“Oh who cares….honestly” she delivers that line with such charme and honesty!
@ImranShaikh-ks2ku2 жыл бұрын
Personally i think she delivers all lines with such ease and charm that for a moment you’d believe that it is exactly how this would have happened between brother and sister….. she’s done a fabulous job……. She deserves a standing ovation……..
@1GoddessGeek8 ай бұрын
With the tick-tock of the clock in the background is the Chef's kiss.
@katluann7 ай бұрын
Exactly what I would say! Who cares? The Royals are nothing but drama! They should get a reality show and be done with it!
@lilspeth2 ай бұрын
I have adopted her point of view ... with hopeful prayers for the next generations .
@patmc29163 жыл бұрын
I love that Princess Alice laughs at the queen's scolding her brother ... they look like children laughing at his naughtiness , the acting is adorable
@agenttheater53 жыл бұрын
He was likeable in this scene
@dj31143 жыл бұрын
Good point, I didn't see that side of it initially but do now.
@Ellen244933 жыл бұрын
I thought the same. It's a lovely scene.
@triciajohansen71243 жыл бұрын
That little girl, what a hoot!!!! LOVED IT!!!! You go, girl, Princess Alice!!!!!❤❤❤❤
@aeriamamaduck Жыл бұрын
right? it seriously reminds me of my grandmother and her siblings when they were all still alive.
@jonathanlee45113 жыл бұрын
We sometimes forget that Louis Mountbatten was Princess Alice’s brother. We also forget that their sister, Louise, was the Queen of Sweden as well. There was also the 2nd Marquess of Milford-Haven.
@arthurbautista19183 жыл бұрын
and they were the great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, they were the children of Victoria- Marchioness of Milford-Haven (daughter of Alice who died earlier) and Prince Louis of Battenberg
@alwellus3 жыл бұрын
Not all of us. I was aware of that branch of relations.
@hotoneinspai3 жыл бұрын
I doubt many people who are interested in following the British monarchy would forget this... Prince Phillip as nephew to Louis Mountbatten was well connected...Prince Phillip may have been stateless but that doesn't make him less of a Royal. Though he was looked on by some with mistrust...for a good reason he was pretty racy as was his Father, Andrew of Greece... Apples and Trees. The interesting fact remains...Princess Alice was stone deaf...The makers of The Crown seem to have forgotten this...she was a prolific lip reader though but not when Louis Mountbatten's head is turns away or down?? Its also known she had a huge love and respect for her Daughter in Law...The Queen and for Royalty. So, I doubt very much if she would speak of her in such disrespectful terms.
@roddo19553 жыл бұрын
I did'nt forget. I can't forget things I did not know about
@piratesswoop7253 жыл бұрын
The niece and nephew of the last Empress of Russia as well, and they would often visit--Alice's children were about the same age as Alexei, and Louis was born right between Maria and Anastasia, so they were very close. Louis even kept a photo of Maria by his bed until the day he died.
@pdus3 жыл бұрын
They only have this one scene together, but we still can feel their chemistry as siblings. Such a good and touching scene. They really are amazing actors.
@Trezeey2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: These two actors appeared in the 1975 television series Edward the Seventh, Charles Dance as Prince Eddy, and Jane Lapotaire as Dagmar of Denmark, Empress of Russia. They never shared the screen in that one, but I found it interesting how they play siblings here and in the 1975 series as aunt and nephew.
@liamcollins91832 жыл бұрын
@@Trezeey Princess Alice and Lord Mountbatten were 15 years apart in age, so not a big leap that their actors could also play aunt and nephew.
@ladyvader2648 Жыл бұрын
Great acting indeed. Always makes me tear up!
@windingroadelven Жыл бұрын
Love this comment
@maestroclassico5801 Жыл бұрын
@@Trezeey yes Charles was young then. Seems like they tamed up Prince Eddy's scandals and concentrated on KING Edward's scandals!
@Assisi43 жыл бұрын
"Did you get a dressing down from our doughty queen?" Love that line. That's a true sibling jab right there. 😉
@roddo19553 жыл бұрын
I thought she said 'undoubted queen'. Highlighting the hilarity of being scolded by Lillibet.
@eingrica32702 жыл бұрын
@@roddo1955 No, she said "doughty". It basically means "brave and persistent" but it's always used in a slightly sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek kind of way.
@UncleBearShares2 жыл бұрын
The closed captioning had "dirty queen" 😖😖😖
@clairewatson38682 жыл бұрын
I think she said "dowdy" which really describe QEII her whole life.
@clairewatson38682 жыл бұрын
@@eingrica3270 look up dowdy, I think that's what she said.
