I keep hoping Harris' character isn't going going to hang himself this time. I think I'm good this one time.

There were two sisters named Cornwallis Who loved to give fellatio and said "Call us"!! Both hard workers, neither a quitter The brunette was a swallower but the ginger a spitter

I really feel sorry for Margaret For she had made Peter her target. If King George was alive, the marriage would thrive. But the Queen treated him like a carpet.

This scene does such an amazing job of establishing the tone of The Crown. The writers separated it from anything else we had seen on the royals in just a few minutes.

Brilliant , Old countess of Bray

last king of india!

Is this the only time they say Cunt in the crown?

Actually Ben Miles would’ve been a better George VI. He has the hair a little more similar, he’s a bit closer in age, to how old George VI was in 1945-47, he has a thinner frame and slightly smaller head than Jared Harris does, Jared Harris has quite a big or average sized head and is big boned, George VI had a quite small head and was rather thin. Still Jared Harris did a rather good job, a very talented actor.

From this scene alone, it’s very easy to see why Peter Townshend fell in love with Margaret. She’s very much her father’s daughter, limericks included. Peter was the only one who could calm King George in a difficult moment. Margaret later described Peter as “my sun, my water”, showing how he brought a similar calm to her life. It’s all the more reason Margaret and Peter should’ve been allowed to stay together.

Jared Harris is absolutely amazing in every role he has.

My favourite scene in the entire show. Fantastic character development, genuinely funny and kind of shocking, brilliant performances.

I just now discovered that he (Jared Harris) is the son of the original Dumbledore (Richard Harris). I remember Jared from an episode of SVU (among a few other things) but I had no idea his dad was Richard! Two incredible actors, indeed.

Just an old sailor and an old air force type sharing jokes.

The dress shirts we wear today everyday and the dress shirt with a detachable collar, if I had the choice I would choose to wear the dress shirts we wear today everyday.

0:44 What did King Bertie said?

It's pretty amazing to consider that Queen Elizabeth II lost her father (King George VI - played here by the awesome Jared Harris), her grandmother and her sister all to lung cancer due to their heavy smoking habits. When he married Elizabeth in 1947 at the age of 26, Prince Phillip had to give up smoking as one of her hard conditions to marrying him - he may have found it emasculating at the time. He lived another 73 healthy years with her after that. He didn't know it at the time, but she saved his life!

More needs to be written about Group Captain Townsend, WW2 fighter ace, Equerry to the King. He was as important to the RF as Lascelles

I could see why Margret fell for Peter 😏

Started the crown about half way through. He’s so handsome

love his James Mason style delivery at the end

Peter: There was a young lady named Margaret.. wait wait I meant Sally, Sally

There once was a monarch named Ed, Who screwed Mrs. Simpson in bed. As they bounced up and down, He yelled, "Bugger the Crown! We'll give it to Bertie, instead!"

I was trying to write a limerick for my mom’s birthday card and didn’t realize it was so hard! Had to come search this scene to appreciate a good limerick!

That gradual change from furious to relieved and amused as he hears the limerick. Jared Harris is an ingenious actor.

One of my favorite scenes. I think this the scene that won me over.

Oh he plays him well

Sir Tommy Lascelles always there to put order in the house

It’s amazing to think that he was secretly doubling as an ad agent.

Just Realized mad men

Peter was a great man. The only one good enough for Margaret, in my opinion. I have no doubt King George would have approved of them.

I believe Tommy Lascelles, as portrayed in The Crown, is a preposterous evidence of the human spiritual evolution.

I love how the King just despised Tommy Lascelles, that horrible despicable manipulative creature, and continued telling his joke.

Professor Legasov can yell at the British but not the Russians

The lovely joke was burred by the bell ringing and the guy pushing the King to move along his schedule.

Why does everyone talk about his performance in Chernobyl, and not in The Terror. The Terror very well may have been better than Chernobyl. Incidentally, this series contains two lead actors from The Terror.

Love Townsend, goodest boy award

0:45 Well, if you don’t like it, you could always put on your own clothes. Like a big boy.

“There was a spot of blood in my spittle.” “Here, have a cigarette to take your mind off it.”

Ahh you gotta love 50's medicine where specks of blood from the lungs meant cold weather

I don't know what it is about Jared Harris, he's a normal looking sort of guy and most of the roles he plays are not particularly remarkable men (even if they're the king) but somehow he's one of the most mesmerising performers out there. He really draws the eye and commands your attention.

This was such a good show! Can’t believe such a boring subject could be this entertaining

So Patrick also had a song about Sally.

1:01 "Sir, eyes front." As upright as he seems, dangerous is the man who is able to tame & command his lover's father, let alone his king. I wonder what kind of unique trouble he would have got the royal family in had he been allowed to marry the Princess Margaret.

Peter’s voice is so calming! It’s almost as if you have a 40’s-50’s era ASMR channel with you at all times.

LOL Bertie may have ended up being a king, but at heart he was still a Navy man.....sharing dirty limericks with a fellow military guy!

Why would they continue this if they knew? as a canadian subject I never could understand feeding his habit? He was a brave king

A limerick being told to an actor whos father Richard Harris, hails from that Irish city, Jared is morphing in to his father the older he gets

Peter Townsend calmed the King down and took over rather nicely.

press F to pay respect.

Ooooooo I just got the limerick connection to Margaret with LBJ in Season Two.