By now that beautiful purple artwork should have caught your attention in the cinema. Emily Blunt’s profile on proud display in its regal fineness.
The film opens at the coronation of Queen Victoria. She is seated serenely on her coronation throne atop the Stone of Scone, orb and sceptre in hand. Zadok the Priest suddenly reveals itself, bursting out from the soundtrack. We know where and when we are. Flash back one year and a young Victoria (see what I did there?) is refusing to sign away her right to rule to her mother and her manipulative estate manager. Read the rest of this entry »

