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Fact v. Fiction in The Crown's second season

The Crown returned for a second season on Netflix earlier last month, and dramatised The Queen’s reign from 1955 to roughly 1964, shortly after the birth of Prince Edward. Today we’re going to separate the fact from fiction in The Crown’s second season. Please do not read any further if you have not caught up and do not wish to be spoiled. Did Prince Philip cheat on The Queen? If he did…
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Was The Queen jealous of Jackie Kennedy?

Netflix’s hit drama, The Crown, is pushing the limits this season when it suggests The Queen was jealous of Jackie Kennedy. The show has previously said that the storyline, while they follow history, does take creative liberties. According to The Telegraph, one episode in…
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The Crown writer calls out the monarchy as "deranged"

Peter Morgan, the writer of Netflix’s hit drama The Crown, has called out the “deranged” Royal Family in an interview with the Sunday Times. While speaking to the magazine about the show’s success ahead of the Season 2 release on 8 December, Morgan discusses his creative process including that of viewing the monarchy as a”completely insane system.” “If you had told me I would be…
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The Crown, Volume I: Book Review

If you have ever watched an episode of the hit Netflix series The Crown and wondered “Did that actually happen?” then look no further: notable royal historian and biographer Robert Lacey has written an official companion to the series. The Crown, Volume I: Elizabeth II…
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Netflix's "The Crown" Loses to BBC's "Happy Valley" in BAFTA TV Awards

Fans of Netflix’s £100 million biopic “The Crown” were left sorely disappointed after this year’s BAFTA’s award, with the highly praised serial drama depicting the early reign of Queen Elizabeth II, the show left the ceremony empty handed. Instead, they lost out to the BBC’s police drama “Happy Valley” in the Best Drama category. Sarah Lancashire also won out over Claire Foy, who…
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Royal Family is “very nervous” for Netflix’s ‘The Crown’

According to Peter Morgan, the writer of Netflix’s opulent new series The Crown, the Royal Family are both “very, very nervous and very, very excited” about the show, which will tell the story of a young Queen Elizabeth. “The royals are aware of the show,” he said. “There is a sense that they are both very, very nervous and very, very excited. I think they don’t like not having…
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