London: If the story of a new film, The Queen, is to be believed, Elizabeth II, shocked at the public anger towards her, considered abdicating in the days after Princess Diana died.
Due for release next month, the movie focuses on the week following Diana's death on August 31, 1997, when the Royal Family was plunged into crisis after misjudging the national mood.
It controversially alleges that the present Queen of England was so shaken by people's wrath towards her that she was on the verge of stepping down.
In the film, a despairing Queen, played by Helen Mirren, is seen walking in the gardens of Balmoral with her mother, saying, "When you no longer understand your people, maybe it's time to hand over to the next generation," reports The Mirror.
The Queen Mother, however, reassures her that things will soon blow over.
Scriptwriter Peter Morgan insists that the bold claim made in the film was meticulously researched.
"I went to see everyone and anyone who would talk," he said. "There area lot of biographers of the Royal Family and the Blairs and they all have their sources, from equerries to secretaries to butlers to maids to civil servants."
The Queen is to be released on September 15 this year.
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