Christmas Carollers & King George VI Scene

This scene is from the first season of "The Crown".
SINCE EVERYBODY KEEPS ASKING, THE HYMN IS CALLED "IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER".

[@ukball6497]

The poor man knew it was going to be his last Christmas

[@layla-talmedina5733]

The Union Jack yeah. It’s sad

[@SaltwaterCowboy709]

Yes, this scene gets me every time. God save the King

[@stellarkin1232]

@Mohammed Patel its a saying to honor the king

[@sujetolambda8749]

@Mohammed Patel I'm not even british, but: God save the king

[@yujicortez]

I can still recall, Our Last Christmas... (iykyk)

[@Thepateisgreat]

The symbolism of holding the little girls hand and walking to the other side… then turning around and looking at his family. Genius.

[@Eques2749]

This is so true, it’s life

[@eliotreader8220]

I like how the King joined in the carol with his subjects

[@chadoakley8505]

Look at their faces, Princess Elizabeth and Queen Mary get the symbolism.. Queen Elizabeth does not.

[@07Damasta]

No the Queen Mother understood hence why she was clapping while holding her tears. She wanted to brighten the mood and instead of it being silent with sadness she wanted to celebrate with King George as much as she can. :( Only for her to be hugged by a young Prince George who even as a child understood how serious the mood shift was

[@KebabMusicLtd]

@@07Damasta Prince Charles

[@carlrosa1130]

I will admit, I cried. To see the King of England, stand with pride among his people, wearing a paper crown, while gazing at the royal family that will survive him...and facing the fact that he will never see another Christmas. This was almost too well written.

[@actuallywhatimeant2583]

yes but Id say standing with humility

[@youraccountingprofessor5013]

Elezabeth's face spoke what was in her heart. What a brilliant actress.

[@curtlosborne]

I cry, too, at this moving scene. I can only hope that it really happened. I would like to believe it did.

[@michaelhayden725]

It proved that he (George VI) was the right man to lead his country through the previous 15/16 years. I believe this was set in Sandringham at Christmas 1951 - his last Christmas.

[@kalinastachel1425]

A king with paper crown - he will not take any of his gold with him to the other side. Perfection.

[@benedictdsouza4520]

I almost cried at this scene. The king new his time was almost near and he cried knowing it would be his last Christmas and the last time he would feel his families warmth again :(

[@Bellg]

Almost? You're tougher than me then

[@Nina5144]

I did cry

[@bcruzan120]

I did

[@007ndc]

Definitely a tear inducing scene.

[@marywalker6580]

I did cry. Such a touching scene.

[@billross7245]

Jared Harris was fantastic in the role.

[@paulalowery7411]

Jared Harris was great in The Terror, and if you haven't watched Chernobyl yet, he stars in that, too. He is great at portraying real life characters in history. It takes a special skillset for an actor to pull it off, and Jared Harris has it.

[@hugomarshall8944]

Kiki d Chiwah true. One of the best

[@kinmd]

Kiki d Chiwah He played Ulysses Grant in Lincoln

[@emsb85]

He really was! He's barely in the show at all, and yet you are so sad when he passes.

[@ARIZJOE]

Pathos.

[@robdunnett1258]

Jared Harris was nominated for several awards for his role as King George VI, but didn’t win. Such a shame, what a powerful performance

[@M_A_TT]

Jared Harris did a far better job at playing King George vi than Colin firth could ever do

[@Crichjo32]

@@M_A_TT Colin Firth is good, but I think Jared Harris is on a whole other level of acting. His performances in Chernobyl, The Terror, and this amongst others are absolutely outstanding, and not praised enough. Jared is truly his father's son.

[@bym6952]

He truly was the perfect son. -Queen Mary

[@jimmy2k4o]

B Y M I’m sure his father would have said that the same

[@wierdalien1]

@@jimmy2k4o ehh George V was a product of his time, and his own father. George VI was a better man than either of them.

[@devilpupbear09]

Didn't she have another son too?

[@andredms473]

@@devilpupbear09 He had another 3 boys and 1 daughter but none of them at his height, David gave up his only task and plunged the country into crisis for a woman of dubious origin, he also had sympathies for the Nazis, George (of Kent) the same in addition to being involved in sexual scandals, John dies in his Youth; his other children passed without pain or glory, Bertie was the only one who was worth it fortunately got the crown

[@countlitmogaphil392]

​@@andredms473 the duke of gloucester was pretty cool too

[@morbius109]

King George VI was a fine man and a great king. He had a warmth and humility to him that belied his high station in society. This scene underlies the gentle nature of the good man who led his people fearlessly through the most destructive conflict in human history, and it also shows his own sense of his mortality. He just knew that it was going to be his last Christmas. RIP George VI. God save the King.

