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  • We talked about trying to create an image that would somehow, to an audience, create the sense of awe, wonder and shock that the troops must have felt that their monarch - and a female monarch - went to the frontline of battle and was prepared to lay down her life. This speech is so well known and has been done in virtually every version of the events of Elizabeth's life.

    "Elizabeth: The Golden Age - Cate Blanchett interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.