he film opens outside Buckingham Palace, with crowds thronging The Mall, as it’s the wedding day of Prince Henry’s older brother. Alex is a guest and, for historic reasons, Alex and Henry already hate each other. Alex is vulgar, says Henry. Henry is snobbish, says Alex. Their dislike results in a shove that topples the wedding cake and creates a scandal. Alex is ordered by his mother, America’s President (a surprisingly wooden Uma Thurman), to go make nice to Henry as ‘we have spent the last three years negotiating a trade deal with His Majesty’s government’ and now it is in danger. I’m not sure royals can affect trade deals one way or the other, even if Prince Andrew imagines they are vital.
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