[@susannestein3955]

Such an amazing and beloved king! Not to mention husband, father, son, and grandfather.

[@lynjones9339]

Always remember

[@QueerOkie]

I’ll always remember news real footage of his funeral for the commentator called him “George the Good“! God save the King!

[@carollo3848]

@@susannestein3955 the reason the queen mother bever forgiven King Edward his older brother, he should have stayed there but he left because of love, maybe it's because he knew he was way better as there father always wish Bertie and lizzie are the one who be in throne not him. Sadly if Charles have the same thinking he would have left the royalty to have a peaceful life with camilla and didn't drag lady diana in the mess.

[@arthurwellesley1815]

@@carollo3848 he didnt abdicate just for love

[@doffymingo2187]

Elizabeth is finally reunited with her papa 🥺🥺🥺

[@paulomorais2066]

I dare to imagine a little teenage Lilibet finally seating peacefully in her father’s lap to hear him say: “You did amazing! Daddy is so proud of you!”

[@vittoriolepporio122]

@@paulomorais2066 I didn’t mean to cry, but I did. Good gravy

[@doffymingo2187]

@@pontifixmax Then God has ordained it. But that is not our place to decide or to speculate; where do you think you’ll go when you pass from this life to the next?

[@pontifixmax]

@@doffymingo2187 A better question is, who cares?

[@danielsheridan8661]

I love this scene! I cry when I see it. Here we have a king recognizing his mortality and at the same time taking his place with the common folks in the worship of the King of kings. "What can I give Him, Poor as I am? If I were a shepherd I would bring a lamb, If I were a wise man I would do my part. Yet what can I give Him? Give my heart."

[@SaltwaterCowboy709]

No matter how many times I revisit this scene I always fill up.I am glad I am not alone in realizing how beautifully put together and important this scene is.

[@evilsciencelab3854]

The actress at 1:29 nailed it. The unsteady, awkward wobble to the song of a solo voce singing unsure without the rest of the company before a king. Great show.

[@DeltaEcho303]

Mad Men, this, and Chernobyl. Somewhere, Richard Harris is sharing a drink with Peter O'Toole and smiling about his son's great work.

[@katebattista7400]

If you enjoy sci-fi, he is great in Fringe.

[@jimmy2k4o]

Mr Deeds

[@billross7245]

Anderson Dawes in The Expanse

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

A wonderful Professor Moriarty as well!!!

[@t_r_a_v_e_l_l_e_r]

💯💯💯💯💯

[@joewebb6430]

God save the King

[@MrWarhulk13]

One of the greatest king of the United Kingdom

[@jimmy2k4o]

Qrahin one of? Come now. He was the greatest.

[@elixir662]

@@jimmy2k4o i dunno you gotta give credit to some others

[@jimmy2k4o]

Kaustav Dutta Henry V Elizabeth 1st Victoria, George V, George IV. Not Edward I or VIII or George III

[@supersuit5790]

jimmy2k4o Even though Henry VIII was a tyrannical King; he set up the Church of England and was the founder of the Royal Navy.

[@anneneville6255]

@@jimmy2k4o technically there was no UK during Henry I and Elizabeth I reigns.

[@billyworkman4204]

I have to say the first two seasons remain unmatched. They where the best the crown had to offer.

[@alcostello6114]

That’s what a real King looks like. Standing among his subjects, his people. Not away from them.

[@abisaijorgevegaperez5289]

Oh here he is very much standing away from his regular earning subjects

[@alcostello6114]

@@abisaijorgevegaperez5289 no he’s quite literally not

[@abisaijorgevegaperez5289]

@@alcostello6114 the social British association that still exists to this very day is an elitist society for the kids of rich people to go and organize events for the Royal Family. If this scene had happened in real life in 1951 they wouldn't have pulled old Timmy from the street to show up at Windsor. Wake up

[@alcostello6114]

@@abisaijorgevegaperez5289 No where did I say this scene really happened. I’m just saying that this scene shows what a king should be. Again, not saying this scene happened, just that it’s what it should be like.

[@JefferyAClark]

@@alcostello6114 I could see it happening though. When the Royal Family was at one of the "private" residences, they valued being treated like neighbors. I could very well see a group of carolers coming to Sandringham and being invited in to sing in this time period. We know from recent history that the neighbors around Balmoral and Windsor Castles also fiercely defended the privacy of the family and considered them a part of their own families, much as cherished neighbors are in some of the small towns in the US.

