There are many scenes in the latest installment of The Crown that can be considered the most difficult to watch. Tampongate, further hints of Prince Philip’s infidelity and now-stained BBC interview ‘that’ reenactment could all win a gold medal.
et, there is a scene in the first episode (title Queen Victoria Syndrome) overshadows each one. Compared to the entire season five, it doesn’t matter.
It’s almost a ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ sequence. For most people, it won’t be on the list of standout moments.
The scene doesn’t suffocate with high-class drama or revel in engaging conversations about duty. Simply Princess Diana (Elizabeth Debicki) puts her two young sons to bed.
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Elizabeth Debicki and Senan West in The Crown
Elizabeth Debicki and Senan West in The Crown
Minutes earlier, Diana was sitting with her boys, Prince Charles (Dominic West) and their guests on a yacht in the middle of the Mediterranean. The trip was marketed by royal aides as a “second honeymoon” for the couple, and while Diana was enamored, Charles was not.
He was describing the journey when the Princess of Wales asked if they could go shopping. She faces awkward silences and aversion from the table. When Charles asked if anyone wanted to join her, no one answered.
However, to show support, young Prince Harry (Will Powell) raised his hand and eagerly said “me, I want to go shopping”. His brother, Prince William (Senan West) also agrees. This interaction then creates the most heartbreaking scenes.
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Elizabeth Debicki, Will Powell, Senan West, Dominic West in The Crown. Photo: Netflix
Elizabeth Debicki, Will Powell, Senan West, Dominic West in The Crown. Photo: Netflix
Diana sat with the boys in their room. She turns to Harry and thanks him for sticking with her. “That was very brave,” she said.
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In light of Harry’s decision to step down as a senior royal to protect his wife Meghan from continued media torment and disdain by the organization, it’s a clever and haunting omen.
As a thank you, she let the boys choose between a bedtime story or a Super Mario game. “Don’t tell your father,” she quips. She kisses them both.
William looked at her almost nervously and asked if she was going upstairs. She said “God no” and joked that she “goes to read the classics.” The scriptures mentioned are the problem Vogue. Her sons tell her they love her. She replied, “I love you too, my darling.”
The scene doesn’t suffocate with high-class drama or revel in engaging conversations about duty. Simply Princess Diana putting her two young sons to bed
It’s quiet and simple, a nightly ritual. There’s no drama, no grand gestures, but it’s all terribly sad.
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Peter Morgan’s work has increased the world’s interest in the House of Windsor, but it has also stripped it further of humanity from the people at its heart. They are all characters in a long-running exhibition.
The nude scene of Diana and her children gives her life a unique perspective. Above all – in addition to her title and role as ‘Princess of the People’ – she is also a young mother of two boys. Their formative years lived without her presence, but her ghost must have been everywhere.
If they were shown scenes of Debicki, West and Powell portraying the realities of their lives, would it feel like an episode of Black mirror? It was their existence that was turned into entertainment.
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Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana in Season 5 of The Crown. Photo: Netflix
Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana in Season 5 of The Crown. Photo: Netflix
This season of Crown, while enjoyable, is harder to watch than its predecessors. Sections one through four are like period pieces, far removed from modern life. Because the chapter is so recent, it’s melodic and drawn like a 1990s soap opera. This doesn’t take away from the heartache of it all, though.
While the title scenes will receive critical acclaim, the clean exchanges between mother and child will leave the biggest impact. The two men are now molded by loss and will always have to live in the shadow of a woman whose death becomes more and more mysterious.
If we carry anything from this season of the Netflix show, it’s not scandals, scandals or theatrical ones. It must be recognized that the life of Princess Diana was never a fleeting tale in a storybook.
Instead, it has always been, and always will be, a devastating tragedy.
All episodes of The Crown are available to stream on Netflix.
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