Word: queen
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This might be a Gaslight-style melodrama. Mrs. Brown, though, is a true story, about Queen Victoria (Judi Dench) and her long grief after Prince Albert's death. When her intimacy with Brown (Billy Connolly) becomes known, demands to abolish the monarchy ring through Parliament, forcing Prime Minister Disraeli (Antony Sher) to call on Brown. Her Majesty must be coaxed out of hibernation and back to her people...
...written by Jeremy Brock and directed by John Madden, this British film has the regal, clubby aura of Masterpiece Theatre (which co-produced Mrs. Brown). Nicely, it lets viewers decide whether Brown is a devoted servant or a devious bully and whether the Queen's long bereavement is partly stubbornness masquerading as principle. It also provides a field day for some wonderful actors too little seen on this side of the Atlantic. Sher is a wily, puckish delight; and Dame Judi, her face clamped in anguish, radiates the stern ecstasy of grief. This queen of English understatement embodies Victoria...
Christopher S. Queen, dean of students for the Harvard Summer School, said any decision on immunization requirements would rest with...
...take our orders from UHS. We're not in the position to make medical decisions," Queen said...
When it comes to replacing Millie, any old mutt just won't do. So on their way back from Poland last week, Barbara and George Bush picked up a new liver-and-white springer spaniel, trained by Queen Elizabeth's very own dog trainer in London. As it comes from the land of Shakespeare, maybe the pooch will have even more literary ability than its best-selling pawbear...