@samghayogashala40432 жыл бұрын
“You’re left, not me … I’m on the way out!” OMG I LOVE her! 😂
@willardsteele48573 жыл бұрын
Princess Alice deserves her own movie. Like Dietrich Boenhofer, she embodied the best of her religious faith, willing to risk her own life for others. I go to tears watching all the Princess Alice scenes in The Crown. Manly tears, mind you.
@TheDibbet3 жыл бұрын
Bonhoeffer really deserves his own movie.
@richie93083 жыл бұрын
@Rhys Hoffman And then to the flashbacks of her being born deaf, her marriage to Prince Andrew of Greece, her exile, being a patient of Signmond Freud, but most importantly, her relationship with Philip and her contributions to those In need.
@bukidnonpartnership2952 жыл бұрын
Totally agree
@ji10722 жыл бұрын
100%!
@terminallumbago64652 жыл бұрын
@@richie9308 Also her saving a Jewish family from the Nazis during WW2.
@dj31143 жыл бұрын
What a great actress - she really sells any scene she is in. Her facial expressions let you know exactly what sentiment is going to follow.
@kristopher17993 жыл бұрын
She should've been nominated for the Emmy...Outstanding Actress as Guest in Drama!!!
@frankieaddams39373 жыл бұрын
She was outstandingly great in this series. She also has a small part in Downton Abby as a displaced Russian princess. She was incredible in that part, too.
@janel3423 жыл бұрын
No great actress ‘ sells’ anything . She just plays the truth of every moment.
@dj31143 жыл бұрын
@@janel342 What does that even mean?
@yashacharya74253 жыл бұрын
True! Even as Princess Kuragin in Downtown Abbey! Her expression was so communicative!
@Unownshipper3 жыл бұрын
Princess Alice was my FAVORITE character in season 3. Such grandmotherly wisdom, such a character. My second favorite was Princess Anne because she takes no guff.
@poodtang21043 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@kkandsims46123 жыл бұрын
poodtang2 the whole bit with her diamond had me laughing the police where like” this is fucking awkward “ my question is how did they know whom she was? .
@Unownshipper3 жыл бұрын
@@kkandsims4612 They didn't; at least, not as well as what's depicted. No one would've known that much detail off the top of their head in the days before Wikipedia. It was just a Writer's Convenience.
@boredstranger75223 жыл бұрын
Spot on!
@monishap4903 жыл бұрын
I agree
@marypomona10363 жыл бұрын
Everyone always forgets that she was the granddaughter of Princess Alice who was the daughter of Queen Victoria. People also always forgets that she was the niece of Tsarina Alexandra, the last Tsarina of Russia.
@arthurbautista19183 жыл бұрын
and what is the real identity of the first princess of Battenberg, Julia Hauke?
@alwellus3 жыл бұрын
Not all of us - I still am aware of the last two generations of my relations.
@chrishieke12613 жыл бұрын
And in contrast, todays royal families "marry into the wild", into ordinary families (for the want of a better word ... no judgement on the intinsic worth of those families is intended) that have neither significance nor an interesting past. I think this dillution of the aristocracy is the final act of the concept of western monarchies and I will see the end of is institutions in Europe during my lifetime. I think the downfall of monarchies is sad (and personally, I think constitutional democracies are better for the contiries/societies in the long term then pure parliamentry/republican or presidential systems), but if the majority of the people wants total egality, there's no room a monarchy can exist. So lets scherish all those intricate intervowings o all the historic family trees while they still exist. ;)
@mscott39183 жыл бұрын
They also forget that she was born in Windsor Castle, in the presence of Queen Victoria.
@mscott39183 жыл бұрын
@@arthurbautista1918 Actually she was created Countess of Battenberg in, I think, 1858. However, as a morganatic branch of the House of Hesse Darmstadt they do have a longer line.
@miesp61sleepytimegalАй бұрын
The ticking of the clock, the creaking bed, the pidgeons in the background. The subtle and delicate acting. This scene has a depth and frailty to it that makes it unforgetable. It is impossible to think that the actors are nót brother and sister. Beautiful.
@shamaliwije48723 жыл бұрын
She was awarded ‘Righteous Among the Nations’ by Israel for saving a Jewish family from Nazis.
@poodtang21043 жыл бұрын
Well deserved.
@poodtang21043 жыл бұрын
@@vanshitagupta9327 Agreed.
