[Movie Script]Queen, The

                                  THE QUEEN


Written by
Peter Morgan


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          ARCHIVE TELEVISION FOOTAGE



          It's Election Day 1997. Up and down the country, the PEOPLE

OF BRITAIN, people of all shapes and sizes and denominations,

black and white, young and old, are going to the Polls.



          Everyone, that is, except the people that live in...
          EXT. BUCKINGHAM PALACE - DAY



The most instantly recognisable Palace in the world.
The Royal Standard, (the flag of heraldic lions and symbolic

harp-strings that signals the Monarch's presence), flutters

on the roof.





          INT. BUCKINGHAM PALACE - CHINESE ROOM DAY



We're in a state room at Buckingham Palace. A TV plays in the

corner..
                                  COMMENTARY


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