Queen visits Churchill ( The crown season 2 )

[@jeffreylee252]

the way she talked and kissed him was so touching.😢 The queen treated him not only like a old friend but also her family

[@b1crusade384]

You know this is fiction..?

[@tomspettigue8791]

@@b1crusade384based on reality. Churchill was very close to her father, after a pretty rocky start admittedly, and both Margaret and Elizabeth were very close to their father. So this isn't a terribly fanciful thing. Churchill was probably the only Prime Minister who approached near-royal status, although he himself would've probably harrumphed at the mere suggestion. He was a British aristocrat, proud of the Empire and deeply protective of the monarchy and its traditions, a conservative, through and through. I don't care much for the institution, and I've got my fair bit of criticisms of Churchill, but this scene probably isn't far off the mark.

[@johnkloosterman6277]

There's something terrifying about age--about losing not just your strength, but something of your intelligence and your will as well. Winston shook the world when he was Prime Minister, but he's come to a point where he can barely stay awake.

[@LordZontar]

It's true what they say, that getting old isn't for sissies.

[@J_C_CH]

He made it to 90. After all he'd been through, I think he'd more than earned the rest.

[@nandi123]

You lose your abilities, your opportunities, your relevance, and your audience. You are disappeared.

[@marieoleary527]

@nandi123 I am 68 years old and I suffer from severe arthritis which unfortunately is everywhere so that makes life a bit difficult. I am not irrelevant and the only audience I have lost are my friends and family who have passed on. We had a shared history and experience that no one else would understand, especially the 20 somethings. What is difficult for everyone, is just maintaining, in this ridiculous economy, their Standard of Living which for most is by no means extravagant. Living on a fixed income is very difficult, but not impossible. My physical difficulties do not affect my brain. It still works. I keep engaged on what is going on with our country and other social issues. I do have an opinion but I’m old enough to realize not everyone wants to hear it. This does not diminish my opinion, but only keeps it silent. With this post I am choosing not to be silent. The young who have embraced socialism/communism, and reject God, are hyper sensitive to any challenge or question regarding their opinion and loudly proclaim their irritation to drowned out the opposition. So you could say that my audience, as you put it, has abandoned my generation. I have not disappeared, I am still here ready and willing to contribute as best as I can. Yes, opportunities are few and far between but you can say that of anyone over the age of 30. As they say, getting old is not for sissies. challenges can be daunting but with the support of family and friends can be overcome. Please do not stick a fork in us, we are not done yet.

[@OrangeTabbyCat]

@@LordZontarBette Davis said that, not they…

[@jamiecoyne1494]

Just shows how important he was that even the sovereign attended his bedside. Can’t say that will ever happen again.

[@paintspot1509]

Its a TV show you muppet.

[@KjartanAndersen]

You do know that this is a TV-series? Whether or not she visited him like this is not known. We do know she respected Churchill a lot. But don't use a TV-series to learn about history.

[@The_A_Cast]

I know this has been said time and time again, but the actors and actress in this show were sheer perfection!

[@ktgbw]

Can't expect anything less from Olivia Colman and John Lithgow.

[@davebalaam]

One of the things I found odd with the casting was that Edward VII was recast with Derek Jacobi, replacing Alex Jennings. Both are fine actors in their own right, but I couldn't understand why the latter was recast for the one episode that featured the character (with Jennings reprising his role in season 5) when Lithgow retained his role as Churchill in this one episode. They did the same thing with Ben Miles, replacing him with Timothy Dalton for just one episode. Other than that, the casting was absolutely spot on throughout. :)

[@anthonyd507]

Makes me proud to be an American, and a life long person that just loves seeing how things are done in England in the past and even today. Truly a beautiful relationship between countries. (Please let’s keep some politics aside, as those are simply temporal, our relationship between commonwealth and nation should never be broken).

[@TheRealBirdmann]

Josh O’Connor

[@phily8093]

I love Jon Lithgow, and think he's an incredibly charismatic actor, but all I can hear is a gargling American accent when he speaks as Winston.

[@72mossy]

When she came to Ireland to heal wounds between Ireland and Britain, I was very impressed with her, may she RIP.

[@British_loyalist]

The honour of receiving a blessing from her majesty...

