Thirteen things about "The Queen"

I finally watched "The Queen" on the weekend. Here are my thoughts: While the Queen and Tony Blair were fleshed out, the minor characters were really just caricatures (a quibble I remember reading in one of the movie reviews at the time). Philip and Cherie Blair, in particular. Helen Mirren, on the other end of the scale, was truly magnificent. She deserved that Oscar. I wonder if the Queen is like that in real life? Where does the fiction end and fact begin? Well, she couldn't have been too offensive, seeing Helen Mirren was recently invited to lunch with the real Queen. The movie also dealt rather wryly with Tony Blair as PM - heralded as the great 'modernizer' and 'hero of the nation' - but in subsequent years he has been blighted by the war in Iraq and I wonder how much of his talents were wasted (or wanting to being with, so may say his critics). I daresay he'd see the movie as bittersweet. What say the UK readers of my above point? What say you, for example, Jean-Luc. I'd love to know! "The Queen" was short! Only a 100 min. It didn't really 'feel' like a movie. More like a documentary. There wasn't much of a narrative arc. Perhaps this is because it was based on events that played out, which I remember particularly well. I already knew how they unfolded. Do you remember hearing about Diana's death? I do. I heard it over the 11am radio news. Adam's housemate and I promptly turned on the television (Adam's reaction? 'Meh' he grunted, turning back to his computer game.) I sat in front of the television and howled at her funeral a week later. I think this was for no other reason, really, because I really felt for those poor boys of hers. What about you?