The Crown

2022 - 11 - 9

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'The Crown': Remembering Queen Elizabeth's Floating Palace (Vanity Fair)

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip waving on board Royal Yacht Britannia during an official visit to Kuwait during the tour of The Gulf in 1979.By Tim Graham ...

[biography](https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/01/QA-Sally-Bedell-Smith-on-Her-New-Book-iElizabeth-the-Queeni) Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch, the queen even tucked away her trademark skirts and dresses while aboard. There was a [water slide](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9455703/Prince-Philips-lifetime-laughter-lasting-love-pictures.html) that family members would happily hurl themselves down, and humorous performances put on by the yacht’s staff. In 1954, the ship’s maiden voyage reunited the queen and Philip with their young children, Charles and Anne, after nearly 18 months apart from them. [Claire Foy](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/11/the-crown-clair-foy-queen-elizabeth-interview), christening the Royal Yacht Britannia to cheers of jubilation in 1954, the year after she was [coronated](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/photos/2022/09/photos-a-look-back-at-queen-elizabeth-iis-coronation) at the age of 27. In addition to a grand staircase, silver and crystal tableware, and a wine cellar, Britannia featured a state dining room large enough to accommodate 100 that could be converted into a private cinema. It was the one home that Elizabeth and Philip had a true hand in designing, and was outfitted with a bolted-down piano for evening singalongs, framed family photos, travel mementos from around the globe, and a sundeck outfitted with wicker furniture. The actual 412-foot royal yacht—built to replace its predecessor, the Victoria and Albert—was a real-life delight for Queen Elizabeth and the backdrop for many happy family memories. The queen, meanwhile, handpicked the chintz fabrics and details down to the doorknobs and lampshades. [scandals](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/10/the-crown-actually-will-recreate-charles-and-camillas-tampongate-phone-call) involving her family members—this new chapter will not be a cheery one for our queen, the season premiere portends. presidents, including the Eisenhowers, the Fords, the Reagans, and the Clintons. “They all bear the stamp of my predecessors. The season premiere, “Queen Victoria Syndrome,” then jumps forward almost four decades to introduce the franchise’s latest iteration of the aging monarch, played by Imelda Staunton, shortly after she was called “irrelevant, old, expensive, and out-of-touch” by her once-adoring constituents in 1991.

'The Crown' Season 4: Recap And Ending: Everything You Need To ... (Digital Mafia Talkies)

Margaret Thatcher became the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and Queen Elizabeth was somewhere looking forward to seeing what changes she was ...

We are not advocating the fact that she was right in indulging in an extramarital affair, but it was a consequence of things that she had to face from the very first day of her marriage. Diana and Charles were still together at the end of season 4, but we know that it was just a matter of time before the inevitable happened. In the 8th episode of “The Crown” season 4, we see that Charles was caught in an avalanche in Switzerland. In the 10th episode of “The Crown,” we saw that everybody, including the Queen, knew that whatever Prince Charles was doing was unjustified. She proved to the people that she was also a human, just like them. Towards the end of “The Crown” season 4, we see that Diana was still ready to put in the required effort to save their marriage. The irony was that Sarah and Charles were involved in a romantic relationship for a short period of time, and then he developed a liking for her younger sister and started dating her eventually. The season focuses on the rise and fall of Margaret Thatcher and the impact she had on the country. It created a rift between Thatcher and the Queen, and the scandalous scoop became the talk of the town. The United Kingdom won the war, and the people came to know that after a long time, they had a Prime Minister who was not only opinionated but was also adamant about bringing about a change in the entire setup. In the 8th episode of “The Crown,” we witness that in the mid-1980s, the leaders of 49 nations wanted to put economic sanctions on the apartheid government of South Africa. In 1982, Argentina had occupied the Falkland Islands, and Thatcher wanted to wage war because she felt that the United Kingdom was justified in doing so.

5 facts 'The Crown' Season 5 got wrong: Philip's affair, Diana's ... (New York Post)

Here are the facts versus fiction Netflix got wrong in Season 5 of "The Crown," including Charles and Diana's divorce, Philip's affair with Penny Knatchbull ...

The Crown Recap: Love's Refrain (Vulture)

Peter Townsend (now played by Timothy Dalton) comes back into Margaret's life while a fire devastates Windsor Castle, prompting the queen to give an iconic ...

• After Anne tells her mother that she’s going to marry Tim no matter what, she makes a point of kissing him in front of the help. But when the Queen Mother critiques the draft, Philip jumps in to defend his wife, arguing she deserves to express herself and have peace of mind. The symbolism of a castle burning feels a little on the nose in this time of turbulence and crisis, but hey, She talks to the Archbishop of Canterbury about her children’s collapsing marriages and feeling like she failed them as a parent. After all, Anne and Margaret have romantic situations that are more or less identical, but Anne is the only one who gets her happy ending. She suggests that maybe the fire was started by someone who could have a bone to pick with the queen. More than a hundred rooms are destroyed in the inferno, including the Crimson Room — a place where Margaret and Peter had shared fond memories together. At the reception, Peter and Margaret steal glances at each other from a respectable distance until a trumpet version of “Stardust” plays and he insists they dance. As the night winds down, Peter says he’ll be back in London soon and he’d like to return her letters, which he’s kept all this time. The queen is being a buzzkill partly due to insecurity she feels within her own marriage, but it’s frustrating to see Margaret’s joy tampered with, especially when Elizabeth drove a wedge between those two so many years ago. So when she, as a chain-smoking radio guest, says she still values her faith and the possibility of happy endings, it’s hard not to root for her. But this episode is at its most moving when it’s resurrecting a story from the very first season, courtesy of Princess Margaret (now played by Lesley Manville, picking up where Vanessa Kirby and then

'The Crown': Netflix Boss Ted Sarandos Calls Series the 'Crown ... (TV Insider)

Sarandos took time to address the controversy surrounding 'The Crown' at the Season 5 premiere in London.

Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Crown' Season 5 on Netflix, Cruising Into ... (Decider)

With a new cast that includes Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana, Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II, and Dominic West as Prince Charles, season 5 of ...

It was a good, but not great episode, and it’s indicative of a good, bot not great season. “It’s a situation that cannot help but to affect the stability of the country. Most Pilot-y Line: “The Prince of Wales, impatient for a bigger role in public life, fails to appreciate that his one great asset is his wife,” John Major says as he scornfully looks down at the young revelers partying at the Ghillies Ball. Still, it’s thrilling all the same to see new actors take the places of the old and honestly, if an episode about the queen’s love affair with her royal yacht is good, we can only hope that the really juicy stuff will indeed be great. West, Debicki, and Staunton were front and center in this episode offering fresh takes on characters we’ve grown attached to and it’s exciting to see how they’ll develop, but it’s also exciting to see what the show will do with Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret, Timothy Dalton as Peter Townsend, and Olivia Williams as Camilla Parker-Bowles. It’s fascinating to watch the new season with an eye toward the actors as they start to own the roles played by others in the past and see how they make them their own, too. Our Take: There’s so much at stake this season on The Crown, so much for this show to compare itself to. To make matters worse, a poll by the Times of London has also declared that the queen (who, let me remind you, will go on to rule for 32 more years) is a seen as too old to rule and out of touch, and half the British public think she should abdicate the throne and hand the reins to Prince Charles. And of course, there’s the Diana of it all. This season will be a test of not just how the show handles the subject matter, but how the actors stack up to their predecessors. In previous seasons, Charles has been portrayed as a simpering pawn in the royal line of succession. The show has always done a great job fictionalizing real events and every group of actors who has assumed the roles of the royals has set the bar incredibly high.