Starting season 3. What the fucking fuck on this 15-20 age jump in look over one year chronologically?
also didnt realize Charles was such a creep sure Diana was a goddess but checking out your girlfriend’s barely 18 year old sister gross
He was deeply unpopular here during his marriage to Diana, and for a long time after her death. In more recent years, his image has definitely mellowed and improved - enough to say that I actually find him quite likeable these days.
Through 4. I’ve said it a bunch, but Philip is the best character. Was thatcher really that weird when she spoke? It’s almost like a cheesy impression of a British person
Everything about Bonham Carter in the scene discussing how Di wants William along for the Australia trip
It's absolutely incredible. Everything about it is top-notch. Costume, cinematography, music, acting, dialogue Btw, anyone else think the one song played a lot sounded like 007. Skyfall maybe
Only through 4 episodes so far but it's such great TV. The conversation btw Phillip and Elizabeth regarding favorite kids was fantastic. Charles' refusal to stand up straight is driving me insane though.
But yeah Charles despises the show as he should because it shows him as the jackass that he actually is because we all know due to the show that if Charles isnt the center of attention and getting flawless compliments he aint want none like why else would someone want Camilla Pig over Diana
Just started season 3 and realized the guy that played Tully and Black Jack in Outlander is the older Philip. Fuck that noise...
Just binged over the last couple of weeks. There’s a shitload of actors from GoT. Qyburn, Edmure Tully, Lord Royce, and Tywin off the top of my head
Charles is very bitch made. I grew up thinking Diana was a saint, didn’t realize she cheated too. I guess with that big an age gap, and an arranged marriage with a husband that wants nothing to do with you leads to disastrous results. I wonder how they’re going to handle Diana’s death in season 5
Won best Drama series Charles won best actor Diana won best actress Thatcher won best supporting actress all very deserving
Prince Andrew deserved an award for his performance as a pedophile who is clearly lying in that BBC interview mockumentary. He must have done some real method acting to prepare for that role.
Very late to this series but have enjoyed it. I did not have any interest in the Royals and knew little of their modern history before watching this. With that being said, can someone give me some historical context as to why the abdication is constantly referred to by members of the family as something that almost brought down the entire monarchy? I understand that Edward pretty much fucked his brother by forcing him into a position for which he had almost zero preparation, and there would have been many other difficulties....but that it would bring down the entire monarchy seems a bit much. Was there really talk around that time about doing away with the entire monarchy simply because one figurehead stepped down? That just seems very drastic to me looking at this from a 2021 perspective, but maybe it was a different time.
imo because it exposed how inconsequential the monarchy is to the country. They know the illusion of The Crown as being essential is increasingly fragile, and at any point the people of the UK may not only realize the pointlessness, but decide that it's no longer necessary.
My thing is how can't the people already know that? Why did that take an abdication to realize something that they all have to know subconsciously, and had to have known and felt as a nation for quite some time. Perhaps the abdication just highlighted the needlessness of it all I guess as an American the need for, or existence of, a figurehead monarch is just something I will never be able to understand anyway
Well sure, but our entire history as a country isn't built on royalty. Quite the opposite, actually. It would be like us tossing aside the Constitution hundreds of years down the road, even if at that time we only had nominal allegiance to it.
the amount of shit the crown gave up to the government 300 years ago is insane. if they abolish the crown the fight over the tens of billions of dollars will be nuts
I think it's also the fact that once a monarch decides that it is in fact worth it to abdicate, it opens the door for others to do the same, hence "well how long will our king/queen really stick around?" and "what happens when the next one does the same thing?" etc... It just accelerates the reputational decline really.
Started the show maybe 3 weeks ago. On season 4. I'm going to have to revise my list of all time shows. This may be a top 10. Definitely elite. I also love historical shows, movies, books, so it gets bonus points.