Watching this show, I was sensing similarities with the PBS show, Victoria. A young princess gets thrust into queendom, everyone tries to take advantage of her, the Queen marries a foreigner nobody loves, an aging Prime Minister the Queen has to let go, the foreigner wants the best for the Crown, and Alex Jennings plays the weird uncle (Victoria: King Leopold I, The Crown: Prince Edward).
The series opens up with the marriage of Princess Elizabeth and Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. Time speeds up a few years over the next few episodes, showing the births of Prince Charles and Princess Anne, showing their trips to Malta, the Royal Tours, to the death of King George VI, prompting that Princess Elizabeth is now Queen of the Commonwealth.
This opens a new can of worms for everything. Philip wants to treated more fairly. Princess Margaret wants to marry a divorcee. A desperate journalist criticizes the Queen. Margaret marries a rebellious photographer. But none of this is without the Queen knowing.
But being a leader of one of the most powerful nations in the world, it comes with its consequences. To help Philip feel better, the Queen appoints him to Prince. The charter forced Peter Townsend out of the country for two years until Margaret is of the proper age to marry a divorced person without the Crown's permission. But then, Peter marries someone else. The Queen had a sit down with the critic and discussed how to look better for the people, and, in fact, stayed in touch until he died. Margaret turns rebellious with her partying, drinking, and marrying society photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones.
Towards the end of Season 2, Prince Philip sends young Prince Charles to Gordonstoun, the same boarding school he attended. Philip was just as wimpy as Charles, in Philip's mind, when he was young, and the school taught him to be strong, especially after much of his family died in a tragic accident. The same couldn't be said for Charles, though. Doing the Gordonstoun Challenge, Charles was stuck in the river where his security detail found him.
And that's as far as we got.
It's rather helpful that the writer of The Queen is involved in the project. All I know about the Crown, especially with Elizabeth as Queen, is from PBS documentaries and ABC specials, which isn't a lot. This gives us a new insight into how the Crown functions, something not very many people this side of the pond have the luxury to know, my generation especially. I was born three months before Diana was killed. You can only watch some much television about the life and times of the Princess of Wales. The next thing I know is Prince William is married, now Prince Harry. George, Charlotte, and Louis are born. Meghan Markle is pregnant. Watching The Crown allows people like me to see how we got here.
There are some things I have questions about. How much of this show is made up for entertainment? The Crown can't be this exciting. Did Prince Edward really have a viewing party of the Queen's coronation, explaining everything? Was Winston Churchill really standing outside the Queen's drawing room awaiting being fired when the killing smog lifted? Not everything we see on the screen is chronicled from the history of the Crown. Some of it would have to been fabricated to make it interesting. But they have to be careful when they stretch the truth in some cases. We don't want to offend anybody. Especially since this is telling the story of people who are actually still living.
I have one other thing. The fact that Netflix has a net worth of $3.7 billion, and Netflix received $15.79 billion in 2018, why couldn't they use real film and TV footage whenever they are watching the Crown on the news? They had to recreate it themselves. Thinking about it, maybe it would look weird watching Claire Foy watching the Queen on TV. Or Vanessa Kirby watching Princess Margaret. Instead, we have Claire Foy watching Claire Foy and Vanessa Kirby watching Vanessa Kirby.
Overall, I'm very excited for Season 3, especially since we'll see a lot of new faces. I can't wait for November.
The series opens up with the marriage of Princess Elizabeth and Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. Time speeds up a few years over the next few episodes, showing the births of Prince Charles and Princess Anne, showing their trips to Malta, the Royal Tours, to the death of King George VI, prompting that Princess Elizabeth is now Queen of the Commonwealth.
This opens a new can of worms for everything. Philip wants to treated more fairly. Princess Margaret wants to marry a divorcee. A desperate journalist criticizes the Queen. Margaret marries a rebellious photographer. But none of this is without the Queen knowing.