@timx82363 жыл бұрын
Vanshita Gupta only two of her daughters marry Nazi officials. Also as German royalty didn’t have another chance. Margarita got Married with Bertold of Baden and there’s not any info about him getting into the Nazi Party. Kurt Hahn was a profesor in the Salem’s school owned by Bertold’s family so I don’t believe he was against Jews. Teodora’s husband saw active service in the Nazi side however he also participated in an attempt to kill Hitler and he was removed Cecile’s husband died with her two years before WW2 and months after they joined to the Nazis Sophie’s first husband was a high rank Nazi, she was the one most involved. He died at war. Sophie’s second husband didn’t had anything to do with nazism. But I agree... Philip’s family was disconnected.
@giselap50323 жыл бұрын
@@vanshitagupta9327 they were not Nazis, they were german who lived in Nazi-Germany and served (as a family tradition) in the german army.
@carolyngames77053 жыл бұрын
Princess Alice is buried in Israel as per her request. Prince Philip saw to it that her wishes were carried out.
@johnny69043 жыл бұрын
3 intriguing observations: 1. Alice calling the Queen "the little girl" 2. People over 70 go from participants to spectators 3. They don't bother talking about Phillip
@jeremyong46463 жыл бұрын
I know right! The little girl thing stuck out to me since Elisabeth was 43 by this scene, Queen for 17 years and the mother of teen-aged/young adult children. I guess in the minds of Alice and Louis Mountbatten she will always be a "little girl" since they saw her grow up
@dj31143 жыл бұрын
The part about participant to spectator caused me to think about how accurate that is in life. I'm still a few years from that number but can already see the transition occurring. As to Phillip, I think they did based on her genuine concern for his anguish.
@iluop36233 жыл бұрын
Unless you're Donald Trump.
@jeremyong46463 жыл бұрын
@@iluop3623 At least Trump isn't immature enough to bring politics into a non-political video set more than 50 years ago ;)
@iluop36233 жыл бұрын
@@jeremyong4646 your mummy
@jwhan20863 жыл бұрын
"Well, this is my country. Gave me a home, gave me a name, in return, I've given it my life. And to see it like this breaks my heart." This line touches my heart so much.
@dj31143 жыл бұрын
And hers too!
@nerdysportsfan90603 жыл бұрын
As an American I really felt that lol
@agenttheater53 жыл бұрын
I thought she'd remind him that she'd remind him that she'd been living in Greece the last several years and remind him of the situation Greece was in.
@kevinbrown40732 жыл бұрын
He was a patriot. What would lord tywin do...0
@vanillaaudio1852 жыл бұрын
@@nerdysportsfan9060 me too
@gord3388 Жыл бұрын
One of the best acted dramatic scenes in recent memory. The line “it’s not our problem” resonates with me as I get older
@marymorris68979 ай бұрын
I agree. I see problems coming that will not be in fruition for twenty or more years, and I won't be here!
@ohwell947 ай бұрын
Yup same here
@airdriver6 ай бұрын
Since I turned 60 this year, I’ve learned not to get worked up about the stuff I see on the news. This scene helped me do that.
@RileyWritey3 ай бұрын
It's exactly that mindset that fucks over future generations, though.
@paulamalves3 жыл бұрын
This is what a call a master scene with giant extraordinary actors. Lovelly
@emiltiwaz10222 жыл бұрын
Sadly, Jane Lapotaire doesn't appear that much in movies and TV shows. I don't know if this is deliberate on her part. She had a brain surgery but that was over two decades ago. It's always Helen Mirren and Charlotte Rampling LOL! They're great but Jane is better I think.
@noelderekhillier80753 жыл бұрын
The beautiful Charles Dance plays the enigmatic Earl Mountbatten.
@reggiebosanquet15253 жыл бұрын
Earl Mountbatten of Burma to give his correct peerage title.
@noelderekhillier80753 жыл бұрын
@@reggiebosanquet1525 Reggie Bosanquet is dead ! he was a famous newsreader for ITN.
@noelderekhillier80753 жыл бұрын
Manner's maketh the man ! l'm quite aware of his full title thank you.
@karynee Жыл бұрын
"These days, I have nothing but time, and too little time" so well written! the dialogue, almost a foreshadowing of his fate. I will miss it when this series ends.
@TheDeviantLord2 жыл бұрын
Alice was the oldest child of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse-Rhine while Louis (Lord Mountbatten) was the youngest. They outlived their parents and their other siblings. I think that adds more to the dialogue, the youngest brother coming to see his eldest sister, who gives him some important advice.
@kokonana4086 Жыл бұрын
So touched by Lord Mountbatten"s words. He really loves this country and would do anything to keep it safe.
