“The film 'The Queen' came about with a producer saying to me that he wanted me to write about the circumstances behind Diana's death. I think he was hoping that I would come up with some journalistic scoop that would identify an MI5 covert plot.”

British playwright and screenwriter

Peter Julian Robin Morgan is a British playwright and screenwriter. He is known for work across stage and screen, especially for writing about history and public figures, including Elizabeth II, whom he has portrayed extensively in major media. His writing often returns to political power, public life, and the making of modern history. He has received five BAFTA Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards, and has also been nominated for two Academy Awards, a Tony Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award. In February 2017, he received a British Film Institute Fellowship.