[@robertyates9500]

How can you not just love him. Also, really excellent harmony singing by the carolers.

[@hecate3062]

My grandfather died on Christmas Day 2019. After a day with all his children and grandchildren he went home with my grandma and died while having a coffee with her. His wife for 51 years. He wanted to celebrate Christmas with Jesus.

[@magallanesagustin4952]

I'm sorry for your loss!

[@invisibleman4827]

I'm so sorry for your loss. I understand, my granddad went same time give or take a month before. I hope that you can take comfort in your granddad's last day on earth being a happy one with all of his family around him. 🙏

[@alcostello6114]

Now he can spend eternity with our savior. I can only imagine.

[@cobbler9113]

I’m very sorry to hear that. My wife’s dad died less than a week before Christmas in the same year as it happens. It makes it all that harder to celebrate at what should be a happy way to end the year. I hope you guys can still enjoy it for his sake in spite of that.

[@matteoricci2668]

so painful and sweet at the same time. my warmest hug, and never stop celebrating Christmas, your Granpa would surely love to know you still do that, even if without him!

[@CatalinElton]

An Emmy scene. "What would the Royal family look like when I am gone?" A mental portrait. Amazing kinging, professor Legasov!

[@miguelbarbosa3795]

Queen Elizabeth died some hours ago. I couldn't stop thinking about this scene...the sadness, the warmth, the deepness...like a call from within

[@bananamanchester4156]

This scene made me miss King George and he died decades before I was even born.

[@cityofbhat7722]

The fact that he knows that this is the last Christmas he will spend with his family is heart wrenching.

[@ScottishOrthodoxPilgrim]

This was a superb scene. In it we see kingship as it should be. The King, who stands with his people and united with them in a common faith, expresses both humility and nobility.

[@DutchPlanDerLinde]

Damn it, it was this moment I was sold on the show. A man facing his mortality, and he played it so perfectly, I loooove this scene just as much as the singing scene in Downton Abbey when Matthew pops in with William.

[@hendrikdukeofedinburgh4888]

You can see in The King’s eyes that this would be the last Christmas he would ever get to celebrate with the joy and comfort of the Royal Family. As many of you can see in this scene, he enjoys his last Christmas before his death in 1952, a year in which his daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, takes over and holds the throne since then. Towards the ending, he whispers: “Thank you, Thank you.” God Save The King, and may the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland forever live.

[@nikosmoon]

when they started singing when he stood up and walked to the them and sang i cried like a baby. he knew he was dying soon and was trying to hold it in 💔

[@sharon_shaw]

Such a bittersweet scene... The carollers were marvellous but the King's sadness is so palpable

[@safespacebear]

I've seen this scene too many times yet always end up crying. He's such an amazing actor and what a gorgeous scene

[@JD-ip4fs]

I remember crying watching this scene. So many emotions on so many levels. God bless the King.

[@lauramorgan27]

A bittersweet scene. A dying king surrounded by family and countrymen who love him dearly. Spending your last Christmas in front of a warm hearth in the peace & comfort of your cherished ones is not a bad way to go out.

[@Ma1nguy]

I get teary eyed whenever I hear this song...............

[@kellybrowning4640]

What he's feeling here is incredibly deep and it's not just sadness. It might be mostly gratitude ("thank you").

[@giuliac9801]

This scene make us understand how much people loved King George VI.

[@NapiNeRDz]

This scene never ceases to make me cry. It’s beautiful yet very sad. This scene is Oscar worthy.

[@maryannfelice6326]

King George was a man of such character and faith. Continue your rest the God's arms.

[@PedloProductions]

Imagine going home after that and telling your family “I just made the king cry”

[@Mycroft93]

God save the King, merry Christmas and God bless you one and all.

[@nrafter530]

I didn't fully appreciate the power of this scene until I watched it again for like the fourth time. A dying king standing with his people, looking at his family and the daughter who will succeed him, knowing this was his last Christmas, his final days. Kings too are made of clay. He will soon die, as all human does, as his people do, and be mortal again.

[@RajeshKumar-fb4pz]

This scene always breaks my heart.. and now we are again in Christmas and I couldn't resist seeing this again. Poor King George VI. A great man ❤️

[@lewiscurtin-u4n]

I was on the verge of crying he was a great king and he knew his time was coming to a close so sad!!

[@BonnChnd]

Jared Harris owns every role he’s ever been in. I love the guy.

[@generalbula5304]

His majesty, King George VI , father of our beloved monarch, her majesty Queen Elizabeth II. His majesty was a continental influence to his daughter and this scene reflects the loving nature of a man so great who alas was taken from this Earth all to soon. May he rest in Peace

[@cindim.martinez9476]

This was my favorite scene. I come back to this episode and I cry everytime.

