As the title says, i think a show in the same way like the crown but about Queen Victoria could be very Interesting
The Crown is easily one of my favorite tv series of all time and the one scene that has stayed with me ever since has always been the closing scene of S1 E2.
The whole buildup from the death of King George, to where Elizabeth and Phillip are rushing home, where Elizabeth is suddenly thurst onto the throne and she slowly comes to grasp to the fact that her life is literally about to change.
She realizes this first when she arrives to Margaret and Queen Mother, where they both curtsy to her. Then, Margaret tries to follow Elizabeth, and QM tells her sternly to "wait", then shots a glance at Phillip who follows after Elizabeth before they are allowed to follow. In the very last seconds of the episode, she see's her grandmother - Mary of Tick - who also curtsys, and not just any curtsy, a low curtsy which some believe to be the curtsy of absolute and upmost respect.
It also tells us (and her of course) that the baton has finally been passed on, and with her grandmother bowing to her, who Elizabeth had been bowing too her whole life, Claire Foy really sells it as you can through the panic on her face that it has finally set in that a new dawn is rising, and she really is the Queen, and i still get chills everytime i watch it.
In The Crown, the drawing that Stephen Ward made of Prince Philip is treated like a secret drawing found in his possessions and a major scandal. When I looked it up, he made the drawing during a scheduled sitting at Buckingham Palace, and it was subsequently published as the front of a magazine, which had commissioned it.
So why does the show change it completely to some illicit drawing, even bringing it back up again as potential blackmail material by the Soviet spy? When it seems to have been nothing of the sort?
Everything was so artfully done, with the parallels with gran’s antiquated TV, Guy Fawkes and the rebels, the whole sneaking in to do the interview, the way Bashir was portrayed as snaky with the vaguest hint of nobility. Then there was the power struggle at the BBC. I swear they could have made it two hours and I would have been riveted.
I also looked it up and yes the interview aired the night of the variety show, and yes- One Night Only was performed. I mean, you’ve truly lucked out when reality provides you with such perfect details across the board.
I really disliked the acting of the older William. He spoke in a weird, almost wooden way, especially compared to Harry who seemed more natural.
In May it was revealed a series set before the events of the previous Crown series was in the works, however there’s still no official word
Anyone know for certain?
I’m watching S2 E5, and I’m just wondering if the queen herself could have met him, would it have even been in the question?