[@Tourist1967]

Never happened. It's a drama.

[@HailAnts]

Winston Churchill lived from 1874 to 1965. He saw navies go from sailing ships-of-the-line to nuclear submarines. He saw armies go from muskets on horsed cavalry to H-bombs on ICBMs. But what must have been most painful for him was to see Britain go from sole, unchallenged superpower of the world, to a nearly irrelevant welfare-state.. 😔🇬🇧

[@CP-jk3tc]

So ... dude played Rise Of Nations in real life?

[@patthonsirilim5739]

@@CP-jk3tcDude generation started out as the top dog and end up as the sick man of Europe

[@hannahdyson7129]

He lived through the start of the " decline " the decline started after World War l . He also loved through an era of social change . He wouldn't have been that shocked . Plus I would rather live ina world where people aren't sent to the poorhouse for being too poor to die .

[@DanielLondonoCarvajal]

He lived to see Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth the II, how impressive

[@debbiemathieson2766]

Thank you for your eloquent comment 🙂

[@cinematic.fandom1221]

'Where would Great Britain be withouth his greatest Britain.' The fact she visited and kissed him, a kind of act she never showed before. Churchill was indeed the wall against the Nazi regime. I say this as a german. A german with no fault but shame what happened. I wish I were a Britain born in the time of her Majestey Queen Elisabeth II. God bless you Winston.

[@misterwhipple2870]

Greatest B R I T O N ! ! ! Besides, it would be better to be born in Edward VII's time, or even Victoria. I would say a life from 1834 to 1914.

[@dashingeduardosuarez]

Go watch Europa: The Last Battle, then get up off your groveling knees. Churchill was bought and paid for by 'The Focus', financial heavyweights from very same forces your leader at the time, was trying to expel from German life. It's astounding just how much people buy the propaganda even to this day, Brit and Jerry alike.

[@davmac6148]

It's easier to take a good sleep after one day of hard productive work, same as to die after one life of hard productive work. He offered blood, sweat and tears, making them all the bravest, and better than they could have possibly imagined to be.

[@Caseytify]

Actually, what he said was "Blood, toil, tears & sweat."

[@paintspot1509]

Utter gibberish

[@smith9808]

🇬🇧 *The two Greatest Britains now United in the Kingdom of Heaven* 🇬🇧

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

Britons*

[@paintspot1509]

None of that is true. Better luck next time.

[@DarthRaven2077]

Heaven isn’t real.

[@lisamiles9159]

@@DarthRaven2077 yes it is and Jesus loves you he died on the cross for your sins and he wants your love so he can guide you through this world to live abundantly and in his truth and yes it is hard because we are all sinners but you have a God who loves and died for you even if you don't choose him he will always love you xxx

[@padawa9302]

John lithos was so good as Churchill. I can’t help but repeat when he says “ The cold winds of Socislism” 😂

[@seanwebb605]

John Lithgow was good too.

[@lancer525]

@@seanwebb605 And intentionally misidentifying Socialism like that was funny too. Anything that actually helps people has always been labeled "socialism". Fire departments, Parks, Libraries, Public Transportation, and everything else that tax dollars pay for, where no company or corporation can profit from, is Socialism. Socialism is when the fire department comes to put out the fire when your house is burning. Capitalism is the Insurance Company refusing to pay the claim. Take a political science course before you continue to embarrass yourself.

[@paintspot1509]

Please feel free to learn what socialism means whenever convenient.

[@sjacrane]

So was John Lithium. Hard to pick a fave.

[@sjacrane]

@@paintspot1509​let me help with that. “There is no wall between socialism and Communism. These are not two divergent types of society, but merely two phases of one and the same social formation, distinguished the one from the other by the degree of their maturity. The transition from socialism to Communism consequently constitutes a gradual process. Communism grows up out of socialism as its direct prolongation. In the very bosom of socialist society its germs and roots spring up. These shoots of the future, developing on socialist soil, will lead… to a consolidation of Communism.” -“Fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism”, 1960 Not at all you’re welcome!

[@chetthehoss]

This was season, not 2. Season 1 and 2 were still featuring Claire Foy as QE II.

