The Crown's Top 5 Shocking Moments Season 1 (Claire Foy)

[@MovingPicsOfficial]

My dears, in Season 1 of "The Crown," do you recall any other pivotal scenes? Let us know in the comments!

[@gailhancocks5207]

What a shame she married him, Phil the Greek 😂

[@lisaharrod8386]

@gail... I liked Prince Phillip...he endured so much loss, and carried it with grace and dignity. He backed QE II every step of the way. A misstep here and there, but a decent sort, inho. A Greek, yes, but related to half the royal families in Europe. Just a differing opinion. Cheers!

[@Apulia2001]

George VI's last Christmas with his family.

[@manningbartlett522]

Her discussion with her professor/tutor, followed by her susequent tearing of a new a**hole in Lord Salisbury and Churchill.

[@andrewmastrandonas5123]

Who cares really? This was YEARS ago. Get a life.

[@tamarabrown-beaulac1937]

John Lithgow as Churchill is beyond chilling. When he says God Save The Queen I got goosebumps

[@sheilasmyth5874]

So true It was an amazing performance. And so befitting Winston Churchill. Queen Elizabeth insisted. That he have a funeral exactly like her Father, there was a cortège of his coffin up the Thames recognizing his Naval background, Queen Elizabeth and other Royals went into the church and out at the end of the service before the family. She made sure there were processional carriages w.horses for the family, and personally attended to their needs

[@uzomanworgu6458]

Everytime

[@suzyq4982]

Trinity did very well !

[@mikegalvin9801]

His attitude towards Phillip's flying lessons was ironic since decades earlier as a father of young chchildren he had done the same until Clementine put her foot down. Also ironic is that Peter would have been a much more respectable husband than the decadent Tony.

[@carl5192]

For a none Brit he did incredibly well.

[@elizabeth5985]

The first season had it all: stellar directing, writing, and cinematography, beautiful score, brilliant acting (and Claire Foy will be the one and only Queen to me); ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. In my opinion, this season is one of the greatest works of art in film. It just doesn't get better.

[@drewnealski969]

Agreed. Her portrayal was quite literally THE Queen Elizabeth II of the series. Olivia Coleman was fine. Seasons 5&6, just dreadful casting for the senior royals.

[@AzguardMike]

I was kinda put off by Claire at first. Could decide if she was a terrible actress for being soo stone faced and emotionless, or amazing for being able to do so. And have NEVER been a fan of Olivia Coleman. But recently binged the show and Claire certainly nailed the Queen's stoic, barely cracking so much as a smirk, cold stance we knew her for. Ended up enjoyed Season 1 alot more than expected. And seeing Matt Smith as Philip emotionally refusing to bow early on was funny, when contrast to how she had no emotion to her reply.

[@winkerturonpoubel]

Yeah! I truly think she set the tone for the older versions of the Queen. Also would like to stress grandness of the costumes: everything of such quality and taste that comes through the screen. Amazing series indeed - worth a rewatch! 🥰

[@kirstymiller9332]

I watched it, and rewatch it. Just this season. God save our King 🤗

[@CharlesVaughn-bm9gq]

Claire Foy is everyone’s favorite Elizabeth because she is young and beautiful. It may be subconscious but..

[@twobearshomestead]

The scene where Queen Mary Deeply curtsies to Queen Elizabeth is remarkably powerful in the sheer, unspoken simplicity.

[@seanluzdeluna8153]

Ikr, preach!

[@martijnkeisers5900]

Best scene of the whole series

[@jerrygranata445]

The multiple emotions of terror, weight, responsibility all at the same time in just a few moments. Claire showed them beautifully.

[@juliestogner2542]

Agreed. I mean it was done so powerful I felt that. That would have been a moment for Queen Elizabeth. Wow

[@drewnealski969]

Epic. One of the very best.

[@garymeise673]

So here's the deal. Olivia and Imelda absolutely brilliant in their seasons. But Claire's performance in the first two seasons is possibly one of the greatest acting experiences ever. She is truly incomparable

[@Diamondsrfvr]

@garymeise673 - Agreed! She was just superb. ♥

[@labrujitajane9512]

Absolutely. Her performance in Certain scenes makes me tear up every time.

[@simonolya]

Recently I saw one scene when she played Ann Boleyn before her death. I don't know who could possibly do it better. Great actress!

[@kyleenglot4221]

To be fair the first two seasons are more centred around Queen Elizabeth and having to navigate such a sudden and shocking change to her and her family's lives. Queen Elizabeth was fresh and young to the throne and had a lot of learning and growth to achieve in this time. We get to see Claire Foy portray the Queen a lot of us viewers never really got to witness. Most of the world and the generations watching this show are probable Boomer generations and younger generations who when they think of the queen, they see an older grandmotherly type of woman who has been hard working and devoted to her duty. As a millennial watching this I find the first 2 seasons the most interesting because it covers a time period that most of us never got to see or learn about Queen Elizabeth II.