[@vincent-louissimoneau4436]

Thank you George for the freedom we defend! You were the best. From a Quebec patriot!

[@Nina5144]

A beautiful Christmas carol and wonderful words by poet Christina Rossetti (sister of the artist). Loved this scene

[@madmatzac]

I love this scene. Seeing the moment when he realizes that this will be his last Christmas with his family and his people. His people loved him and he loved them. The respect they had for each other is unmatched. I love this show! Jared Harris is awesome!

[@Fl_Sunshine91]

This is scene is so powerful from the homemade crown that was given to him to him singing with the town’s people to his family all while he’s holding back his tears truly beautiful and heartbreaking all in one 💔🥺

[@margaretmiller8672]

I have to say I got teary-eyed. The song is so beautiful and damn it if Jared Harris didn’t nail it. I love EVERYTHING he is in. If you’re a fellow fan, I highly highly suggest watching The Terror. He’s simply amazing in it and soaks up every scene. Tobias Menzies is in it, too!

[@bcruzan120]

Touching and powerful scene. The song, for me really fit with this. Very well done. I think about the context of having come through the Second World War not so long before, and the very real threat of the end of freedom, and the role the king had played as a leader and a symbol, having never really probably figured on being king earlier in his life. The gift of the crown from the little girl, and how he joins with the people to sing the carol, knowing what he knows about his condition, looking on at his family, and how he genuinely thanks the people for coming.

[@miguelcarlobarreda430]

i love this scene for it shows how King George VI was very loved by the people ❤️

[@coniston3106]

I seldom, or if I have to say, never cry watching movies or tv shows, but this scene, wet my eyes

[@alwinfkurniawan]

I can't hold my tears to watch this scene. The last chrismast for king George. Well I love the carrol, especially when King George join the carrol, and sing what can I give HIM, giving my heart. Well even he is the King but same before God, same as a human. Same as a poor man.

[@hortenseweinblatt1508]

His whole Life is figured in these few moments: he is present; the people salute him as King, he accepts the Crown; he is a worthy King and stands with them and shares their Faith; and now it's time to go.

[@danielw5850]

That epitomises Christmas, among our Home Nations - all of us, just like Laurie Lee's beautiful description of Carol Singing.

[@fgd1883]

ZC. Totally amazing. I love the scene. So king george knew it will be his final appearance and he was sad. So rest in peace king george. Your daughter done marvellous job as the queen of england.

[@neonoires]

This scene always gets me

[@jmnw104]

RIP King George V1 This scene is so sad the poor man knew it was his last Christmas 😂

[@sharondavies832]

Every time. I cry every single time.

[@RodsAndAxes]

A great way to spend your last Christmas. People with genuine love and Christian kindness.

[@scatullo]

one of the top three moments in the entire series

[@marywalker6580]

This scene always makes me cry.

[@rusamene]

Spectacular actor.

[@daydreamer-mc7229]

My favorite part is when he stands with the group after putting on the crown, truly a king of the people.

[@BamaPewPew]

This is what I respect about the British people. I love Freedom as much as any American, but the poor, wondering what they can give the King who has everything they could dream of, their hearts want to show thanks for what little they may have. Humility is a virtue I wish I could show more of.

[@muthia4582]

This is still make me cry 😭

[@grugthecaveman4565]

Say what you may but I consider King George VI to be the greatest monarch that Britain ever had, yes even including the medieval kings of England and Scotland. I’ve always felt he was the most humble and down to earth among them, whether it be from his own opinion of himself that festered through a childhood of debilitation and abuse or the fact he was never meant to be king at all. He did so much for the nation through one of some of its darkest periods (a constitutional crisis, the finale of the Great Slump, World War 2, decolonization) with what little power he had, not to mention raising a family that now had to be dragged into the royal business. His death is even related to how much he smoked during WW2 because of how nervous he was about it. Anyways, merry Christmas and have a happy New Year!

[@minavanderleest9493]

How poignant this scene is. The family is together again. God Bless the King. God bless the Queen.

[@TimesFM4532]

The accidentally king who was the perfect man for the war

[@micaelabarcelo6958]

Creo que es de las escenas más tristes y conmovedoras que he visto! 🥺🥺💛

[@JorgePerez-ov6jb]

Long Live The King, God Save The King

[@aurawjb]

I can't believe i havent seen a single comment about when the queen mother was the only one to clap little charles ran to her and hugged her, i i thought that was very sweet along with everything

[@CoryDeStein]

I came here just to look for a comment on that. She was so much lighter and warm when he was alive. She see’s her current life with him slipping away and her clap attempts to take the spotlight off him for a brief second of relief. Charles being the only one to respond is so powerful. The child is the only one to not be taken aback by a show of human emotion.

