August 31 will mark 20 years since the death of the "people's princess", Princess Diana
Her global celebrity has never waned and watching the superb British movie The Queen on Maori Television on Sunday night was testament to the acting genius of Helen Mirren.
The wonderful film had me transfixed from the opening scenes.
I loved overtly twitchy new Prime Minister Tony Blair walking warily into the palace to meet with the Queen.
She didn't help him at all. Held a distant smile and had an equally disinterested cool voice.