[@DarthRaven2077]

Such a sweet scene🥺👏🏼💖

[@brianshepherd9927]

He earned every bit of that rest!!!

[@joaquinpraveenvishnu8509]

Churchill showed Leadeship with Courage just like Lincoln did from the moment he took Office as PM starting from Dunkirk to VE Day

[@OneEyedKeys]

There wasn't nearly enough Brandy or Cigar smoke to depict this moment with any historical accuracy.

[@tcarroll3954]

A very moving scene and now that Her Majesty is gone, more poignant than ever. This American will miss her.

[@AJ-sm1cm]

the american wont miss her, she oversaw the slaughter of the Irish.

[@tombo1984]

We all miss her. Terribly. 🇬🇧❤️🇺🇲🫅🏼

[@paintspot1509]

@@tombo1984 do we? Let's be honest, it barely crosses our minds on a day to day basis.

[@tombo1984]

@@paintspot1509 Speak for yourself.

[@DarthRaven2077]

@@paintspot1509Speak for yourself🙄

[@ohwell94]

I have never been a John Lithgow fan but tbh he owned this role

[@ronniecoleman2342]

We need you now Winston, more than ever. God save the King.

[@paintspot1509]

Why would you say that? Do you know any of his politics? Or just that he was in power during WW2.

[@saddlebum6595]

We need statesmen like Churchill to face up to the foes of the UK, Socialism, the EU and the Enemy Within.

[@Scotmend]

Finally someone with a brain, have a like @@paintspot1509

[@allanlomas5133]

​@@paintspot1509 Conservative juggernaut in the lines of Maggy T? Pretty please with sugar on top.

[@paintspot1509]

@@allanlomas5133 what did you like about Maggy?

[@helmutrosendal]

the way i cried my eyes out in this lol

[@kylepellerinmjfmtributeartist]

This scene is from season 3 not season 2

[@lukethomas.125]

Just a quick correction, this is Season 3

[@lairddougal3833]

Olivia Coleman - a real actress. Nailed it.

[@Cookie-td3pu]

"Russsaaaa"

[@Urlocallordandsavior]

Season 3 surely?

[@johnking5174]

From the first episode of season three, yes. As the Queen is played here by Olivia Colman who took over from Claire Foy.

[@rubenramos8900]

Yes, season 3. And don't call me Shirley

[@PlayMoreGolf-RipOff]

@@rubenramos8900 Imagine Shirley from Eastenders rocking up in this!

[@mrmaclovin255]

@@PlayMoreGolf-RipOff not what he meant

[@PlayMoreGolf-RipOff]

@@mrmaclovin255 what I meant!

[@bogdancristea9270]

He was a great commander in times of war, but a disastrous politician in times of peace. He simply did not understand that times were rapidly changing and what had worked in war didn’t work afterwards.

[@jimreilly917]

And his Blackn Tans brute squads in Ireland, became a model…for Hitlers Brown Shirts goons as he rose to power in Germany. That all went sooo well.🥴

[@mariahoulihan9483]

thankfully, his insight in seeing how Hitler was massing and positioning his troops and could not be trusted eventually was listened too. He had been warning Parliament for a long time and some time of preparation was lost. We alive today should thank him for our lives.

[@jebbroham1776]

Great commander? I think not. He was responsible for operations that turned into massacres like Gallipoli and Dieppe. He was god awful at it! The only thing he excelled at was retaining firm disgust for Hitler and refusing to surrender during the height of the Battle for Britain, even though he knew there was never a chance for the Germans to invade while the Royal Navy controlled all access to the Channel.

[@paintspot1509]

Most chrurchill fans don't know anything about the man or his policies.

[@SN-sz7kw]

💔💔💔Love this scene. Lithgow & Coleman are pitch perfect.

[@harveysengersmusic247]

John did such a unique job

[@samanthapatterson813]

I often thought of this during the tenure of Boris Johnson and the lady who followed him for a whopping 50 days. When you start your reign with Churchill, is it hard to take the rest seriously?

[@raphaelledesma9393]

When Churchill died, Victorian Britain and her values died with him. With the Queen dead, Imperial Britain has now truly passed away. Hopefully Charles III will herald a Britain committed to liberty and prosperity.