[@philiphilton985]

I agree!

[@theajohnston761]

The scene with Queen Mary had a spectral quality to it. And Winston Churchill was certainly bold in the way he always spoke to h queen.

[@pauldalton1357]

& Those Creaking Floor Boards as she went down into the DEEP almost to the floor curtsey 😮 made it all the more potent…

[@TheFiown]

Foy's micro mouvements, her body language, her eyes are incredible, truly a great actress and the role of a lifetime.

[@gfgall]

Goodness!

[@TheFiown]

@@gfgall Yes a woman to watch !

[@rhondatraywick3724]

Claire Foy was fabulous!

[@katisugarbaker7349]

She didn’t need extraordinary “ability” to be a great Queen; she needed great character and discipline. Queen Elizabeth had that.

[@michaelplunkett8059]

Grit, determination, faith to sustain her. She embodied continuing education for 70 years. Curious, in so many areas. Gardens, dogs, horses, history, foreign relations, architecture, the English constitution, mechanics, law, theology, etc.....

[@mariahoulihan9483]

and her uncle had none of that.

[@yeyosilver7067]

I love how ignorant people who can't even manage their own lives love to say things about rulers

[@forakermm]

I was so happy to see Matt as Phillip because I loved him in Dr. Who. His acting in The Crown opposite of Claire was outstanding. I have a new found respect for him. He was perfectly cast. 👏🏻

[@Flavoaw1013]

From king consort to king consort 😂

[@Rosemary-vf5ei]

@@Flavoaw1013 Prince consort.

[@SapphireLuna-s6d]

He was also a prince in House of the Dragon- Daemon Targaryen. He's a hot royal 😆

[@aliasif8498]

Season 1 & 2 were the best among all. And the casting n acting was exceptional as well by almost all the actors

[@Janus10001]

Absolutely. Pip Torrens as Elizabeth's Sicilian, Tommy Lascelles, is still one of my favorites.

[@anadoamaral9985]

I love her interaction and dance with the Ghana King showing her diplomatic abilities and the way she listens and understands Jackie Kennedy’s explanations during their visit to Buckingham Palace 👏🏽🥰🙌🏽❤️

[@fayesouthall6604]

Brilliant

[@veronicacaballero2971]

I think he wasn't king. He was president

[@christinehayes839]

John Lithgow was excellent as Churchill.

[@peachygal4153]

who would have guessed after Dick Soloman of Third Rock From The Sun? abs Harry and The Hendersons? He is obviously both a talented comic and dramatic actor.

[@ladydreyanan]

Absolutely 💯 agree

[@yvonneplant9434]

Ll

[@alliecollin1748]

Gary Oldman was the BEST!!!❤

[@johnwhitworth9074]

Richard Burtons portrayal of Churchill is unsurpassed. (see "The Gathering Storm") Lithgow does not have the Gravatas or the facility of Language required to portray Churchill. Just my opinion.

[@MaryVaughan-c9q]

The scene that get’s me is the operation on the queen’s father and his death. Very moving scenes 😢

[@pierrefireball2505]

I was born in August 1953, I have never known any other Queen or King. I love and respect her MAJESTY Queen Elizabeth II.

[@janenewley1014]

And I was born in May 53. When I was a few weeks old my father overnighted in the Mall to watch the Coronation Procession…😀😀😀

[@pierrefireball2505]

@@janenewley1014 I'm in Montreal Canada, my parents bought a TV to watch her Coronation

[@nickyrice333]

When Churchill waited for the hymn" I Vow to Thee My Country " to start before entering Westminster Abbey on HM'S wedding day! There are so many memorable scenes!

[@deniseboldea1624]

Margaret had such a miserable marriage, Elton John recalled in his Biography that she once invited him and his band to her estate for dinner, when they arrived and were seated in the dinning room a bitter fight broke out between her and her husband, the two excused themselves but the shouting continued leaving Elton, his bandmates and Bernie all exchanging nervous glances wondering if they should just quietly slip out of the place.

[@gabrielles1851]

I've often thought, like others I'm sure, that if Margaret could do it all again she would have picked Peter and went on with her life. Public opinion was already in her favor and if she had toughed it out for a few years that everyone else would have softened up and she could have have a happy a fruitful life.

[@lgempet2869]

@@gabrielles1851 Yes, that’s my feeling too….unfortunately fate & “the times” worked against her. Princess Margaret was also very tied to her family, money, titles, royalty, & deference to her by others: she had gotten so used to it, she felt she couldn’t live w/o it & would have had to forfeit a good portion of that to be w/Peter. She simply couldn’t do it & so forfeited her heart along with it. Because of that choice, she lead a very sad life.