@anenglishmanplusamerican7107 Жыл бұрын
When I was repeating this line, I got tears in my eyes, because this is what I feel about England and America. No joking, I teared up. That's how I love my countries so much. Because an Englishman is my identity, in America is where I live. I am split among them in a happy way.
@MartinCanada Жыл бұрын
The irony is that at the end LM fell victim to an assassin's bomb.
@olliephelan Жыл бұрын
@@MartinCanada So did 18 paratroopers on the same day. And the IRA statement predicted that the government would not give a shit about expendable soldiers.
@ahlishaholloway233 Жыл бұрын
Including orchestrating a military coup and putting an end to the democracy of his nation?
@hutch11979 ай бұрын
He was found to be a pedophile (there were FBI files on him) and he had plotted to overthrow the Democratically-elected leader of his country. He was also on the front lines of the oppressive colonization of India. Let's not revise this man's history because of a fictionalized portrayal on Netflix. It's amazing what people will overlook because they're blinded by nationalism.
@marial82354 ай бұрын
I like Alice’s speech. At some point in time, the world will pass us by. It’s better to find peace with the march of time.
@moismail52262 жыл бұрын
This was a touching scene of not only eldest sister and youngest brother, but of the two remaining Battenberg siblings (with Queen Louise of Sweden dying in 1965 and George, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, dying in 1938). Yes, it featured mutual teasing and admonishment; the culmination came at the end (3:04) with Princess Alice comforting Lord Mountbatten by holding his hand. The acting was amazing. I did not see Jane Lapotaire and Charles Dance; I saw Princess Alice of Battenberg and Louis, Earl Mountbatten of Burma.
@kylenath46762 жыл бұрын
Princess Alice wasn't like all the rest of the royals. She had a heart and a soul. She felt and that separates her from the rest. The way she grabbed her brother's hand after what he said and expressed how he felt shows she isn't like the rest. She genuinely and sincerely cared.
@camilledouglas1172 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite scenes of the whole series. Of all the naughty royals and royal scandals, it's easy to forget the real "jewels" in the crown. Princess Alice was the diamond! I wish she had been featured more, in the show. She led a very interesting life, despite the many pitfalls.
@EmmarainePink3 ай бұрын
I love this scene so much, I don't know what it is about the line "We're princess and prince of nowhere" that haunts me, but it does.
@toddlandry57368 ай бұрын
This is one of the very best scenes of the entire series. Very convincing and touching. All the better for having none of the other major players anywhere nearby. Excellent.
@1andonlyzara3 жыл бұрын
I hope my sister and I are that close when we’re in our 70s.
@gavingavalli3893 жыл бұрын
They weren’t close at all. He never came to visit or rescue her from the insane asylum. That’s why she said “nice of you to find the time to visit”. You are just watching two people who are too old to hold grudges.
@1andonlyzara3 жыл бұрын
@@gavingavalli389 ... Buzzkill
@gavingavalli3893 жыл бұрын
@@1andonlyzara sorry lmao they did die on good terms if it makes you feel better. Just wanted to be authentic lol
@timx82363 жыл бұрын
@@gavingavalli389 but he always found a way to give her help, sometimes she spend the money Mountbatten gave her to help others. Lady Pamela (lord Mountbatten’s daughter) said that in a podcast.
@gavingavalli3893 жыл бұрын
@@timx8236 I didn’t say they were enemies; I just said they weren’t that close and didn’t talk that often. Which is why she said “nice of you to have found the time”....... I’m sure he did help. But the other guy in the comments wished for a relationship with his sister just like that and I was like hold up lol .....
@aeh51092 жыл бұрын
This woman lived a fascinating life. I wish there was a movie about her.
@purpurina56632 жыл бұрын
Me too, I always wonder why they haven’t made one as her life story was the stuff of novels -and she’s the epitome of the empowered woman, so in vogue these days.
@pbhoulden82123 жыл бұрын
Big sister having a wise conversation with her baby brother. I love them laughing about their young cousin and daughter/niece in law, Queen Elizabeth 2.
@karmafrosting70003 жыл бұрын
"rest now princess alice of nowhere" Sigh my heart
@annatheofylaktou42363 ай бұрын
A lot of us remember her. Rest Beautiful Alice Princess of Greece 🇬🇷❤️🌈
@ashlielove65133 жыл бұрын
This might be one of my favorite scenes in the entire series. So touching and poignant, especially today. Charles Dance is a freaking icon. 🔥
@benjaminjohannessanchez33103 жыл бұрын
Princess Kuragin and Tywin Lannister having a chat lol
@ej30163 жыл бұрын
am late to the party and missing this reference 🤔🤔🤔
@benjaminjohannessanchez33103 жыл бұрын
@@ej3016 Roles these actors portray from Downton Abbey and Game of Thrones respectively.
