We go straight to the source with the fascinating subject of the latest film from Stephen Frears and Steve Coogan, in which she is played by the redoubtable Sally Hawkins.
... Hawkins does a great job of making Philippa feel real and she manages to inject a whole lot of fight into the character ...
“Sent before my time into this breathing world, scarce half made up, and that so lamely and unfashionable that dogs bark at me.”
If anyone deserves a throne, it’s comedian, actor, multi-linguist Eddie Izzard, who pops up as kinky, stiff upper lip Bertie in Victoria and Abdul.
...a satisfyingly sweet confection which will find, and please, its audience.
The veteran director of Victoria and Abdul hates the Royal Family but knows a great story when he sees one.