I’m only on season 3, first watch. Just finished the part with Phillip’s mother coming and the interview. Even before that in the flashbacks to his childhood had me constantly pausing and googling things. Then his mother came and I learned even more about her story via my own research. Wow what an interesting family and everything they went through. I’d love to see a show about their history!

I'm on my nth rewatch of this wonderful show, and I just noticed for the first time ever that the credits of this episode show an actor (Daniel Philpott) cast as Adolf Hitler... which I found rather surprising given the fact that Hitler doesn't appear on screen at all?

I've carefully scrolled back through the episode and we only ever see soldiers, SS officers and Nazi high command, but never the Führer himself.

The only Hitler we see is the real one in the actual pictures of David and Wallis's visit at the end.

I've given it a proper google, and I can't find any deleted scenes, stills, or references explaining why or how this came to be.

Why do you think they decided to completely cut their Hitler portrayal from the episode? Was it to make the first appearance at the end in the photographs more impactful? Or maybe the actor simply didn't do a good enough job? (But then why credit him officially?)

Anyway, I found it rather intriguing and thought it'd be worth a post here.

Anyone knows anything about this?

I just have to gush about my absolute favorite character on the show - none other than Queen Elizabeth II herself! Portrayed with grace by the talented Claire Foy, Her Majesty steals every scene she's in.

What I love most about Queen Elizabeth's character is her unwavering dedication to duty and her country, even in the face of personal struggles and political turmoil. Watching her navigate the complexities of monarchy and motherhood is both inspiring and heart-wrenching.

Plus, who can resist those iconic outfits and impeccable royal etiquette? Queen Elizabeth truly embodies the epitome of regal elegance.

Was this a real letter that Mary wrote to Elizabeth? Or was it invented for the show to express the devotion Elizabeth had to her duty?

I'm sorry but I'm completely sure the ROYALS don't answer the phone with no greeting and hang it up without saying bye.

I dunno if they've done it the whole time but I'm noticing it in season 6.

🤪 Or maybe it's accurate and the royals are known for their rudeness and lack of protocol/traditional greetings/not standing on politeness 🤪🤪

In the show, Anne seems to find Diana frivolous and immature. Although they don't interact directly much, it's clear that Anne does not care much for Diana, and she expresses frustration at the whole Diana/Charles situation. How close is this to their dynamic in real life?

We know today that Princess Diana is idolized by so many people around the world but that got me wondering did she ever idolized someone herself or did she have any role models she looked up to? anyone that she felt she could relate to?

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I'm not sure if this really fits in with The Crown, but considering that she show starts off with Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret as children I hope it does.

I've been doing some reading about Marion Crawford the girls' governess that was banished by the royal family for publishing her account of her life with the girls. I've seen a few mentions that she was manipulated by her husband, Major George Buthlay, into writing and that he wasn't who he appeared to be. I can't find much more about him, does anyone have any links to any info?

I feel horrible for how things turned out for Crawfie and I don't think the situation was what it appeared to be. It doesn't appear that QEII ever made amends, but has any current member of the family commented on it? I'm assuming no since it all went down before their time, but it is such a sad story to me.

Hi, I’ve been a fan of the (real life) royal family for a few years. I watched Season 1 and part of Season 2 of The Crown and I actually LOVED it, but then I got busy and never got around to watching more. I was thinking about getting back into it.

Here’s the problem, though. I was never too concerned with the portrayals of Elizabeth or Margaret or anyone from the first two seasons. But I’m a huge fan of King Charles and Queen Camilla in real life and I know a lot about them, both individually and about their relationship. I want to watch more of The Crown, but I’ve heard that they’re not shown in a fair light, so now I’m worried about watching the later seasons.

How biased is it? I heard that the show gets very pro-Diana/anti-Charles and I don’t like the idea of watching Charles portrayed as verbally abusive or cruel.

Is Camilla made out to be a villain? Because if so, I’m not going to watch it.

How much screen time does their relationship get? Is it fleshed out well, or rushed? If they don’t show why they’re so good for each other the whole romance makes way less sense.

Adding on to the last thing, how much screen time does Camilla get? I heard S4 was super Charles and Diana focused. Is there a focus on Camilla too?