@ej30163 жыл бұрын
@@benjaminjohannessanchez3310 thnx - stopped watching Downton Abbey before she was on and haven’t watched any of GOT
@AquaFonic3 жыл бұрын
THE ACTRESS here ALSO PLAYED in 1975 MINNIE queen Alexandra’s younger sister in Edward the 7th she played Tzar Nicholas 2nd Mother and CHARLES DANCE PLAYED ALEXANDRAS OLDEST SON who sadly died of INFLUENZA he was first for the throne of Edwards children so they have met way before this and downton YOU CAN WATCH IT ON YOU TUBE Edward The Seventh it’s all on
@CheonSong-yi3 жыл бұрын
I love the scene when Princess Alice flying to UK and crying. Really can feel her painful of leaving the nunnery.
@jeromelombardo60533 жыл бұрын
Princess Alice may you live for ever in History. I wish I had known more about you. You are a hero.
@melissaking6019 Жыл бұрын
Jane Lapotaire is perfect as Princess Alice - cute, worldly-wise and so funny. She is 1 of the brightest lights in The Crown. Charles Dance is pretty perfect too.
@mscott39183 жыл бұрын
Princess Alice was quite a character. People were able to follow her around by the smell of her cigarettes. Once, when Ill, she refused to see a doctor, saying that she was far too ill to see one. When on the way to recovery she said that she was well enough to see the doctor. Her courage in the last war was rewarded by the state of Israel.
@mohammedshafiqulislam73342 жыл бұрын
She deserved better. Israel's award is nothing compared to what this generous lady deserved
@LordVader1094 Жыл бұрын
@@mohammedshafiqulislam7334 Based
@robbie_ Жыл бұрын
@@mohammedshafiqulislam7334 What did she do in the war? I didn't watch the show.
@mediterraneanworld Жыл бұрын
@@robbie_ She rescued and hid Jews in her home in Athens during the war.
@susansurles3776 Жыл бұрын
Doctors were not kind to her. I can imagine that she wouldn't like them.
@merlynfereira14633 жыл бұрын
Charles Dance as Lord Mountbatten. Wow. And that actress playing Alice, muah. She is her replica. Like Alice was reborn to play this actress
@exaudi333 жыл бұрын
The great Jane Lapotaire as Princess Alice.
@Leo.AC.3 жыл бұрын
I really love her performance, truly a great actress and character.
@1471dw7 ай бұрын
This is quite possibly one of my favourite moments of the series. Alice always brings a different light to the scenes she's in.
@kkandsims46123 жыл бұрын
Hold up Tywin Lannister
@kristopher17993 жыл бұрын
lololol! Charles Dance is superb in just about everything he does. Playing Louis Mountbatten as he is, he'll have to go through assassination again, since that is what happened to him among others aboard their boat, in 1979. Murdered by the IRA...
@johngomez80553 жыл бұрын
Tywin: You will rule the Highgarden. Princes Alice: My bestfriend Olenna is still there. Tywin: In one way...or another. Princess Alice: *light her cigarette
@poodtang21043 жыл бұрын
I like Princess Alice now that I've found out more about her.
@nonebusiness65832 жыл бұрын
Amazing. Every character down to the smallest minute scene absolutely nails it.
@kkandsims46123 жыл бұрын
God the talent alone in this won the crown the Emmy that year
@hildaelson42033 жыл бұрын
I keep forgetting that those people really were high-class immigrants. Including Prince Philip. I guess if you’re someone of status, it doesn’t really matter.
@leelohaskin79413 жыл бұрын
Lol yet still descendants of "royalty"
@mscott39183 жыл бұрын
They aren't really immigrants. They are all descended from the House of Stuart by a marriage of 1612. Prince Philip was already a British citizen, even though he chose to take it formally. Under the terms of the 1705 Sophia Naturalisation Act, anyone who is descended from Sophia of Hanover, mother of George I, is automatically a British citizen.
@kellyvaters16893 жыл бұрын
They could have slid into obscurity like so many other German royals, but they proved their mettle and their value. Any royal family would have been happy to include them.
@dhgemein23 жыл бұрын
Except it did matter. Despite decades of loyal service, Alice's father was booted out of the British Navy during WWI because he had a German surname.
@ransomcoates5463 жыл бұрын
dhgemein2 And as I recall Philip’s sisters were not at his wedding because they were married to Nazis. The English got themselves into this ridiculous situation by their fanatical insistence that a Catholic never be the monarch.
