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justdonotaskmewhy · 4 months

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The Crown fact-checked. Part 1/60

Before we begin I have to say a few words:

I understand that The Crown is a work of fiction and my goal is not to say "It's all lies!", we know it is full of stuff that has never happened, I just want to "do my own research" and see which facts were changed

I will try to be as unbiased as I possibly can. I can't promise you will like my stuff or agree with me, but my thoughts are just my thoughts, you can always decide for yourself

This being said, let's start our journey

Season 1. Episode 1. Wolferton Splash

King George's VI illness

The Crown's opening scene is that of the king spitting blood and coughing heavily. This theme of illness is recurring for the rest of the episode.

King George VI was a heavy smoker. The cigarettes were rather cheap after war and it is no wonder he developed such an unhealthy habit. Note: i phrased it badly but he started smoking much earlier than after the war ended, the cigarettes were just cheaper so it was even easier for him to get access to smoking.

Due to his smoking he had a lung cancer and coronary artery disease. Both of his illnesses appeared in the series.

2. Prince Philip renounces his royal titles

The series is true to the reality here. On the eve of his wedding to princess Elizabeth Prince Philip renounced his "foreign titles" of Greece and Denmark and was styled as "His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich of Greenwich in the County of London"

3. King stutters

It is no surprise to anyone who has ever watched "The King's Speech". King George stuttered ever since he was a child and attended speech therapy to get rid of it. He almost get rid of it and it is hard to notice it in his public speeches. You can listen to this if you're interested, the real speech King George VI delivered on September 3rd, 1939 addressing Britain's involvement in World War II.

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4. Prince Philip gave up smoking because princess Elizabeth couldn't stand it

As any loving daughter would be, princess Elizabeth was preoccupied by her father's health. Seeing that smoking did not do him any good, she insisted prince Philip should give up the habit. He did and some sources state he didn't smoke once after his wedding day.

5. Limericks

As fun as it may sound the king was fond of dirty limericks. However The Crown faced a controversy as the king says the word "cunt" in the opening episode.

The full limerick is as follows:

There was an old Countess of Bray,

And you might think it odd when I say,

That despite her high station, rank and education.

She always spelled "Cunt" with a K!

6. Princess Margaret at princess Elizabeth's wedding

Princess Margaret was one of princess Elizabeth's bridesmaids. However she was shorter than her sister (Elizabeth was 163 cm tall, Princess Margaret was 155 cm).

7. Winston Churchill at princess Elizabeth's wedding. I Vow To Thee My Country

He and his wife attended the wedding and, in fact, caused a "false alarm" of applause by their arrival as everyone thought it was the princess who was cheered with such an enthusiasm.

However I Vow To Thee My Country apparently never played upon his arrival. But This song is indeed regarded as synonymous with Churchill, and it played at his funeral.

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8. Hatred towards Mountbattens

Lord Louis Mountbatten was the last Viceroy of British India. In 1947 the partition of Pakistan was inevitable but it resulted in a blood bath. Million was killed, 15 millions were displaced.

Churchill was unsatisfied with Mountbatten's hurry to operate the situation and called it "a shameful flight" which was shown in The Crown.

9. Peter Townsend

Group Captain Peter Townsend was an equerry to King George VI. He indeed had an affair with Princess Margaret, the king's youngest daughter.

A gross fact but may I remind you: he was 33 and she was 17 in 1947 when their romance presumably began. We will discuss it further in later posts.

10. Nazis and the British Royal family

The British Royal family is notorious for its connections to nazis. We are not going to talk about Edward and Wallace (because we will talk about them later), but Prince Philip had four sisters, all of whom married members of the German aristocracy—three of those men became Nazis. One sister, Princess Theodora married Berthold, Margrave of Baden; they tried to keep their distance from Nazism.

His eldest sister, Princess Margarita, married Gottfried, the 8th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg—a German aristocrat who joined the Nazi party and served in World War II. He was involved in Operation Valkyrie, the plot to assassinate Hitler in 1944.

Princess Cecilie, another sister, married German aristocrat Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse. They joined the Nazis in May 1937, but died in a plane crash months later. At her funeral, Prince Philip marched with their relatives who wore Nazi uniforms.