I really want to watch The Crown, but I don’t think I’ll enjoy it if it’s super negative towards my favorite characters. I know there are lots of historical inaccuracies with their relationship, but I’m more concerned with the overall tone.

I didn’t know how to tag this so I chose misc. I just really need some input from people who have actually watched the show!

Thank you ☺️

In S1 E8 the Queen Mother visits friends in Scotland. When she arrives her two hosts come out to greet her, but neither bow or curtesy. It’s clearly their first meeting of the day. Is there any reason this would be appropriate or is it just an error in the episode?

The one thing that I heard about the real Diana is that she was kind, warm and had a real gift for connecting with people (aside from her well reported issues of course). On the show though I find her kind of unlikeable? Especially in the Debicki seasons. And that's not because of Debicki's acting but the script. She's incessantly talking about herself, constantly makes sarcastic, borderline passive aggressive and snide remarks, brings every conversation back to herself and makes it blatantly obvious just how uninteresting she finds everyone else's interests or worries. Like that scene at the hospital with her accupuncturist where she keeps gushing about Dr Khan while her supposed friend is worried about her husband who's just had severe surgery. She's kind of like Carrie on Sex and the City only somehow worse. And sure, she makes the occasional funny joke but it isn't clear at all why anyone would be enamoured with her the way people reportedly were wherever she went.

Did anyone else feel that way?

I can’t tell… I also wasn’t alive in the 80’s/early 90’s so I don’t really know what it was like in real time. Sometimes the queen seems really nice and like she cares, then other times, I’m not so sure?

Hi, I am very happy to have found a community here to discuss The Crown. I was wondering what was actually fictionalized in this series? There is of course a very large part of the story that nobody knows of except the characters themselves, like what happened before Diana and Dodi’s car accident, it’s theoretical. But do we have an idea about what was actually not true to reality in the series? I am curious about Katherine’s character. Was she really so aloof towards William and ‘’out of his league’’? It seems to me that no one can be indifferent to the future King. ;)

It was interesting to see a pro Monarchy series depict the ludicrousness, and even bloodthirsty nature (poor wounded stag who might have survived with time and space!) of the royal family. Whatever one's views on the former PM, the way she and the Mr went huhhhh?!? was a lovely way of depicting that the royals' normal way of living is soooo unrelatable.

Just finished Season 1 and 2. Loved it, absolutely great. The actor that played the Queen did amazing. Just started Ep 1 Season 3, I'm not too sure how I like the Queen now. The accent is kind of faint... Plus the young queen actually reminded me of the actual young queen elizabeth..

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I’m not familiar with how the British government handles this but there are rules against the Queen showing any of her personality, emotion , or views on anything as Queen ? Watching the series I feel for her cause her duty to the Crown seems to hurt her relationships with her family and seem very cold and distant to her children .

I’m on episode 3 and trying to figure out where real life stops and the dramatisation begins.

How did the public respond to his abdication? What was Edward like as a person? Did he actually feel so much contempt towards his family as is demonstrated in the letter he writes to Wallis while in England for his brothers funeral?

I have so many thoughts and questions 😂

A much younger Victoria, from Midsomer Murders [S4/E1]

Really striking. Those eyes, in particular.

I'm currently on season 4 and was really sad when Dickie died. He was one of my favorite characters on the show and I liked his relationship with Charles. After the episode of his murder, I made the mistake of googling him and read many disturbing things about the real Lord Mountbatten that completely changed my opinion of him. Yuck!

i know harry did but dont u think william or charles would even be curious to see themselves in a show?

First off is that how they actually met? Second, i’ve seen alot of pics of william and kate doing wild stuff so why do they portray them as innocent and cute in the show💀

Hi everyone! Just joined this group and I’m super psyched to be here ☺️ Currently on my third rewatch of The Crown and discovered something interesting! Apologies if this has been posted already, but back when I was a teen I was obsessed with the Victoria and Albert mini series, particularly Victoria. Such a girl boss. Anyway, while rewatching The Crown I realized there was always something familiar about the actress playing the Queen Mother in seasons 1 and 2, but I couldn’t quite place it. It finally hit me that the actress for both Victoria and the Queen Mother is Victoria Hamilton! Always a nice feeling when you can place someone 😂 If you’re looking for a great series to watch after The Crown, I can’t recommend Victoria and Albert enough! Their love story was one for the ages 💕