@dgrmn123453 жыл бұрын
Forgive me, but its so weird seeing Charles Dance (Lord Mountbatten's actor) smile. Or let alone show this kind of affection. He is a wonderful actor. Notable for playing powerful and immovable characters. I've just gotten to know and have been fond of him as Tywin Lannister or as Lord Vetinari. Characters with ice and poison in their veins that their faces were carved from iron rather than flesh. Suffice to say, Charles Dance is an amazing actor and love seeing his skills be applied to other roles such as these. The lady who plays Princess Alice is also a lovely peach. Reminding me of my dearest late great grandmother above all else.
@sirrykr16792 жыл бұрын
I always felt the humanity of Tywin Lannister in the show. He was ruthless yes but also capeable of mercy as with Arya. But most of all he was intelligent and disciplined. If he had been the king then Westerose would have had much better time of it in the long run. Tywin would have been a vety capable king.
@germanzepeda27542 жыл бұрын
Watch a young Charles Dance in the BBC period drama Edward the 7th it's about Queen Elizabeth's great grandpa.
@GR-nk9nz3 жыл бұрын
Most excellent and beautifully done acting that positively captures and conveys the loving, mature relationship between this late sister and brother.
@saa82vik3 жыл бұрын
How he is saying "nonsense" gives me warm shivers down my spine, if that is even a thing.
@ds18683 жыл бұрын
If Louis Mountbatten felt that Great Britain was a mess in the 1960s, I dread to think what he would say now.
@sayimjustadreamer2 жыл бұрын
"I was no longer a participant rather a spectator, and it was just a matter of not getting in the way."
@1313Siemens3 жыл бұрын
I agree. That's what is so affirming & thrilling about rare talent: you know it when you see or hear it.
@izuniaberg1227 Жыл бұрын
You know it’s really weird to realise that Alice is 15 years older than Louis, when I saw this scene between them I thought how must they were so close as children, but when he was like 8 year old boy, she was already married and had two daughters.
@joeswanson733 Жыл бұрын
well they were siblings regardless so there's a family bond.
@RileyWritey Жыл бұрын
There's still a bond. My oldest brother is over a decade older than me, yet we still banter like we grew up together.
@thisasiankidistrashfordram374 Жыл бұрын
I'm 14 years older than my youngest sibling & we still banter. The Mountbattens were close as a family. Alice visited them in England as much as she could in the early years. Well, until she got sent to the mental facility & wars started breaking out. Their parents were a genuine love match, their dad Prince Louis of Battenburg was a very affectionate & loving man even though he often had to be away at Sea as a hot shot Navy Officer & their mom was a very hands-on parent (which was a bit unusual for Royalty & Aristocracy). They were also a beautiful, photogenic lot & you can tell that the two oldest kids Alice & Louise (later Queen of Sweden) doted on their baby brothers George & Louis. They all doted on Louis as the baby of the bunch. There's even a picture of Louis as a little boy with Alice's oldest daughters, who look closer in age to him than his siblings.
@RJRYLESАй бұрын
I'm 11 years older than my younger brother and adore him. He was basically my child (my mom wouldn't love that but it was how I felt) You have to want to be close with your family.
@KevinSigmanАй бұрын
Getting to see two legendary veteran actors, Jane Lapotaire and Charles Dance, share a scene together, let alone bring two historical figures like Lord Mountbatten and Princess Alice to life, is an absolute treat.
@kevinj22613 жыл бұрын
Just imagine -- you and your sister , about that age, talking to each other, knowing your time was running out. Guess that feeling must be a little sad, a little bit sour, yet sweet. Thankfully your brother or sister is still with you till end of time... blood is thicker than water after all.
@gabrioxxx2 ай бұрын
You expressed it wonderfully. I wish I still had my only sister. Aging alone is not for sissies
@kevinj22612 ай бұрын
@@gabrioxxx I can feel you, if the life is a journey, no one will walk with us all the way, someone just left a little bit earlier, and we have to walk down the road by ourself, C'est la vie ...
@gabrioxxx2 ай бұрын
@@kevinj2261 Terrible as it may be, we enter into life through a lonely struggle and we exit this life in a lonely struggle as well. In the middle the fortunate ones have the chance to experience the beauty of sharing
@jeannehall65466 ай бұрын
Jane Lapotaire’s portrayal of Princess Alice is absolutely great!
@miguelcarlobarreda4303 жыл бұрын
i love this actress playing Princess Alice ❤️
@herondelatorre40232 жыл бұрын
Miguel Carlo Barreda : Interesting fact about this actress. Her name is Jane Lapotaire. Back in the early 70's around 1973 I believe. She played the mother of the last russian tsar/emperor Nicholas II in a british tv mini-series about King Edward VII called Edward the King.