But being a leader of one of the most powerful nations in the world, it comes with its consequences. To help Philip feel better, the Queen appoints him to Prince. The charter forced Peter Townsend out of the country for two years until Margaret is of the proper age to marry a divorced person without the Crown's permission. But then, Peter marries someone else. The Queen had a sit down with the critic and discussed how to look better for the people, and, in fact, stayed in touch until he died. Margaret turns rebellious with her partying, drinking, and marrying society photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones.
Towards the end of Season 2, Prince Philip sends young Prince Charles to Gordonstoun, the same boarding school he attended. Philip was just as wimpy as Charles, in Philip's mind, when he was young, and the school taught him to be strong, especially after much of his family died in a tragic accident. The same couldn't be said for Charles, though. Doing the Gordonstoun Challenge, Charles was stuck in the river where his security detail found him.
And that's as far as we got.
It's rather helpful that the writer of The Queen is involved in the project. All I know about the Crown, especially with Elizabeth as Queen, is from PBS documentaries and ABC specials, which isn't a lot. This gives us a new insight into how the Crown functions, something not very many people this side of the pond have the luxury to know, my generation especially. I was born three months before Diana was killed. You can only watch some much television about the life and times of the Princess of Wales. The next thing I know is Prince William is married, now Prince Harry. George, Charlotte, and Louis are born. Meghan Markle is pregnant. Watching The Crown allows people like me to see how we got here.
There are some things I have questions about. How much of this show is made up for entertainment? The Crown can't be this exciting. Did Prince Edward really have a viewing party of the Queen's coronation, explaining everything? Was Winston Churchill really standing outside the Queen's drawing room awaiting being fired when the killing smog lifted? Not everything we see on the screen is chronicled from the history of the Crown. Some of it would have to been fabricated to make it interesting. But they have to be careful when they stretch the truth in some cases. We don't want to offend anybody. Especially since this is telling the story of people who are actually still living.
I have one other thing. The fact that Netflix has a net worth of $3.7 billion, and Netflix received $15.79 billion in 2018, why couldn't they use real film and TV footage whenever they are watching the Crown on the news? They had to recreate it themselves. Thinking about it, maybe it would look weird watching Claire Foy watching the Queen on TV. Or Vanessa Kirby watching Princess Margaret. Instead, we have Claire Foy watching Claire Foy and Vanessa Kirby watching Vanessa Kirby.
Overall, I'm very excited for Season 3, especially since we'll see a lot of new faces. I can't wait for November.
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Released On: November 4, 2016 (Season 1), December 8, 2017 (Season 2)
Rating: TV-MA
Stars: Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Vanessa Kirby, Eileen Atkins, Jared Harris, John Lithgow, Jeremy Northam, Victoria Hamilton, Ben Miles, Greg Wise, Alex Jennings, Lia Williams, Anton Lesser, Matthew Goode
Directors: Stephen Daldry, Philip Martin, Julian Jarrold, Benjamin Caron, Philippa Lowthorpe
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 90% Certified Fresh (Season 1), 91% Certified Fresh (Season 2)
IMDb Score: 8.7/10 (Season 1 Average), 8.7/10 (Season 2 Average)
Awards
Season 1
- Golden Globe Awards
- Best Television Series Drama - Winner
- Best Actress Television Series Drama Claire Foy - Winner
- Best Supporting Actor Series, Miniseries or Television Film John Lithgow - Nominated
- Primetime Emmy Awards
- Outstanding Drama Series - Nominated
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Claire Foy - Nominated
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series John Lithgow - Winner
- Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series Stephen Daldry - Nominated
- Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series Peter Morgan - Nominated
Season 2
- Golden Globe Awards
- Best Television Series Drama - Nominated
- Best Actress Television Series Drama Claire Foy - Nominated
- Primetime Emmy Awards
- Outstanding Drama Series - Nominated
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Claire Foy - Winner
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Matt Smith - Nominated
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Vanessa Kirby - Nominated
- Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series Stephen Daldry - Winner
- Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series Peter Morgan - Nominated
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