His youngest sister, Princess Sophie, married Prince Christoph of Hesse, an Oberführer in the Nazi Party and a director in the Third Reich's Ministry of Air Forces. Sophie said in her memoir of Hitler, "I have to say here, that, although Chri [Prince Chrisoph] and I changed our political view fundamentally some years later, we were impressed by this charming and seemingly modest man, and by his plans to change and improve the situation in Germany."

It is worth mentioning that Philip served Britain during World War II and did not himself support the nazi regime.

11. The royal family was against princess Elizabeth's marriage to Philip

It indeed happened but for an unexpected reason. Royal courtiers said that prince Philip "was too funny and had too many gaffes".

12. Lilibet

Lilibet was a nickname for princess Elizabeth. It is said that it was given by Princess Margaret who couldn't pronounce "Elizabeth" at a young age. Now it is prince Harry's daughter name, what a sweet continuity.

i stand corrected: according to this source its origin can be different. Elizabeth used to call herself Lilibet when she was a toddler.

13. Waving

Royalty way much slower than everyone else. This waving is easy to recognise, you've seen it multiple times. It is supposed that this particular style is safer for articulations, and this can be one of the reasons they wave like they do.

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14. Princess Elizabeth's passion for filming

Though it is not clear whether she liked filming herself, she was clearly fond of watching clips filmed by her family members as it was shown in "Queen at 90"

15. Princess Margaret smoking habits

Princess Margaret had a reputation of a heavy smoker. Rightfully so, as she could smoke up to 60 cigarettes a day. Allegedly she started smoking in 1952 after the death of her father (she was 21 at the time). Smoking excessively could be a sign of untreated depression and mental health troubles which we will discuss in later posts.

Side note: Margaret's smoking was first noticed in her late teens when she became famous on the party circuit for her turtle shell cigarette holder.

16. King's operation

The operation to remove the lung indeed took place at the Buckingham Palace.

When the King's chest was suspected as the cause of his ill health, Sir John called in Geoffrey Marshall, 64, an expert on lung diseases, and Sir Robert Arthur Young, 80, grand old man of British chest experts. X rays by Radiologist Peter James Kerley and others showed what seemed to be a growth in the left lung. Australian-born Brigadier Sir Thomas Peel Dunhill, 75, who enjoys the title of Sergeant Surgeon to the King, agreed that an operation was necessary. The doctors decided that another Welshman, Chest Surgeon Clement Price Thomas, was the man to do the surgery.

17. Princess Elizabeth's curtsy to her mother and grandmother

A sweet gesture and a nice tradition to show respect which lasts up until this day.

Here is a clip of prince Harry bowing to his grandmother followed by kissing her on both cheeks.

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18. Churchill elected the second time

Churchill became PM for a second time on October 26th, 1951. Fun fact: it happened month away from his 77th birthday.

19. Princess Elizabeth's Commonwealth tour

As the following episode will show the prince and the princess were on Commonwealth tour in 1952 when they received the news of king George's VI sudden death. They were in Kenya when it happened.

20. Carolers at Sandringham

Even though I can't find any reliable source about this scene, it is a decent metaphor. The king who learnt he is dying welcomes villagers who offer him a crown.

They sing "In a Bleak Midwinter" which I highly recommend to listen to closely.

The poem was written by an English poet Christina Rosetti.

What can I give Him, Poor as I am? — If I were a Shepherd I would bring a lamb; If I were a Wise Man I would do my part, — Yet what I can I give Him, — Give my heart.

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21. Prince Philip and Navy

Prince Philip's naval career began when he was 17. The Duke of Edinburgh’s active naval career ended as a commander in January 1953, after almost 14 years.

Despite his retirement from active service, Prince Philp remained both interested and involved in the Naval Service through official visits, patronage of, and association with, naval charities and clubs.

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**Shots of the Episode**

The Crown (2016)

Season 5, Episode 1: “Queen Victoria Syndrome” (2022) Director: Jessica Hobbs Cinematographer: Ben Wilson

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ljones41 · 6 months

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Top Five Favorite Episodes of "THE CROWN" Season Three (2019)

Below is a list of my favorite episodes from Season Three of the Netflix series, "THE CROWN". Created by Peter Morgan, the series stars Olivia Colman and Tobias Menzies as Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh:

TOP FIVE FAVORITE EPISODES OF "THE CROWN" SEASON THREE (2019)

1. (3.03) "Aberfan" - A horrible disaster in Aberfan, Wales leaves scores of children dead. But when Queen Elizabeth II takes a week to decide to visit the town, she must confront her reasons for postponing the trip.

