'Diana crisis' film in the running at Venice festival
By Hugh Davies
(Filed: 28/07/2006)
...A film in which Dame Helen Mirren depicts the Queen in the days after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, will compete at this year's Venice film festival.
The Queen, directed by Stephen Frears, will dramatise the monarch's struggle between private grief and the public's demand for an overt display of mourning following the princess's death in Paris...
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Originally Posted by Elspeth
I very much doubt it. Wonder if they're going to watch. 
I noticed that Helen Mirren got her damehood before essaying the role of HMQ in a touchy situation. |
The above link has this quote that answers some of your concerns:
...Dame Helen said: "I'd be devastated if she feels that I've betrayed her in my portrayal of her.
''I find her duty and self-sacrifice incredible virtues.''