Great performances from the actress, Gillian Andersen and the real Mrs. Thatcher. The way Mrs Thatcher would say in a heavily accentuated voice "Your MAJESTY", dropping in tone and curtsy nearly to the floor, made me laugh and no doubt amused the Royal Family. But the Iron Lady was unflinching when it came to doing business and putting Britain first on the International scale. She was made to bend her Iron Will when it came to sanctions against South Africa for its apartheid atrocities. Two women in charge of the nation, of course, created some royal friction with the Queen (Olivia Coleman) being the more experienced of the two. Enjoyed watching those two women challenging each other in not too subtle tones.
Lesson in history. Perhaps Mrs. Thatcher was right that the Queen should not have given in to the flatteries of Third World leaders of former British colonies. However, the Queen was wise enough to preserve the Commonwealth, uniting English speaking nations round the world that remain loyal to the Crown, in a loyalty born out of affection for British habits.
Trivia: Margaret Thatcher was a striking beauty as an Oxford student and Party supporter. She also loved cooking and cooked for her Cabinet members, at late night meetings in 10 Downing Street. She cooked the nations' favourites, shepherd's pie, kedgeree and toad in the hole. Geoffrey Howe said 'yummy'.
Excellent and terrific lookalikes, actors Nicholas Farrell as Michael Shea (Press Secretary to the Queen from 1978 to 1987) and Paul Jesson as Sir Geoffrey Howe.