2. (3.06) "Tywysog Cymru" - Prince Charles is sent to Aberystwyth University to learn Welsh from an ardent nationalist in preparation for the ceremony for his investiture as Prince of Wales.

3. (3.04) "Bubbikins" - Left without a home by a political coup in Athens, Greece; Prince Philip's eccentric mother, Princess Alice of Greece, is invited to live in Buckingham Palace by the Queen.

4. (3.10) "Cri de Couer" - As her marriage to Anthony Armstrong-Jones, Lord Snowden falls apart; Princess Margaret finds solace in the arms of a much younger man. The Queen and the nation celebrate Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee.

5. (3.08) "Dangling Man" - Prince Charles visits the exiled Duke of Windsor in his Paris chateau, only to find him very ill. Meanwhile, the Queen struggles to decide whether to make peace with him.

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The Crown

Season 5, “Ipatiev House”

Director: Christian Schwochow

DoP: Frank Lamm

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claudia1829things · 2 years

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Top Five Favorite Episodes of “THE CROWN” Season Four (2020)

Below is a list of my favorite episodes from Season Four of the Netflix series, "THE CROWN". Created by Peter Morgan, the series stars Olivia Colman and Tobias Menzies as Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh:

1. (4.08) “48:1″ - While many nations condemn apartheid in South Africa, tension mounts between Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth II about their clashing opinions on applying sanctions against the country.

2. (4.02) “The Balmoral Test” - Thatcher and her husband visit the Royal Family’s Balmoral Castle but has trouble fitting in with the family. Charles, the Prince of Wales finds himself torn between his heart and family duty.

3. (4.06) “Terra Nullius” - During the Prince and Princess of Wales’ state visit to Australia, Diana, Princess of Wales struggles to balance motherhood with her royal duties, while she and Charles cope with their marriage difficulties.

4. (4.10) “War” - In the season finale, Thatcher fights to maintain her role as Prime Minister amid a growing challenge to her power. Charles grows more determined to separate from Diana as their marriage unravels.

5. (4.01) “Gold Stick” - In the season premiere, the Queen welcomes Thatcher as Britain's first woman prime minister. Charles meets a young Diana for the first time. And an IRA attack brings tragedy to the Royal Family.

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ann-planet · 1 year

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Idk what happened to the crown’s crew of scriptwriters and directors but the direction of season 5 feels horrifyingly unjustified compared to the previous seasons.

Not to mention the acting. I felt Imelda staunton’s elizabeth was so wooden compared to Olivia’s or Claire’s. The guy who played Charles is okay but kind of feels like he took few common expressions and just played it off of that (very different from Josh O’Connor’s more human style). Debicki is good as Diana but doesn’t seem to have that slight explosive quality that Diana had in real life AND in the previous season. We barely see her Diana do anything which is quite weird cuz Diana was doing a lot during this time. The revenge dress was not her only big cultural shift moment.

The people who played Philip, Margaret and Anne were probably the best. The Romanov episode was down to the bone chilling. The episode about the Fayeds was actually enjoying to me. But the pacing of the show was just all over the place. I thought season 3 was slow because of the lack of events but weirdly season 5 is taking a time when a lot of things happened and yet... it does not show it once. A lot of things were merely reported in speech.

What this season could’ve used

- more Diana doing her duties and meeting new, modern people and her helping out

- Imelda’s Elizabeth being a little more proactive like her predecessors

- Flesh out events and for God’s sakes enough of the two people conversation in rooms and more filming of actual movement and history.

- A NEW SOUNDTRACK SCORE DAMMIT

What SHOULDNT be used but was used alas

- the sudden sympathy for Charles. Sometimes it feels the season hates him and other times finds him reactionary and justified. It doesn’t make sense

- Honestly, I was over the Townsend and Margaret arc. If they seriously wanted to emphasise it then I would’ve preferred they didn’t do that with recycled clips from the first two seasons.

