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The new Stephen Frears film, "The Queen," is about a clash of wills between Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Right Honourable Tony Blair, M.P., Prime Minister in Her Majesty's Government. Or, if you prefer, Alien vs. Predator. The clash dates from 1997--first from May, when Blair came to power (a power that he enjoys, or at least wields, to this day), and then from August, when the Princess of Wales died in a car crash and the British people, much to the consternation of their sovereign, behaved in ways that she did not recognize as British. You could argue that to dramatize such events is premature to the point of ...

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