@ChicagoDB3 жыл бұрын
Two brilliant actors...
@jasonhearthy6253 жыл бұрын
Thank you for uploading this scene, truly.
@joemachunda2 жыл бұрын
This series was fantastic. Great acting all around.
@kelseyk5303 жыл бұрын
Her laugh gets me every time 😄!!!
@sasmac18293 жыл бұрын
The acting of both artistes is simply superb
@RJRYLESАй бұрын
This is so profound, one of the best scenes I've of this series. When she refers to them as the battenbergs, the name they gave up........phillip really readjusted himself back into the fray as a decendent of victoria and albert
@clementlee2121 Жыл бұрын
This actress also played another royalty in the 70’s tv series called Edward VII. She played Minnie, the mother of Nicholas II of Russia.
@maxbeale81865 ай бұрын
She was great in that
@scottfarcus53222 жыл бұрын
This is the best scene in the entire series. This episode is about people mourning the decline of the empire, and some men who were unwilling to let it go. I love this scene because I think it captures the actual moment the empire died. It would have happened just like this, in the last holdout's heart.
@joeswanson733 Жыл бұрын
the british empire essentially died in 1945. it just wasnt buried yet.
@carrickrichards245711 ай бұрын
She was in Athens during the Second World War, sheltering Jewish refugees. After the war, she stayed in Greece and founded a Greek Orthodox nursing order of nuns. Here is a lovely life and it is good she is remembered.
@johnboy320643 жыл бұрын
I love this scene. One of the best in season 3, if not all the seasons.
@dianeharris3493 жыл бұрын
I wish we could have had more scenes between these two.
@Interceptor810 Жыл бұрын
When Mountbatten talks about the situation the country is in. Seems that every time period had its issues and it was never perfect. People often reminisce about 60s, 70s and 80s when those time periods had many of their own problems
@joeswanson733 Жыл бұрын
some decades worse than others.
@jakeanthony95742 жыл бұрын
I hope Prince Philip now gets to rejoin his mother Princess Alice and his uncle Lord Mountbatten in the "world beyond" if there is one. RIP HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, HRH Princess Andrew of Greece and The Rt. Hon. 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Three great human beings!
@Noname-jx2kt2 жыл бұрын
This actress had 15 min at most of screen time but knocked it out of the park.
@c.w.simpsonproductions12303 жыл бұрын
Just think, these two went from an era where Europe was the center of the world, ruled by Kings and Empires, to becoming a small player dwarfed by the USA and USSR.
@farahreh32123 жыл бұрын
The USSR was part of Europe
@gnostic2682 жыл бұрын
There's no USSR anymore and if things keep going downhill the USA won't be a superpower anymore either
@edithputhy49482 жыл бұрын
@@gnostic268 America is already declining and China is breathing down their neck
@lilspeth2 ай бұрын
The writing is wonderfully honest, so human. Brilliant acting...then again, these two are the best and direction, editing... ah perfect.
@IndySidhu883 жыл бұрын
Great scene. Love the score.
@miyakoeirian24573 жыл бұрын
I was looking for that scene ♥️
@angelabaiers50553 жыл бұрын
Charles Dance & Jane Lapotaire are superb in their roles. I also think Gillian Anderson makes an excellent Margaret Thatcher. I didn't recognize her at 1st at all.
@Cilla04153 жыл бұрын
I think Princess Alice put more wisdom into 3 minutes of dialogue then any wisdom imparted from Winston in all of his episodes.
@stephaniejaniczekssmugglerscan3 жыл бұрын
Hardly. And we know where your opinion came from. Churchill was the icon and embodiment of British resistance to Nazi Germany. No monarch could have done what he did. Alice is a wise woman, but an unfortunate soul. Shes no Winston and certainly no Iron Lady
@Cilla04153 жыл бұрын
@@stephaniejaniczekssmugglerscan I never said Winston wasn't an Icon but in the Crown he did not impart as much as wisdom as Alice did.
@edithputhy49482 жыл бұрын
@@stephaniejaniczekssmugglerscan both Winston and Thatcher were horrible human beings
@bamboozozoo88522 жыл бұрын
@@stephaniejaniczekssmugglerscan colonised countries/states won’t agree. Churchill is the man who advocated FOR colonialism!!! I guess it can either be 6 or 9 depending on where you’re standing.