[@benjsmithproductions]

Leaving his family to join the choir....... hot damn this show nailed symbolism right to the wall. Amazing.

[@CatalinElton]

A stupendously beautiful carol popularized!!! Positive spinoff

[@AamirKhanIbrahim]

I watched The Crown and Peaky Blinders one after the other. This song features in both :)

[@mikesweetwater3209]

Me too! When I heard Tommy Shelby say, in the bleak mid winter. I thought about this scene!

[@danran1691]

What is the song called?

[@AamirKhanIbrahim]

@@danran1691 In the Bleak Midwinter

[@sergeantwaters9668]

Jared Harris is a damn fine actor.

[@tinavino1575]

0:20 I just love Queen Mary who is normally stiff, excited with the festive mood, was the last one to sit.

[@maxwellsim76]

Indeed a fine performance and ode to a great King - he deserves the title George the Great....

[@jasonkoch3182]

This scene, and the final scene of The Ritz from season 6, I don't know how you get through it without crying. They really captured powerful emotion in just a few minutes.

[@jeremybarcelo6486]

“Oh!” -King George VI

[@michaelf7093]

The last British monarch to bear the title of Emperor.

[@krissys7481]

I listen to the loreena mckennitt instrumental version of this every year with my dad...it hits way too close to.home

[@almostfm]

There's a really interesting shot at 2:24, when it's obvious that the King has almost lost control of his emotions. Queen Mary and Princess Elizabeth (his mother and daughter) both look concerned. Philip, quite properly, looks down-it was the "man code" of 1950s Britain: You didn't embarrass another man by making eye contact when he's showing emotion.

[@mariazarzycka2666]

Kings don't cry

[@senguptasayn]

Lane Pryce always makes me cry.

[@Transitfan93]

This is my one of my favourite scenes from the first season, the other favourites was the Elizabeth speech to Lord Salisbury when he and Winston lied and the Eulogy for George VI

[@fromthefountofyouth]

After Professor Hogg had told her that there's nothing upper-class British men liked better than a dressing-down, and Lord Salisbury feeling duly chastised. His demeanour as he left the room was hilarious, completely ignoring Churchill as he walked past.

[@Transitfan93]

Akinlabi Omo-Oso I wonder how much of that episode was real life?, from Winston having a stroke to professor Hogg tutoring the Queen to her reprimanding Lord Salisbury And Winston

[@OrrosGG]

This was such a strong scene, very saddening King George really knew his days were counted..

[@rachelomeara7328]

This scene is one of the most moving of the whole series. It's genuine, heartwarming and heartbreaking all at the same time.

[@davidstout5766]

Cried like a baby...❤❤❤

[@MrHaydnSir]

death, and loss, truly put everything that remains into perspective, and what truly matters to one

[@musicluvrlaurie6827]

*sigh* Jared Harris. Need I say more?

[@marsspacex6065]

Best scene in the crown you can see the king knows he hasn't got long to live.

[@MrElliotc02]

Very touching performance...

[@magnifyoparah2402]

I teared up 2 years ago and still teared up today❤️ God Save the King❤️

[@paulalowery7411]

Like The Queen said of Churchill, George VI is also one of Great Britain's great Britons!

[@flanplan5903]

This caroling scene with warmth from his family is so sad yet so sweet. I bet during his daughter’s wedding, he was probably so beaming with pride seeing his little baby girl (in his eyes anyway) becoming a woman right in front of his eyes as he gets married, as time flies by when you are a parent. I think he still, when he looks at his kids, sees them deep down as his baby girls, him holding both of them in the events of their births.

[@edwardbelmont]

After 90% WATCHERS didn't understand the epitome of symbolism of this scene

[@Hybrid980]

The sadness in his eyes due to his impending death are quite apparent yes, but I also imagine he was heartbroken because he was also leaving his family behind not to mention not being there (not that he would have been anyway) for his daughter when she would become Queen.

[@jodc4153]

This gets me every time… 🥹❤️🎄🌟

[@mamoudkamara5193]

I cried meh and I feel like crying again when I'm looking at it again

[@-ej--]

Goosebumps everytime....

[@Userchilled]

2:16 reminds me of the movie " king's voice " all the hardships he went through just to give his people the perfect speech..... for those who don't know....he was actually born a stammer....but overcame it by force as he had to fill in for his brother who abdicated......No wonder he gave birth to a Brave woman as well ( Queen Elizabeth) ❤