"The Queen" - 2006 film about Elizabeth II and the death of Diana

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'The Queen' to debut at New York Film Fest

NEW YORK, July 19 (UPI) -- A controversial new movie about the royal family's reaction to the death of Princess Diana will premiere at the New York Film Festival Sept. 29, 2006.
...Frears said that the script of the movie is based on interviews with insiders and royal watchers.

link with picture of the actress playing Elizabeth II: North American Premiere of Frears' "The Queen" To Open 2006 New York Film Festival

another link with a picture: Frears Pic to Open NYFF

...First of all, its title -- The Queen -- is just vague enough to be intriguing: The movie could be about anyone from, like, Isabel of Spain to Liberace. So there's some built-in suspense there.

...the film is set within England's royal family immediately after the death of Princess Diana, which could potentially be incredibly interesting. Finally and most importantly, it stars Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II. Actually, just that would sell me -- Mirren is a staggeringly talented actress who gets more interesting and more impressive as she gets older...

This link has the lead actress without the movie makeup, I have to say she makes a dashing Queen Elizabeth:
NY fest to open with film about week after Diana's death

...In an interview with the BBC, Mirren said she plays the Queen as a woman who is "steady, true, honest and British." Mirren played Elizabeth I in the HBO miniseries about the life of the monarch...

'Queen' Rules New York Festival Opening
July 19, 2006 By Gregg Goldstein
..."It's a beautifully pitched script with darkly comic undertones that gives amazing insight into what went on behind the palace gates," said Miramax president Daniel Battsek.
The studio will start releasing "Queen" in early October...