[@Ariana-wv4pf]

They were fighting in a palace, with Elton John as their guest. Poor them!!! I pity them so much! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Ariana-wv4pf]

They were fighting in a palace, with Elton John as their guest. Poor them!!! I pity them so much! 😂😂😂😂😂 Yeah, such a miserable life!!!😂😂😂😂

[@deniseboldea1624]

@@Ariana-wv4pf Money doesn't equate happiness. In fact it's oft argued that the wealthy are so cold to other's because they develop a paranoia that people only hang around them for the money. It eventually becomes a self fulfilling prediction as they tend to drive away those who really do care about them.

[@CalebAchsah]

OMG! I am the one person on earth who never watched "The Crown." I had already binge-watched the real RF and could not envision the retelling of such obviously boring, staid, and unimaginative lives. So beat me with a wet noodle until I pass out. The "Crown" clips are phenomenal. How can brilliant writers, actors, directors, dramatists make the lives of very dull people much more interesting and exciting on screen than in reality? That deep curtsy has given me a new respect for the meaning and power of the curtsy. What can I say? BRAVO!

[@Rosemary-vf5ei]

They make "the lives of very dull people much more interesting" by writing a series which is largely fictional.

[@CalebAchsah]

@@Rosemary-vf5ei - Yes, and they do it so well that we, the viewers, are quite ready and willing to believe that what we are seeing actually happened. Which is why The Royal Family tried to insist that yet another disclaimer be added declaring that all events depicted are fictional. It wouldn't have helped. Most of us are thinking, "Yeah, that's probably the way it went down."🤔🤫

[@TruthTea77636]

Even though she didn’t have a formal education, she had brilliant instincts.

[@evertstuiver2805]

Claire foy was the best

[@johnherlihy4739]

Queen Mary shines brightly in this story! My Mom saw the death of Queen Elizabeth II before my Mom died in December 2022. My Mom and I loved Queen Mary of Teck!

[@twobearshomestead]

Queen Mary was Teck.

[@iluop3623]

Teck

[@mariahoulihan9483]

queen mary of Kent.. who is that?

[@ljw5768]

This programme just made me realise more and more what a strange concept Royalty is.

[@santom13]

That last dialogue..Wow, real classy at its finest..!!!

[@xelamercedes]

I've watched this season more times than I can count now. I suspect my grandchildren's children will watch it 30 years from today with no less enjoyment. A project masterfully executed on every level.

[@ngairemartin9753]

Good work Elizabeth. Not a fan, although raised a royalist. However she was humorous staunch strong and had the tenacity and patience of a real Queen. There'll be no other. Its a challenge being Queen, emotionally and physically. May she rest in mirth and peace.

[@Diamondsrfvr]

@ngairemartin9753......What a beautiful comment. I have to say that I did think she was funny, with a dry sense of humor, and I've seen many photos of her smiling with happiness. I think she had a mischievous streak that she probably displayed with her family more often than depicted in the series.

[@debbiekamine6788]

When Queen Elizabeth sits next to Queen Mary's bedside and asked her about the letter that was written to her, by Queen Mary. Queen Mary explains the history & why Duke of Edinburgh wouldn't understand the history. Or, the history of the Nazi & correlation with her Uncle. Amazing facts & secrets hidden in this movie. (Not hidden, but not everyone pays attention too.) Outstanding series! Love, love & love.

[@NatalieRabuzin]

All actresses portraying her Majesty were brilliant...

[@isabellas.c.scanderbeg2670]

The Crown. The best ever recreation of history 🕊️

[@Rosemary-vf5ei]

It's largely fiction. The historians watching it referred to as a fictional series based on a few facts. There is very little that is "historical" about "The Crown" - and it would have been more tactful to make a series like this when the members of the Royal Family had all died - as they did with the excellent production of Edward VII starring Timothy West. We wouldn't have known, having not lived through his reign, but I would imagine that the series didn't exactly mirror real life. However, none of us who watched it would have known.

[@Magdalen2255]

The idea that Phillip would have had some kind of problem with kneeling to her during her coronation is beyond absurd.

[@bridgecross]

John Lithgow as the aged Churchill absolutely shocked me. What a transformation. But whenever an American actor plays a Brit, I never feel fully qualified to judge the performance. As an American myself, I'm unsure if the voice is passable just to my ears. Friends across the pond, was his accent believable?

[@rhyst124]

he was shockingly brilliant.

[@rosie9487]

I thought he was a native Brit before reading this comment

[@elizabethmckenna5397]

John Lithgow is a great actor.

[@mb6913]

Churchill is half American

[@think-and-check]

He studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. And at Harvard. So, I guess his English English is excellent.

[@indianagrandmary1298]

To have your grandmother curtsy to you, unimaginable.

