The survival of the British Monarchy is at stake as Queen Elizabeth II struggles to deal with the death of Princess Diana, a woman she loathes but whom the public idolizes.

>>How is the British Monarchy?s ?survival? threatened?

By a loss of popularity such that Parliament might vote ?for a national referendum ?to abolish the monarchy, convert Great Britain to a republic. ?That was what ?Queen Elizabeth II feared; that’s the?way the stakes of the the story were framed in the 2006 film. ?(Which was based upon the the public reaction and fallout from Princess Diana’s death in 1997.)

“Deal with” is indeed vague. ?Basically her strategy for “dealing with” Princess Di’s death was to ignore it, refuse to even make a pretense of sharing the nation’s grief.

Maybe something like:

The survival of the British Monarchy is at stake as Queen Elizabeth II refuses to join in mourning the death of Princess Diana, a woman she loathes but whom the public idolizes.

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It’s a negative ?goal, the wrong strategy. (And ?a logline can be about a character who strives for the wrong objective goal — as long as the character has a goal!)

In contrast, the objective goal of her Prime Minister, Tony Blair, is to nudge, cajole, and finally “advise” her that she must officially mourn Prince Di’s death, attend her funeral. ?(The Oscar nominated?script is well worth studying as an example of how to work out a complicated working relationship and role reversal.)

So, I suppose the logline could be written from his pov, where he has a positive goal, the right strategy.. ?But, as usual, monarchy pulls rank and gets the top billing.