[@RighteousReverendDynamite]

Except for his championing of heritage livestock breeding and making sure new towns actually look somewhat quaint again, he has sucked on the greasy choad of champagne socialism, "environmentalism", and islamophila. He needs to be slapped hard with the shoe of the late MP David Amess to see what multiculti-ism does to a once great and good land. Not even the once fearsome Royal Navy can keep giant rubber dinghies full of the next 60,000 watchlisters from crossing the channel...as soon as they are 10 feet off French beaches and chaperoned the rest of the 25 miles to Dover and then 5 star hotels for all.

[@trueblue3719]

Two of the Greatest Britons that ever lived. Rule Britannia 🇬🇧

[@davidgray3321]

How true, the death of the Queen was the end of that whole period of history, an extraordinary thing but one could really feel it.

[@PrograError]

​@@davidgray3321IMHO the death of the Imperial Britain is when the country is so divided that they started to rally for Brexit, with the final blow being the death of QE2. Now UK is just as isolationist as the Japanese back then... and as weak as a single branch. (As much as she could be in a globalised world anyways...)

[@Afza1husain]

UK is a future 3rd world country today.

[@Bobblenob]

He died four days after I was born. I have a commemorative coin that was given to all baby’s within a certain timeframe of his death.

[@mariahoulihan9483]

My Father, then serving in the Royal Air Force, was on parade at his funeral and after marching was across the road to St. Paul's. We watched it on black and white tv. I was 9 years of age and remember it like it was yesterday. Very foggy cold day.

[@mariahoulihan9483]

Dad said he saw all the dignitaries arrive and leave. He was a NCO at the time and said a member of the public said, you and your men are the smartest on parade here today. Dad didn't like that as he felt everyone was. However, he was pretty shocked because he said a guards regiment had split leather on their shoes.. he thought from OVER bulling them and their bearskins looked a bit moth eaten. I don't know how much of that was traditional rivalry against the army by the RAF.. and vice versa. Perhaps times were hard for the Army at that stage. He went from Gloucestershire and they were put up at RAF Biggin Hill, Kent, in old WWII Nissan huts.. with NO coke for the fire stove. He said he had never been so cold. They managed to 'scrounge' some wood going spare and burnt that for a while. It was so cold he moved his bed into the main barrack room with the men to be warmer. The next morning.. during ablutions, one man asked if he thought it would be ok if he wore his pjs under his uniform. Dad thought for a moment and said.. good idea.. HOWEVER, none of it must show through your uniform.. so they tucked the bottom in their socks and the cuffs well inside their shirt cuffs. He said it gave a wonderful extra layer of warmth. The bitterly cold night they had spent meant it was the only way to warm themselves up all day. I always think of Dad and the others in his detachment wearing pjs under their uniforms. He was not a moaner - he was very much a get on a doer. He said no thought had been given to heating the barracks at all and at that time of year as well.

[@mariahoulihan9483]

he said they got to the camp too late to get any coke for the stove and were denied a meal as well as no provision had been made. Bad organisation by whichever officer was in charge of it all.

[@rosevanguard]

This is season 3

[@williampalchak7574]

Lithgow nailed it.

[@aeraxxis]

What a time it wouldve been to have been alive in the same time as Churchill.

[@macmann1956]

I think lithgow played a great Churchill

[@ChrisGWGreen]

Two of the greatest brits ever… and dare I say ever will be.

[@DarthRaven2077]

Indeed😊👏🏼💖

[@Thornus_______]

For all his flaws he was the man Britain needed at the time when every other country surrendered or collaborated he held the line History should reflect that

[@robnewman6101]

R.I.P Mr Winston Churchill 1874 - 1965.

[@SCP--oz6oz]

Anyone know the name of the music played at the end there

[@CanImperator]

"Aberfan" from the show's soundtrack

[@neiledmonds2351]

Churchill was the best PM we had

[@williamwest9204]

They wanted him to be prime minister again before he turned 90

[@Tourist1967]

Nonsense. Churchill had suffered a series of strokes in his final term as PM and was unfit to govern. Even the King wanted to tell him to retire, but, ironically, cancer killed him first.

[@sikandersingh3145]

This scene is from season 3, episode 1.