[@DIVINGinITALIANCulture-cv5qe]

And disgusting, yes

[@robyoungquist5803]

The look of horror on Elizabeth’s face when her Grandmother bowed to her 😟

[@carrietide]

Mary of Teck 's face reflected anger.....

[@ralphl7643]

@@carrietide She'd just lost her fourth son. John, George, David, and Bertie

[@jayneterry8701]

Was it horror ?🤔

[@Diamondsrfvr]

@@carrietide I feel that it was not anger from Mary of Teck, but a look of monumental seriousness that said: "Elizabeth, you are now Queen of all the UK and the Commonwealth. This must be the most important duty in your life, until the day you die." She wrote about this in her letter to Elizabeth, which she read on the plane before she disembarked.

[@glennbrymer4065]

Royalty, what a gig! I loved it, when they all put their crowns on in order following the Queen being crownded.

[@Dramawitsvu17]

Churchill had me dying a lot! LMAO he was a bold mf

[@seregrian5675]

I have seen Winston performed now by both Lithgow and Gary Oldman. Both men brought their prodigious talents to the role, and each version is as good as the other

[@suemikeemery]

Without question, when the queen asked the disgraced former king how he could ever forgive himself for siding with the nazis

[@ladyv5655]

She was kinder to him than he deserved. He was a terrible person.

[@odysseusrex5908]

Except, of course, he didn't really. When they invaded France, he fled. When they caught up with him in Portugal and put up to him the idea of returning to the throne, he told them that was impossible nd proceeded to British territory and spent the war as Governor General of Bahama. He did say admirable things about the Nazis in the 1930s, but lots of people admired either Hitler or Stalin at the time, seeing only their surface accomplishments and not the underlying evil. This series goes out of its way to blacken his reputation and exaggerate his "sympathies".

[@59Zeta]

He leaked security info to an English agent who leaked it to a Russian spy at the Hague who gave it to Russia. It is alleged that the places where the Russians invaded exactly matched the locations he leaked. He wanted to be a world player and was susceptible to Nazi flattery and promises.

[@auroraborealis1208]

@@odysseusrex5908their is a BBC documentary with Nazi records that prove his communications to Nazi leaders. One of which told them to bomb London to make them surrender. Further communication when he was in Portugal to the Nazi.

[@michelejones7157]

@@odysseusrex5908 it also depicts his actions, a true traitor to country.

[@iwax64]

I get so distracted by Claire Foy being so incredibly pretty.

[@seregrian5675]

And I would also add Vanessa Kirby. These are the first roles I had seen them, let alone heard of them. Both are lovely young women!

[@jeanhawken4482]

Margaret was not willing to give up her title or pension to marry the man she loved.

[@naomilives414]

Just what I was thinking. If she truly lived she would have.

[@jayneterry8701]

I'll always remember my Grandmother referring to her as poor Margaret.

[@michelejones7157]

it was all that she knew.

[@monalebon8016]

Full of herself.If one truly loves someone one gives up anything.

[@MsWiccanpriestess]

​@@monalebon8016 Actually out of herl her sister Elizabeth Margaret was the more advantageous one, while Elizabeth was more book smart, eager to learn, always educating herself. Margaret had what we Americans call street smarts, she could keep up the jokes with the guys, she could be sassy with her sister and grandmothers. No one knows this but Margaret had a soft spot for animals especially horses and cats.

[@ChanduKale]

This has been a brilliant series throughout. Absolutely loved it. Excellent portrayals by all. Especially by both the Queen Elizabeths (young and old).

[@kaviyaprabharan1832]

Queen mary really bowed and curtsied the queen elizabeth ii her granddaughter to just prove everyone else that ,u must bow before the monarchy no matter who u r(except for monarchies)

[@SamBrickell]

"Nah." *~America*

[@michaelmontagu3979]

She did, but at Clarence House, not Sandringham. Lots of inaccuracies. King George VI died in a small ground floor room not a large first floor room. He couldn't climb the stairs. Queen Mary had two green Daimlers not a maroon and black Rolls-Royce. She never owned a Rolls-Royce. Frankly, The Crown was a little bit of fact and about 95 per cent made up. People seem to have taken it to be fact.

[@mariahoulihan9483]

you mean sitting Monarchs, I presume.