- I used to love the visual metaphors Crown used to use but this time, I felt it was too on the nose and cringey

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catherinetheprincessofwales · 4 months

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Fiction meets reality: “His grandmother had been friendly with the Queen’s aunt.. his father was a RAF pilot who’d flown with Prince Philip.” - Carole Middleton talking about her husband Michael’s father Captain Peter Middleton and grandmother Olive Middleton (neé Lupton) in The Crown.

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onheirpodcast · 2 years

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This week @duchessofostergotlands and @princesscatherinemiddleton say goodbye to one of the last eligible royal bachelors as we discuss the shock engagement of Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan, and we explore the British royals and their university days: where did they study, what did they get up to, and did university help them to be a better royal?

Listen to Episode 34 - “Needlepoint and basic maths” - on Spotify, Apple, Google Podcasts and Amazon!

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Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, Prince Christian of Denmark, Princess Isabella of Denmark and Prince Vincent of Denmark attend the premiere of "Peter Pan" at Tivoli Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark -October 7th 2023.

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thecrownnet · 2 years

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William and Kate’s reported new home was once lived in by Princess Margaret’s thwarted lover

Adelaide Cottage in the Great Windsor Park was the grace-and-favour abode of Group Captain Peter Townsend in the years after the Second World War

By Rebecca Cope

14 June 2022

[...] It has been reported that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been eyeing up Adelaide Cottage on the Great Windsor Park estate as their new home. While it has been known for some time that the family of five are looking to move to Windsor in order to be closer to the Queen, there were a handful of properties that the couple could choose from. While Frogmore House has been deemed too expensive to renovate, Prince Andrew has reportedly declined to quit Royal Lodge, leaving Adelaide Cottage as the frontrunner.

Built in 1831 by King William IV for his wife Queen Adelaide, the royals enjoyed spending time there while in Windsor, using it as a day retreat. Following his death, his widow stopped visiting as often, but the cottage found itself back in favour during the reign of Queen Victoria, who often took tea there. She was so fond of the property, she even buried her beloved dog Dash on the grounds.

Its most notable inhabitant of the past century though is Group Captain Peter Townsend, the one-time suitor of Princess Margaret. He moved into the property with his wife and young son in 1944 when he became King George VI’s Equerry, after his return from the Second World War. It was a rather dingy and uncomfortable home, with dated Victorian decor and limited electricity, only able to power one heater and a vacuum at a time.

PRINCESS MARGARET WITH GROUP CAPTAIN PETER TOWNSEND ullstein bild via Getty Images

Princess Margaret reportedly first fell in love with Townsend during visits with her parents and elder sister in the 1940s, often spending time playing with his two children. Yet it wasn’t until the 1950s, following his divorce, that the two would enter into a romantic relationship, although it is not known how much time they spent together at the cottage during those years. The princess was famously stopped from marrying Townsend, 16 years her senior, due to his divorcé status. Seven years later, she would go on to marry society snapper Anthony Armstrong-Jones.

After Townsend vacated the property, the royal residence was the home of a handful of courtiers and relatives, most recently Simon Rhodes, the late son of the Queen’s first cousin Margaret. His wife, Susan, is one of the Queen’s ladies-in-waiting.

The property was completed renovated in 2015 following Simon's death, and it was briefly touted as a potential marital home for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, before they settled on neighbouring Frogmore Cottage. Similar overtures were made after the wedding of Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, but so far, no newlyweds have made the move.

So, could it be the ideal choice for the Cambridges? Located just a 10-minute walk from the Queen’s home at Windsor Castle, and with ample room for three children and a dog, plus seven gated entrances offering the utmost privacy, it's got plenty of upsides. It's also close to other royal relatives, including the Earl and Countess of Wessex and their children, Lady Louise Windsor and James, Viscount Severn, as well as Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank, and their son August - a potential playmate for Prince Louis.

*Actor Ben Miles (photo below) played Peter Townsend in The Crown season 1 and 2. It has been reported that Timothy Dalton, who played James Bond in The Living Daylights and License to Kill, is cast as Peter Townsend in The Crown season 5 (coming November 2022). Lesley Manville will be playing Princess Margaret in seasons 5

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