The Queen Page #4

ELIZABETH (cont’d)

Really..?

Her expression changes. She frostily turns to the BLAIRS..

ELIZABETH (cont’d)

I’m afraid we’re going to have to

leave it there.

With that the QUEEN shakes TONY’s hand. TONY and CHERIE

awkwardly back out of the royal presence, leaving The QUEEN

and JANVRIN.

ELIZABETH:

Not too short, was it? I gave him

fifteen minutes.

(a beat)

One doesn’t want to be rude.

INT. BUCKINGHAM PALACE - CORRIDOR - DAY

TONY and CHERIE walk down a corridor. CHERIE whispers under

her breath..

CHERIE:

(mimics QUEEN’s manner)

“Thank you so much for coming. Now

bugger off.”

TONY:

I know. What was all that about?

CHERIE:

Diana. Apparently she’s got a new

boyfriend.

11.

ARCHIVE TELEVISION NEWS FOOTAGE

Of PRINCESS DIANA walking hand in hand with a dark-haired MAN

in his late thirties..

CNN NEWSREADER:

Dodi Al-Fayed is the son of Egyptian

millionaire Mohammed Al-Fayed, a man

whom the English establishment has

repeatedly denied a British passport..

TELEVISION NEWS FOOTAGE

DIANA and DODI kissing and canoodling on board the yacht

‘Jonikal’..

GERMAN NEWSREADER

The Princess and Mr Fayed were hugging

and kissing in full view of the

world’s press yesterday..

TELEVISION NEWS FOOTAGE

DIANA and DODI on the yacht on their last holiday together..

FRENCH NEWSREADER

..the couple then left for Paris. At

one point, the Princess told gathered

reporters to watch out. Her next move

would really surprise them...

CUT TO:

EXT. RITZ HOTEL - NIGHT

PAPARAZZI are assembled outside the hotel. A few SPECTATORS

too.

CAPTION:
“RITZ HOTEL, PARIS. 31 AUGUST, 1997”.

Various NEWS REPORTERS are also broadcasting...

FRENCH REPORTER:

(in French)

..the Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed

returned to Paris earlier today..

GERMAN REPORTER:

..where they visited a local jewellery

shop where unconfirmed reports

suggested Mr Fayed had been looking at

engagement rings..

12.

INT. RITZ HOTEL - NIGHT

CCTV FOOTAGE:
the unmistakable blonde hair of the PRINCESS of

WALES as she enters the Ritz Hotel through revolving doors.

E:

XT. RITZ HOTEL - NIGHT

A German REPORTER continues..

GERMAN REPORTER:

(in German)

...they have now been inside the hotel

for more than two hours. We believe

they have been dining in a suite on

the fifth floor..

Presently a ripple of activity: DOORMEN furtively speak into

walkie-talkies. Growing anticipation in the CROWD..

An AMERICAN REPORTER turns to his camera..

AMERICAN REPORTER

We’ve just been told the Princess is

about to come out of the hotel..

PAPARAZZI jostle roughly for position, and raise their

cameras as the doors open, and a BLACK MERCEDES slides into

position.

INT. RITZ HOTEL - SAME TIME

Elsewhere in the hotel..

The real DIANA, her BODYGUARD, DODI FAYED, and HENRI PAUL

leave the public part of the hotel, and walk down a flight of

stairs..

EXT. RITZ HOTEL - FRONT ENTRANCE - NIGHT

Pandemonium breaks out as BODYGUARDS emerge from the hotel.

E:

ngines roar into life of the decoy black Mercedes.

Doors slam. The CROWD surges. An explosion of flashlights.

Tyres burn. The squeal of rubber as the MERCEDES pulls off.

Swarms of PAPARAZZI give chase, kick-starting their

motorcycles, speaking into cell-phones to their COLLEAGUES..

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