For them to tackle the constitutional crisis that this evidently was, it's underwhelming for the resolution to be so inexplicably rushed. Events are set up & depicted competently but nothing really leaves the same impression as before.
There are however several moments of brilliant tension - mainly the confrontation between Margaret Thatcher & the Queen - but for this to be the first conflict between monarch & Prime Minister during Elizabeth's tenure - & the first time she expresses a public opinion, contradicting the very rules she's lived by for over 3 decades - one can't help but feel as though the profound gravity of such a situation (the uncharacteristic surreality of it) should've been felt more heavily - as it was unlike any other, presenting a complex dilemma - the likes of which people had never seen before from her.
There are however several moments of brilliant tension - mainly the confrontation between Margaret Thatcher & the Queen - but for this to be the first conflict between monarch & Prime Minister during Elizabeth's tenure - & the first time she expresses a public opinion, contradicting the very rules she's lived by for over 3 decades - one can't help but feel as though the profound gravity of such a situation (the uncharacteristic surreality of it) should've been felt more heavily - as it was unlike any other, presenting a complex dilemma - the likes of which people had never seen before from her.