[@MsWiccanpriestess]

​@@michaelmontagu3979 he died at Sandringham estate, google him it clearly says it. Bit of background on King George VI: his Majesty King George VI was incredibly shy, which is why he didn't give a lot of public speeches, plus he had a stutter, in the mid 1920's he hired speech therapist Lionel Logue to treat his stutter, which he managed to some degree. King George VI had taken on much stress during the war and took it's toll on him, and was made worse by his heavy smoking, and subsequent development of lung cancer among a cacophony of other ailments, including arteriosclerosis and Buerger's disease. Both of the King's legs were affected but his right leg was more affected than his left leg. So, the King's doctors prescribed complete rest and electric treatment to encourage circulation but as they were either unaware of the connection between the disease and smoking ( the King was a heavy smoker) or unable to persuade the king to stop smoking, the disease failed to respond to treatment. On 12 March 1949, the King underwent a lumbar sympathectomy, performed at Buckingham Palace, by James R. Learmonth. The operation, as such, was successful, but the King was warned that it was a palliative, not a cure, and that there could be no assurance that the disease would not grow worse. From all accounts, the King continued to smoke. Despite being given extreme bed rest, King George VI went to London airport to Elizabeth and Philip off on their tour to Australia via Kenya. It was his last public appearance. Six days later, at 7:30 GMT on the morning of 6 February, he was found dead in bed at Sandringham House in Norfolk. He had died in the night from a coronary thrombosis at the age of 56. His daughter flew back to Britain from Kenya as Queen Elizabeth II.

[@seanmcdonald5859]

John Lithgow as Churchill is mesmerising, surprising and compelling . . . . . . also an inspired choice.

[@susanmorano405]

Really the only thing I think The Crown got wrong, was Philip's alleged "reluctance " to bow before Elizabeth - The real Philip *was* in his way & always a support & stay to The Queen. She herself said it & I think on a whole his behavior in public bore that out. "In private" - I do think confrontations such as those dramatized here, may well have taken place. But, these don't take away from Philip's ultimate, devoted, and open loyalty to The Queen

[@mariahoulihan9483]

He was and she allowed him to be, head of the family and did not come the Queen with him. She understood that a man, especially of his personality and pride and time in history HAD to be seen to be head of his family.

[@DIVINGinITALIANCulture-cv5qe]

We loved prince Philip to the end

[@Swimdeep]

There is no more moving a scene in all seasons of The Crown than that of King George’s death and Elizabeth taking it all in. Queen Mary walked her talk; The Crown must win, must always win.

[@philipdurling1964]

Philip kept his Coronation oath up until the day that he died.

[@katiem6773]

Powerful scenes and such great acting!!

[@EnglishVirgo]

My dad was divorced when he met my mum and proposed swiftly. He had been away in the navy and his wife cheated on him, repeatedly I think and he refused to live a life with a woman of such low morals. So, they divorced. In time he met my mum and they very quickly wanted to get married and six weeks later, they did (fifty years later they are still stronger than ever and an example of true love), but it was back in the early '70s, things were different and when they approached churches, they refused to marry a divorced person. They got married at the registry office instead and it was fine, but the divorce thing stopped the church wedding. It just got me thinking of it when Margaret's scene was playing.

[@aliasif8498]

Can I ask wats d reason for that??wouldn't church promote marriages of divorced men or women

[@EnglishVirgo]

@@aliasif8498 I'm not actually sure. My parents said that the vicar looked down on them for it and refused them. But we are talking about a tiny little village in a tiny little town in England in the early 1970's, they werent exactly open minded.

[@aliasif8498]

@@EnglishVirgo Got it, Thanks for d reply I actually had no idea that few decades ago divorced men and women were looked very differently by the society n also church.

[@Mybpeterson]

I got married in 1989. I lived in a suburb of New York City that was well populated and socially progressive. There was still a problem. I was Catholic and my church refused to marry us because my husband was divorced. I went to another parish thinking my priest was a stick in the mud, but they refused as well. I called a third parish and they wouldn't marry us either. Getting married in church was important to me, so I started calling parishes of other denominations. Finally, I found a Presbyterian church that would marry us, but I had to convert. So I did.

[@Nikki_Monneypenny21]

​@aliasif8498 the Bible references marriage as a covenant to God and how he hates divorce. And remarriage was only allowed for the faithful partner not the adulter, abuser or the person in the wrong.

[@locoHAWAIIANkane]

@4:48 - So moving

[@katmustea4391]

The weight of here duty hits her right there when Queen Mary bends the knee!

[@rachelb2231]

14:55 Margaret should have said, fine. No longer in the family and marry Peter.

[@derekrollins3914]

She wasn't playing with Philip, he was a piece of work

[@JohnSmith-nn1yk]

John Lithgow is just a master actor. I truly think there isn't any role he couldn't play!

[@lizaluk]

Claire Foy acted fine indeed.

[@nathanielbanks3562]

I guess she passed the Gom Jabbar test…

[@applecounty]

The City of Birmingham also suffered with 'smog'.

[@melissacarterpresley5786]

And?

[@Edurne-zh3jd]

I ❤ this Margaret

[@Gleem1313]

To be fair, after the one black lung was fished out of the king, his death was hardly shocking. Add to that the incomparable Jared Harris dies in almost every role he takes. (He's absolutely the best actor.)

[@marceytidwell8251]

He is right up there with Sean Bean. His character's death in Mad Men was gutting.

