《the queen》(《女王》)的英文summary
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A few months later, ring a visit to Paris, Diana, Princess of Wales is inside a car being chased by paparazzi when the driver accidentally crashes into a tunnel pillar underneath the Pont de l'Alma, resulting in her death. Blair makes a public statement, written by his director of communications, Alastair Campbell, in which he describes Diana as "the People's Princess." The phrase catches on immediately. Over the next few days, Britons erupt in an intense state of grief, as millions go to Buckingham Palace to place floral tributes and notes along the railings.
Meanwhile, the Royal Family is still on holiday at Balmoral Castle, the Queen's Scottish estate in Aberdeenshire, a contrast with the relatively modest middle-class household the Blairs keep in their constituency. Diana's death sparks mixed feelings among senior members of the family. Diana had not been much beloved by them while she was alive. The Queen observes that, since Diana divorced her son, Charles, Prince of Wales, a year before, Diana is no longer a member of the Royal Family. Consequently, as she insists to Blair, the funeral arrangements are a "private matter" to be left to the late princess's own family, the Spencers. After initially hesitating, she accedes to Prince Charles' request, following the Queen Mother's suggestion, for his use of an aircraft of the Royal Flight to fly to Paris and bring Diana's body back to England. Charles ensures that Diana's coffin is draped with a royal standard instead of being in a "wooden crate."
In London, the bouquets begin to pile up along the Palace railings, forcing the changing of the guard to use another gate. As the days pass, the British tabloids become increasingly impatient with the absence of an expression of public condolence from the royal family. Prince Charles, ring a brief conversation with Blair when Diana's body is returned to London and later through back-channel contacts, leaves no doubt that he shares Blair's views about the need for a more public expression of grief. Blair's popularity rises sharply, to the delight of the Prime Minister's more republican advisers, including his wife, Cherie, who see the Monarchy as hopelessly antiquated.
Blair, however, does not share these sentiments. He wants to save the Royal Family "from themselves" before it is too late. Despite not concurring with the Royal Family's course of action, Blair respects the Royal Family and chides Cherie for her lack of respect. (Later on, Blair reveals himself as a traditionalist who supports the Monarchy and angrily denounces the anti-royal disdain of his Labour counterparts.) After days of building pressure, Blair calls the Queen at Balmoral and urgently recommends a course of action he believes is needed to retain (or regain) the public's confidence in the Monarchy. These measures include attending a public funeral for Diana at Westminster Abbey, flying a Union Flag at half mast over Buckingham Palace (a step without precedent in four centuries of royal protocol), and speaking to the nation about Diana's legacy in a live, televised address from the Palace.
Blair's recommendations outrage the Queen's husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the Queen Mother. Philip is also surprised that Elton John, a homosexual, attends and sing in Diana's honour. They view such steps as an undignified surrender to public hysteria, created by the tabloids, that will eventually calm down when the public comes to its senses. The Queen seems more concerned about this and although she shares their feelings, she begins to have doubts as she closely follows the news coverage. Speaking with her mother, the Queen muses that there has been some shift in public values, that perhaps one should step aside and hand over the monarchy to the next generation when one no longer understands one's people. Her mother reminds the Queen of the vow she made as a princess (to devote "my whole life, whether it be long or short... to your service").
In a symbolic and fictional scene (a portion of which was played ring the Oscar television programme), the Queen is alone in the countryside, her vehicle having broken down. A 14 point stag approaches, and their eyes meet. She recognises the deer as one that her own family has been unsuccessfully hunting. When she later learns of its having been killed by a neighbouring sport hunter, she visits the estate where the stag is being dressed. It was an odd request, to see the fallen stag. However, the Queen identifies with something that at one time was so regal and in a matter of hours had fallen from a state of grace. The description of the stag as having been wounded and hunted to its death is also reminiscent of the fate that Diana herself also fell victim to.
The Queen returns to London, inspects the floral tributes, and goes on live television to speak about Diana's life and work. This gesture seems to diffuse the public's anger. Two months later, Blair comes to the Palace for a weekly meeting. The Queen has regained her popularity, but believes she will never quite fully recover from "that week". She cautions Blair that he too will find, one day, that public opinion can turn rapidly. With some banter about who should be advising whom, they go for a walk in the Palace garden, talking about Blair's current policy plans and apparently enjoying each other's company. The film was made 10 years subsequently at a time where the Queen's 'caution' has been realised and Prime Minister Tony Blair had found himself in the firing line of public opinion over the Iraq War, adding a sense of irony to her premonition.
