

[@fahimfaisalmahir567]

First of all, after the divorce Diana wasn't a member of royal family anymore. So, expecting any statement from the Queen wasn't justifiable. Since Diana wasn't a member of royal family anymore, so there was no reason to give her a state funeral. Spencers wanted a private funeral. Btw, Queen's grandchildren just lost their mother. Her first duty was to solace her grandchildren. But Blair and his team along with the media stirred up the incident and diverted the blow of public's emotion towards the royal family, especially the Queen.

[@MTknitter22]

@@fahimfaisalmahir567 oh brother, the lengths you spin and blame others all to deflect blame from the late Queen is ridiculous. The boys were FIRST Charles’ sons and they were USED by the firm as usual.

[@fahimfaisalmahir567]

@@MTknitter22 Used by the firm? They belong to the firm..

[@brucesim2003]

@@fahimfaisalmahir567 Harry might say otherwise.

[@hgc5293]

Fancy that, she was human. Rather a stellar one, but still human.

[@Outlier999]

I am sick of the canonization of “Princess Diana.” She was flawed like everyone else. The British Crown was not responsible for her death. Her boyfriend and his drug and alcohol 🍷 addicted driver were. She only ran away from the press when they weren’t fawning over her.

[@DeliverMeFromEvil-]

According to Lady Colin Campbell Diana..."gave as good as she got"... she was no innocent and she betrayed her duty. Sorry folks call me what you will boys will be boys... but by playing the trollop Diana jeopardized the succession. She didn't care. Seems none of that generation did but Edward

[@Hylas67]

The queens face🤣 at 0:51 when Tony Blair try to suck up...

[@histman3133]

Rest in Peace to Her Majesty the Queen. Love from Canada! There will never be another like her.

[@waynethurman2144]

Never have been impressed with any of the Royals except Di.

[@michaelmarzano2759]

Her Majesty QEII was definitely a cut above. Duty before anything. I think she handled Diana’s death with great humility and in a very private way. I think it’s sad that the majority wanted to see her blubbering and a wreck. She was never that sort of person.

[@IndependentConversations]

I think the public wanted the house of Windsor to give her the final token she deserved. You have to remember during the divorce negotiations the queen was more than willing to let Diana retain her "hrh" title but in fact Charles lobbied hard to the queen to support the change and keep "princess of wales" which is such a royal contradiction. I do think if this was allowed to be a private funeral, Diana would of done so much damage thar possibly Charles would of never inherited the crown. So the royal family being forced to attend actually all saved their butts, something princess Margaret wrote in a letter not that long after.

[@Jp67-n6b]

When this actually happened, I thought that bringing the queen to London was horrid, as a grandmother she was looking after her grandchildren

[@falconeshield]

Suuure

[@Jp67-n6b]

@@falconeshield yeah for sure I never was a Diana fan like you 😂

[@zachm2331]

I’ll admit it, I like The Queen, better than The Crown. Granted, I still have to finish the last Olivia Colman season. So interested to see how they portray Tony Blair in the Crown and how they cover all the Diana stuff, both her divorce from Charles and her death.

[@inigobantok1579]

This was the basis of the Crown as well as the Audience play. But the crown got f k e d by the writing of Season 5 either by Morgans slump or Netflix executives trying to phone it in with the Diana show

[@CrazyWatcher670]

2:11 fortunately not. Who remember Mr Blair now?

[@karlheinzegger9790]

People see the pomp and glamour of being the Queen. Many people don't see the sacrifice that comes with the job. Keeping up traditions in times that change so fast cannot be easy.

[@falconeshield]

She's been there for 7 decades. I'm sure she sure the ups and downs far more than most of us

[@franciscoamayanaranjo2213]

I LOVE you, Helen ♥️❤️♥️♥️❤️

[@Godwinpounds4333]

👋i hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace 💞❤️🕊️🕊️ all over the world! Happy New year 🎆 🙏🌍 I'm originally from Canada currently living in California ☀️☀️and you where are you from if i may ask?💭

[@chinaman1]

Duties first, self second. That's how life's should be. But people are confusing duties with self. Being angry/mad for the sake of other's is not YOUR duty.

[@robertoleal9717]

La mejor intérprete a mi parecer de la reina Isabel, por lejos.

[@AaronDanieltenni]

A bright career for this man who played Tony Blair twice.

[@ImJamieX]

I really need to finish this show haha I stopped around the end of Season 2 I think (No reason in particular)

[@saraswatkin9226]

The Queen was very astute and one can see it here.

