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The current Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, has arrived in a flurry to accuse the Queen of breaking their unspoken vow of silence and communicating her opinions to the press. They are having their weekly private meeting and discuss their differing opinions on the role of the Commonwealth in 1980s society/politics. Thatcher is domineering and forceful in her opinions, whilst the Queen is quietly absolute in hers.
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Start: Thatcher: Your Majesty…
End: Thatcher: Businesses. From the Middle East, mostly. And South Africa.
Elizabeth: Of course.
Peter Morgan. The Audience. London: Faber and Faber, 2013, pp.62-70.
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