[@jillk-ub6ce]

Chernobyl!

[@Gleem1313]

@ he dies immediately in that one. At least, he had the rest of the flashback series to act the heck out of.

[@valeriehitier9026]

Extrêmement émouvant et je ne sais même pas si on peut vraiment comprendre … tant de pouvoir … mais c est comme si la vie du roi ou de la reine ne lui appartient pas…et cette situation si antinomique à la vue de tous…pas facile!!!😮😮😮

[@yvonneplant9434]

They didn't play the Handel after she was crowned. It was a trumpet fanfair. It's all in the films of the actual coronation which are online.

[@kathypriest95]

The pollution scene that was shocking was when WC secretary was killed and his resulting statement. I truly didn't know the history of that event, and it WAS shocking. Still is.

[@callanbailey8008]

Imagine being youthful of the Victorian era, and then an old man in the newest age nearly 80 years ago, which is NOW the old age😂crazy how time flies

[@yaukwankiuyaukwankiu2743]

Clare Foy is superb.

[@KevinN-df8eo]

Sorry, just an aside, one of the reasons the smog crippled London traffic was that the vehicle's' headlights were nowhere near as powerful as the ones we have today. It crept into houses and affected children and OAP's, whose death rates climbed steeply. The Queen was perfectly right as shown by the clean air Acts that followed. Churchill really overstepped the mark in treating Her Majesty as a silly, little girl in the scene. Great acting because he really made my hackles rise.

[@ToTo-od9wz]

The Crown=The BEST!

[@VillagePotemkin]

Porchey was more than a friend

[@kaviyaprabharan1832]

Phillip : well as long as you dont sit on him anytime soon Queen : dont think everyone is as same as u to have endless wanderings with ballerina actress and playing games alone 😎😎😎😎 if she replied like this then phillip will become speechless and go numb Queen loved him thats what saved their marriage life otherwise things would have been different for phillips amd he remain as a normal commoner without titles and luxury life

[@julianneheindorf5757]

Prince Philip was not a normal commoner. He was an aristocrat with strong family ties to both the Greek and the Danish Royal houses and he was a prince of both. He already had the title of Prince when he married QEII. He was given the title of Duke of Edinburgh when he married. Like QEII he was also a descendant of Queen Victoria. The couple were third cousins. However, it does seem that courtiers and others did not value Prince Philip as a true prince because in essence he was a foreign prince, not a British one.

[@kaviyaprabharan1832]

@@julianneheindorf5757 prince phillip family ran away from their country . He had titles alone not a country to rule . He had the royal title duke of Edinburg and prince title because he married queen elizabeth ii . If Queen decides to divorce him , he lose all his titles . he gave up his job and titles and renounced titles so if he got divorced from queen and queen submits evidence of all his mistakes and divorce was granted he become a normal commoner . If he loved lilibet alone why he must worry how his in-laws and courtiers treat him and can maturely handle the problems without making a big fight with queen . he was a narrow ,typical , immature minded believe in false masculinity has a sharp tongue ,hard and tough wild one (his worst childhood and gordouston school experience made him like that )who reacted to courtiers and others worst treatments and tried to solve it immaturely failed to support his wife who fought her own family to get married to him . His family ran away fearing death and his sister's had married nazi higher officials. Queen mother , king george vi and british courtiers has enough reason to doubt him because it is heir to the throne elizabeth ii marriage . " Why on earth he wanted to marry a future queen(their match making which was planned by his uncle )and expect to live as per his wish without losing his home, job, name and felt like insulted second fiddling his wife knowing the heir alone was first preference not the spouse . He got duke of Edinburg title and thinks he can live life as per his wish and enjoy royal life . Unexpectedly elizabeth 2 become queen in 1952 he has to second fiddle her this thing make him feel insulted because of his false masculinity ,narrow and immature mind ,sharp tongue . The qualities that gave him a bad opinion in front of his in-laws and british courtiers eyes . he even gave a speech in 25th wedding anniversary it was Queen's tolerance that made this marriage successful . So it is Queen lilibet love, forgiveness and tolerance towards phillips that made their marriage successful in first 25 years .after some years phillips learnt from his mistakes and gave support to his wife I guess .

[@pauldalton1357]

@@kaviyaprabharan1832 sadly for the The Queen & all too commonly regularly; he’d suffer from ‘The Proverbial’ “Foot & Mouth” syndrome also…

[@jeremyengalla6133]

They make movies and tv about history and royals all the time but they’ll be hard pressed in the coming years to match Foy as QE and Lithgow as Churchill.

[@melanieolmsted6740]

Amazing

[@Shelly-mz9yf]

Damn... if I afford the streaming cost.... would love to watch this 😁

[@vintedge9721]

Join for a month and watch all the episodes

[@rustylee9861]

It's on Netflix.