[@joepagram8287]

This has to be season 3 rather than 2 right as I don’t think Coleman was in 2

[@afpskierx]

This is not season 2.

[@Twentythousandlps]

Absurd. He receives the Sovreign with the TV blaring, totally unprepared? He'd have died first!

[@susansurles3776]

I hope that that actually happened.

[@rodmcintosh3149]

I do not believe that history recorded the Queen visiting Churchill

[@mariahoulihan9483]

even if it didn't... dramatic licence gets across the feeling of how our late Queen Elizabeth respected and loved him and he her in return.

[@joevasquez3434]

Damn, F'ing commercials !!!!

[@mariokartpro7406]

season 3 not 2....

[@mariusebeling6329]

Its Season 3

[@bobdelaney3126]

Very touching from a cold fish

[@MightyJosh1985]

season 3

[@rodneymorgan313]

England…..lol

[@harleyboy90210]

Big deal, apparently she was a horrible cobbler!!!

[@DarthRaven2077]

🙄🤦🏼‍♂️

[@jennynott3841]

This is season 3 of the crown not season 2. Someone hasn’t been keeping up to date on their knowledge of the crown

[@WisdomWeaverBitcoinBruv]

This didn't actually happen. The Queen of England did NOT kiss sleepy old men on the forehead while they were horizontal. There are strict protocols!!!!!!!!

[@trueblue3719]

Very emotional scene. Rule Britannia 🇬🇧

[@matthewdeepblue]

Please, weakest economy in Europe

[@Finnbobjimbob]

@@matthewdeepblueHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA

[@matthewdeepblue]

@@Finnbobjimbob it's true

[@Finnbobjimbob]

@@matthewdeepblue Cite a source, it’s the third wealthiest country in Europe.

[@matthewdeepblue]

@@Finnbobjimbob virtually no natural resources, highest rate of inflation. The resources it does have our limited and not to the same quality as other countries such as the United States, Saudi Arabia, or China. It's been running to academia for years in the US. Britain is dying. It's time to find new allies. We're propping you up. And how all the time you hear about America telling you what to do or Germany telling you what to do... When Germany tells you what to do, America is telling you what to do. Their banking sector, almost entirely American controlled. Been that way since World war II. Your permanent member of the security council, that can change. Russia and China in the US were the only permanent members that were definitely 100% going to be made permanent members. America had Britain made a permanent member, however, it's also made moves that make it look like it might be deciding on a change. It's growing. It's relationships elsewhere. It's militarizing Japan and militarizing Australia. Britain is being replaced. You haven't the resources to maintain very long. A lot of your trade deals with the US are what keeps you in positions of power. When those go you cannot last. You don't make anything anymore. You don't have the ability to make anything. You don't have the resources. You don't have the power. One of the first clues you'll find is when things start leaving the British museum. Because that says, They can't keep the real owners away anymore. I'm telling you I was told that when I am in my middle age, told by multiple professors, I would see the United Kingdom crumble. I would see America likely try to form some sort of Celtic alliance focused, primarily all around Ireland, possibly Iceland as many Icelandic people have Celtic connections and cultural elements tied into their culture. That stems from trade and other factors. But Iceland can be a linch pin in tying any Celtic alliance to the Scandinavian countries. America has long standing ties to Norway. And everything that's happened with Russia recently. The Scandinavian countries picked aside, they're on our side completely and totally. A Celtic alliance would stabilize the region, England would not be a major player within it. You would primarily focus on Ireland as the head. Why? Combination of reasons ; natural resources, cultural connection to the United States, geographic location. India is a more important Brazil could be our most important ally. Canada will go any way we go. Their economy and Defense are completely tied to us. Most Canadians live within 100 miles of the u.s border. Australia has been trading extensively with China, but there's also been a lot of pushback about borders and boundaries. Now they're trading extensively with the US, and getting little military gifts. Francis replaceable. We seem to be building up alliances in Central Europe over them. Their activity in the Northern regions of Africa has also weakened our hand. We've already begun to replace them more than you. They'll be okay. They have resources. England... Too much b****** to tie into any sort of Celtic alliance. Mary, reach them to do it is to stabilize the region as the Arctic becomes more important, so does the north Atlantic. As those icebergs melt, new shipping lanes open, new area of defense.

