However, the film coquettishly cuts the most famous Elizabeth quote short: when Robert Cecil tells the dying queen that she must go to bed, Mirren only says: "Must?", and does not proceed to say: "Little man, 'must' is not a word to be used to princes". Almost every quote we know from Elizabeth's reign (even the authentic ones) is in this admirable production. What a treat this series is! The historical aspects were slightly inaccurate, as they must be when 19 years are covered, but only occasionally inaccurate and the film benevolently grants Elizabeth the faithful suitors she may never have had Alencon seems genuinely interested in the old girl, as does Leicester, and the Essex rebellion was reduced to a spur of the moment undertaking, completely unpremeditated, so as to render the hero, the Earl of Essex, a bit purer than was the actual case. And, needless to say, Mirren surpasses herself, and in all likelihood Elizabeth I, too. the greatest actress of our time portraying the legendary Queen Bess.
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