[@rhondabitler5474]

Margaret is way too tall. The scene borderline scary. The music the expressions. I like the scene it's drama and the music. It well done. One can feel the apprehension and fear from Elizabeth.

[@eddelgarorellana6731]

I have learn several history issues by the episodes

[@patriciaasturias1007]

This series is not factual but a drama.

[@mary-annebarnett654]

Alot of it is fictional and supposition.

[@Rosemary-vf5ei]

Better hit the books then. Dame Judy Dench insisted on the disclaimer that this series is largely fiction based on some occurrences.

[@willywonka1987]

I would do anything to live then, purely to know what I represented unfortunately that great united Kingdom of ours is gone

[@PavanKumar-nx2bm]

Why did anthony eden gave that expression at 4:14

[@Acnoth]

When even the Spectre of Death curtseys (4:38).

[@mariahoulihan9483]

what does that mean?

[@Acnoth]

@@mariahoulihan9483 It means that when Queen Mary enters all in black (as per mourning), she looks like the Spectre of Death.

[@jouster100]

I knew of a lady who lived in a village near me who claimed her mother had had a relationship with the Duke of Edinburgh and she was the result. She did bear some striking similarities to Philip

[@ms.sherlock]

She could have married him without her family’s/sister’s permission - in time they would have come around. In a situation like this it is better to ask for forgiveness then for permission.

[@cherylhulting1301]

If Margaret had waited until she waa 25 she could have married Peter without the Queen's permission.

[@ms.sherlock]

@@cherylhulting1301 did not know that!

[@alliecollin1748]

Queen Elizabeth I was PHENOMENAL! Queen Elizabeth II should, henceforth, be known as Elizabeth the Great!!! 💔❤

[@mariahoulihan9483]

I think Beloved would be good.

[@beanhavok2287]

Has any other actor played both Churchill and Roosevelt?

[@GeraldCuming]

He was but you must remember the conventions of the times

[@stefdiste36]

P. Margaret was made miserable and bitter for the rest of her life after this...I am still amazed she was even able to speak to her sister after this...

[@adampowell5376]

How accurate is The Crown? It gives the impression that the Royal Family have been very unhappy for a long time.

[@lenoxlenox9447]

The weigh of the crown

[@shmataboro8634]

It seems to go with the job. I'm thankful to be an ordinary little plump peasant girl.

[@DIVINGinITALIANCulture-cv5qe]

The ordinary people suffer far greatly,and no privileges, not even proper justice

[@macsenpuma]

Edward speaking bitterly and enviously about the Queen. He'll get his comeuppance soon enough.

[@muhmahasin]

Wayne, take a rest kak king and god bless of you

[@isaiasramosgarcia9771]

if England and France alowed Germany to be on top with them no war had taken place

[@Cyndithia68]

I found myself yelling at the screen when the abdicated King Edward dismissed her. 70 years on the throne, beloved by people all around the world, always putting her duty first, unlike you who conspired with nazis.

[@MarciaLeeStelling]

The closed captioning is atrocious. You've had plenty of time to correct it, for posterity if nothing more.

[@lenoxlenox9447]

It’s the distribution company controlled not production

[@a.d.clarke4990]

10:00 why have they all got little crowns too? 😂😂😂

[@atharvashah4433]

Its tradition

[@dadevi]

Nobles from Dukes/Duchesses all the way down to Lords/Ladies are allowed to wear for coronets extremely formal events. It's simply out of fashion to do so these days, which is why the actors/actresses looked silly to some.

[@tracyblacknell3610]

Because they've all been to Burger King?????

[@georgiasmith64]

​@@tracyblacknell3610I never had a imperial margarine crown👑 appear in my head while the Do🎶 dah dee🎶 doo🎶 sound was there(Imperial margarine commercial from the 70s)

[@Kaaaaammmm]

Haven't they heard of "clean coal", lol

[@meeeka]

Because the UK was broke after the war, the government exported the "clean / cleaner" coal and sold the substandard coal to their own people.

[@daleolson3506]

It can be

[@tammyguessbeckham2212]

I wonder if Queen Elizabeth’s decision to not let Margaret to marry Peter was the reason she allowed Harry to marry MM. lord knows it would have saved the whole royal family a lot of sorrow and pain.

[@StephanieMT]

she wouldnt let her sister her daughter or son be with who they wanted but let her grandson marry a divorced woman is a strange turn of events

[@princessoffire1107]

How or why is that a strange turn? She allowed her divorced son, the future king, to marry a divorced mistress that had caused havoc for 20 years and allow her to become queen. If you ask me, her grandson marrying a divorced woman is tame. I'm no Megan fan by a long shot , but that marriage isn't in the same universe of things that are F up and wrong as Charles and Cowmilla.

[@aussiekat6379]

Different times to what they are today!