[@michaelmarzano2759]

He’s more like Tony Blair than the man himself

[@USASMR-o2c]

If you start with Sir Winston Churchill as your PM, you know it is only going to go down from there...

[@nofacespacetasmr3008]

I preferred Mirren’s Elizabeth to Colman and Staunton’s Elizabeth’s. She gives a much more experienced and knowledgeable Queen and she honestly felt more like an older Claire Foy who gave a powerful performance as Queen honestly no one could have succeeded her in that role. As for Colman and Staunton, no hate to them, I just didn’t really enjoy their performance as the queen.

[@fahimfaisalmahir567]

The Crown should have cast a big actress like Helen Mirren as Queen to rival Diana..Then the balance would have maintained

[@mrwindsor9082]

Blair/Sheen goes in an eye blink from obsequiousness to tough pragmatism. Michael Sheen should also have won an Oscar for this film.

[@aquariusjewelry]

helen miren doesn't do the queen's accent quite right comparing to claire foy for example, she sound like Helen miren rather than the queen

[@Marko-ol4yi]

I know politics and interests of the state are above everything, but I still don't know how Her Majesty managed to cope with such a disgusting grimase of that "creature"...

[@wolf99000]

Its crazy how right Blair is here after that week the queen not only got back to having the peoples love she had it even to must bigger extent

[@periphron]

Helen Mirren is always masterful.

[@Vejur9000]

Did the queen actually withdraw her hand during a shake? I seriously doubt it.

[@MTknitter22]

Me too. I am sure she was cordial

[@DragonHeir92]

Apparently, according to Kate Winslet when she met the Queen, Her Majesty gave firm handshakes and would do a very slight push in your direction to let you know to let go.

[@victoralexander123ordonez8]

Nuevo récord un hombre se vuelve famoso contando estrellitas

[@GIguy]

As a Canadian, I honestly knew nothing about Tony Blair. I political stance is usually liberal. In Canada, we have for the most part three major parties, being progressive, conservative, liberal, and new Democratic Party, and in Quebec, the block Québecois. I am familiar with your political structure, but not of your leaders. Can somebody please give me a totally unbiassed view of who, and what Tony Blair was all about, thank you.

[@afritimm]

Mirren didnt get the Queen's personality. Mirren is haughty, the Queen never was. She was certainly dignified and enigmatic, but never haughty.

[@chrissanford8014]

Beautiful scene ❗❤️👍

[@John_oR.]

The handshake

[@davidpar2]

Blair was pretending he wasn’t on a high horse, and the queen saw right through it and knocked him off it

[@for111]

1 in 4 still gave her a 75% approval rating. Any politician would kill for that 😂😂

[@TrequartistaFM]

Very true

[@fahimfaisalmahir567]

She died with an approval rating of 86%

[@flatoutflatbroke]

Blair’s peaked at over 90 after Diana died granted his longevity was nothing like the Queen.

[@TrequartistaFM]

@@flatoutflatbroke Really? That is very impressive

[@joiisler8986]

Wow. Way to go with the self-pity, LIILIBET. You dropped the ball on DIANA, and insulted your subjects when they were heavily grieving. Deal.🙄

[@Hotshots2890]

at this point in her regin she had seen about 10 PMs as Queen and they all had ups and downs and mostly the DOWN is a very quick and fast exit out of office. Popular PMs come and go fast but the CROWN REMAINS . the crown Netflix show plays this out better as the queen speaks to Prince Phillip and other fam about it and they tell her the same thing. Time and Time again a PM will be popular then quickly the people want his head on a pike

[@IndependentConversations]

Tony Blair was right about one thing. Elizabeth II was more respected, especially after changing the course in Diana's public funeral. Charles will never have Elizabeth's ls credibility and humility. They will always respect the crown but not necessarily the person two different concepts that elizabeth enjoyed high marks. The next generation with William and Kate will probably steer the monarchy into the next 100 years just like she did.

[@mckavitt13]

No one has ever called Her Majesty or any female leader M'am in the U.K. It has always been "M'ahm".

[@evelynmorales5388]

Me mama linda scott

[@dobazajr]

This was used as Helen Mirren's Oscar clip

[@YusufYusuf-ti2rz]

They should have used her Helen Mirren? In the Crown series

[@thepoormansguidetothegalax3981]

And Michael should have been Blair

[@studinthemaking]

Blair was just talking about the new world order in an interview recently. This guy never change.

[@grahamblack1961]

In reality they probably pissed themselves laughing about it.

[@iluop3623]

She was very young when she became Queen. Only a girl....

[@theredmenace22]

Someone please make an Aziraphale joke so I don't have to...