@RileyWritey Жыл бұрын
@@stephaniejaniczekssmugglerscan Actually a monarch did do what Churchill did. His name was King George VI. The people who saved our nation were the soldiers who fought for it, not Churchill.
@Isa-Ramos133 жыл бұрын
This is by far, my favorite character
@Noisy_Cricket Жыл бұрын
The way this show deals with old people is one of the greatest things about it.
@vangroover19037 күн бұрын
Mountbatten was always an explosive character, even at the end.
@ravsjamalul68113 жыл бұрын
Tywin Lannister! Such amazing actor Charles!💕
@chaiiloilo2 жыл бұрын
2 great actors... Amazing scene
@ivoe15742 жыл бұрын
I love when she said "Oh, who cares honestly?"
@blackmantle54111 ай бұрын
And this is the moment I fell in love with Princess Alice of Battenberg, and did extensive research on her life.
@glenbearh91093 ай бұрын
A great series! Fantastic acting all around
@Soulful_Chaos4 ай бұрын
I gotta get this series! Seeing some of the actors/actresses from Downton and Poldark is so nice, and the series itself is just GOOD.
@jeremyong46463 жыл бұрын
2 elderly siblings having a tender moment
@k.em.4078Ай бұрын
«The Battenbergs have no country. This familiy may have kings and queens in its ranks but we are mongrels too. Part German, part Greek, part nowhere at all» It broke me
@noncreativeguy72842 жыл бұрын
“Princess Alice of Nowhere At All”
@thomaslane86383 жыл бұрын
God bless you lord Mountbatten
@Hollergirlohio Жыл бұрын
PRINCESS Alice was truly a great woman. She deserved so much more. I wish we would have seen her more with charities while she was alive. There are survivors from Jewish persecution with generations of families that owe their life to Princess Alice. She did what was right, not what was popular. Only discovering too late that every royal in the world should have been following her example. Bless Princess Alice.
@LaceySwann2 жыл бұрын
This really shows them as just a loving brother and sister
@DianaAmericaRivero2 жыл бұрын
Before Diana. Before Meghan. There was Alice.
@gregorybrown67193 ай бұрын
This is one of my favorite scenes. There is much self-actualization in it, once you reach late middle age and stand on the precipice of being elderly. Sort of an aaaaaaah fug-it, they have to live here. 😂❤
@dkchen3 жыл бұрын
Such a great scene.
@michaelarnaud1775Ай бұрын
Mountbatten talks about spending his life serving his adopted country & the state of that country at the time & the heartbreak he feels over it. All the time he gave defending something. Personally, I can relate. 4 generations of my family gave their blood, sweat & tears in defense of the US. To see the shape of the US today makes me feel as if we wasted it all for an ungrateful nation.
@amandabailey74093 жыл бұрын
Princess Alice of Battenberg is the daughter of (Princess) Victoria Mountbatten. Victoria Mountbatten is the daughter of Princess Alice, Queen Victoria’s 3rd child. Queen Victoria -> Princess Alice of the United Kingdom -> Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine -> Princess Alice of Battenberg -> *Prince Phillip* Queen Victoria -> King Edward VII -> King George V -> King George VI -> *Queen Elizabeth II*
@maestroclassico5801 Жыл бұрын
I love this scene.....their only scene together. Jeesh they should've had more Yes! Princess Alice deserves her own movie. Her line about the Battenbergs having no country....part German, part Greek (part Danish but yes, British also)part nowhere at all amused me. She herself never used the adapted name Mountbatten that her brothers and sister used. Her husband Andrew left her for his mistress. The clips on THE CROWN showing her younger self struggling with the schizophrenia are tough and when the family was reunited at Cecile's funeral, its heartbreaking. Philip's father shuns him and his mother can't recognize him. Charles Dance is one of those actors who can just say "Good Morning" and completely command your attention. His Lord Louis is sure lot more likeable than Tywin Lannister. I would would have loved for them to have talked more about the Mountbatten (AND WINDSOR) relations to the Russian Royals. The real life Anastasia was Alice and Louis' first cousin! (LATER NOTE....They do talk about the Romanovs in Season 5!)
@rjlondon58013 жыл бұрын
I'm the oldest and have 4 brothers. I look forward to giving them much needed life advice before I pass 🥂
@princesskayla14003 жыл бұрын
I think that actually a good goal tbh🙂😔
@joemakse4773 жыл бұрын
The last empress Russia was their aunt
@exaudi333 жыл бұрын
Lord Mountbatten kept a photograph of his doomed cousin, Grand Duchess Maria, by his bedside all his life.
@joemakse477 Жыл бұрын
Imagine that....if they had married....how different history would be