[@lisahertel2415]

Margaret could have married Peter. She chose money and title

[@pennyc11]

Some people grow wiser as they grow older.

[@avidanime158]

Prince Harry is the spare

[@muhmahasin]

Papuy god bless you

[@SummaGirl1347]

17:31 Realistically, when you are a 3 married to a 15, you can't expect to be the only one he has ever loved. That man was one of the most gorgeous men to have ever walked the earth.

[@merlinshouseoffreereadings4641]

She’s not a 3. And he’s not a 15.

[@iluop3623]

The most gorgeous man to walk the earth? Stretch there a bit 😅 Besides. They're cousins 😅

[@tommiegirl2441]

Lol... Queen Elizabeth wasn't a 3.

[@antistaticandi]

How on earth was Phillip a 15?!?! In any world

[@Sugarplum99]

Still… Charles was allowed “to violate the scriptures and offend the Church” and divorce, and then marry a divorced woman, AND become a king… AND make his wife a queen… Nice, huh?? He got away with EVERYTHING. Full house.

[@kaviyaprabharan1832]

After Queen erii people love prince william and kate , princess anne , prince edward and Sophie. Not the one who is having crown and title

[@lynnlytton8244]

I expect the Queen felt she had not been right in her previous decision, and decided not to do it again.

[@lseward21]

Also churches changed. Divorced people can marry in churches now (there may be some exceptions) and society no longer ostracizes divorced people as occurred in the 1950’s and 60’s.

[@mary-annebarnett654]

Sugar antimonarchist alert 🤣

[@Kelgel007]

@@lseward21exactly!

[@reanaa]

This is a wonderful show, the acting is top notch. The issue I have it's that much of it simply isn't real, never happened, imagined. The problem is that most viewers don't know that. They think they are watching a biography. These people are and were still alive. So, when the show creates fiction (the catty relationship between Elizabeth and Maragret, implication that Phillip spent his marriage screwing other women etc) I have issues. We don't know what the personal intimate actions and thoughts of these people had, the private conversations between sisters or a husband and wife and we shouldn't pretend we do, ESPECIALLY when everyone involved is still alive, or was and double especially when they make it scandalous. I had to stop watching it for that reason. I had too much respect for the real queen.

[@lflint3278]

They should have done like the Japanese Imperial family and made Margaret cut ties with the family, drop all titles, and become a commoner to marry.

[@barbara1407]

It was Margaret’s choice. She was a spoilt and petulant Princess all her life. The newspapers were full of her doings. She chose being a privileged Royal over the man she said she loved. She could have married Peter Townsend and lived quietly as his wife. Her choice.

[@Dowager66]

@@barbara1407INADEQUATE comment made by a commoner as per

[@barbara1407]

@@Dowager66 what position do you hold in the Royal scheme of things, then?

[@davidweihe6052]

@@barbara1407Alas, he can no longer claim the title of “Subject”, even.

[@mary-annebarnett654]

She didn’t want to do that.

[@callanbailey8008]

Elizabeth EMBODIED imagination idk what that man talking about but she was a young queen so i suppose every man wouldve said that about her

[@isaiasramosgarcia9771]

but of extreme beauty

[@kangyun1985]

A lonely road

[@partlycloudy3519]

Anybody that believes the conversations in the crown need to figure out this a make believe DRAMA just like any other film its made up yes some events are loosely based on history but not alot of it is protrayed correctly or in the right year 😂

[@joevasquez3434]

Wrong, Queen Elizabeth the I, was not her name sake. Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother was her name sake.

[@arielsclamshellbra]

Take it up with Winston Churchill, he wrote the speech.

[@nancyaguirre2307]

Actually, in reference to her regnant name, he is correct. Her Christian name, her mother is her namesake. They are different.

[@amandabyrne4670]

Margaret would not have sat down, while the Queen was still standing! This is absolute tripe!

[@Dowager66]

THATS HER SISTER SHES allowed!!! Your comment doesn’t matter

[@cindycain3301]

She got way to use to telling people they couldn't marry who they loved when she certainly did. It became to much of a habit for her and it happened with Charles too. I get that the crown is the head of the church. Love like that only comes once in a lifetime. The crown and only the crown is the head of the church. So, Margaret shouldn't have been denied! Funny, she changed the law for her son, but broke her sister's heart forever and basically ruined the woman when a small bend in law would have kept her sister sound and a terrific relationship with her sister. But when it came to Charles, they changed the law for him. She just wasn't Smart enough to see that there were those who wanted to break that family up.

[@meeeka]

By the time accomodation was made for Charles, in the 2000s, Anne had divorced and married as well as some other family members. And allowing Charles to marry Camilla, was it really a good idea, in the end?

[@meriyanaekasari2554]

Need a princess... The characterstic.. Look at me...beautiful right?