[@notsoancientpelican]

A leading figure in bringing about the coup against Mosadegh in Iran, 1953. That is the event which leads directly to 9/11, the GWOT, the loss of American Civil Liberties and privacy, and the coming downfall of the United States.

[@dominicbuckley8309]

He may have 'lit the fuse' under the United States' Cold War fears, but it was the Eisenhower administration that ran with it, with a covert operation whereby CIA-funded agents were used to foment unrest inside Iran by way of the harassment of religious and political leaders and a media disinformation campaign. The CIA even wrote the royal decrees for the Shah to sign, sanctioning the change of government. In the long term, it may well have been one of the US' greatest 'own-goals'.

[@Ralnon]

Greatest Brit my arse. No disrespect to the incredible acting chops on display here: but the actual man while was absolutely the right person for WW2: like most truly Great War leaders he was an absolute disgrace in peacetime.

[@jonesyjones7626]

No, he was right about so many things, and still is.

[@prakyathkumar8618]

This never happened

[@1Dylan1]

RIP BOZOS 🚬

[@Finnbobjimbob]

Wow you’re so cool and edgy

[@DarthRaven2077]

😑🤡

[@petermgruhn]

Where would it be? Not lying in ruin after being dragged by a war monger into an unnecessary war.

[@KurasakiBleachigo1]

How can a person possibly be this wrong in the head

[@DarthRaven2077]

🤣🤣🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

[@danielsherar7548]

It wasn't Churchill who started the war in any way, he wasn't even prime minister at its beginning

[@phari4820]

Where is my millennial content

[@acommentor6413]

Maybe its on discord

[@HistoryNerd8765]

@@acommentor6413 Oh snap, buuuurn.

[@gholamhassani758]

Is this fiction or happening in hell right now?

[@KurasakiBleachigo1]

Vile little man

[@gholamhassani758]

​@@KurasakiBleachigo1I'm actually quite pleasant to be around, that's why I'm seldom on social media. Also, I exceed 6 feet, so I'm literally not little. God save the king then, when the kaiser was literally first cousins with the king? Please answer, it's not rhetorical. Should God save the king, regardless of his relations to kaiser Wilhelm?

[@SamvedIyer]

@@gholamhassani758 And mere relations prove what, exactly? King Edward VII was uncle to the Kaiser, and the latter loathed the former for being instrumental in what he perceived as the 'encirclement' of Germany.

[@gholamhassani758]

@@SamvedIyer And you knew them all personally or you just like to swallow the official narrative wholedickedly? If you don't think that 10 million men being sent to their deaths by 3 kings, who were all blood relatives, all in the name of nationalism, was a deliberate set up, then I'm not sure anybody can ever convince you otherwise. A coincidence theorist is what you are. If you happen to walk-in on your spouse cheating on you, you might assume it was all a coincidence and there was nothing ever conspiratorial about it. UNLESS you're a government-bought bot that must maintain an image for them, then kudos on having a good-paying job with benefits. If you truly hold the British monarchy dear to your heart, then I'm truly sorry for the world you live in your head. It must be hard to constantly come up with ad-hoc immunizing hypotheses to constantly justify your schizophrenic support for a bunch of useless ghouls that want to have nothing to do with you, save manage whole population into subjugation and compliance. I hope for your sake, you are a government-bot. That way, you may avoid neurological degeneration, as you are constantly playing chess ..... albeit for the black side ;) .......

[@gholamhassani758]

One can argue that world war 1 opened a huge scar across Europe, which culminated into a bigger fight between 'Christian' fascism and atheistic communism. Once fascism was destroyed, so was political fascism and any pride that one may hold for being European... thus rendering your societies dumb and gay, with very little productive output. This is why your societies became utterly dependent on migrant labour. If you cannot fathom that social engineering can take place across decades and generations, then I invite you to compare societal engineering to cathedral construction. Both require organizational continuity over 200+ years.... Unless you believe that all the cathedrals built across Europe were done in a disconcerted manner, in a single generation....

[@zb1307]

That actress is way too old to be the queen

[@harveysengersmusic247]

This is season 3