However, in this scene (as in several others) the playwright succumbs to the temptations of parody, and a miscast Haydn Gwynne towers over the queen in the manner of the celebrated shaving-and-cigar-smoking "Spitting Image" caricature of the Iron Lady.
WSJ: Review: Taking Tea with the Figurehead | 'The Audience' at the Gielgud Theatre in London