"The Crown" Margaretology(2019)

There was some criticism of the lack of nuance within the writing. The BBC's Hugh Montgomery found it "increasingly on the nose", with the season "the best yet".[40] Alison Rowat from The Herald opined some scenes were "over-engineered" and dialogue "too on the nose", but nevertheless that it excels as a political drama.[41] Vulture's Jen Chaney found the writing "a bit heavy-handed" in nevertheless "an absorbing, thoroughly enriching experience".[28] Reviewing for Variety, Caroline Framke thought the series does not always succeed in humanising the royal family, but when it does, it is "as compelling a portrait of how power warps individuals, and the world along with them, as exists on TV".[26]

"The Crown" Margaretology(2019)

Margaret as queen would have likely been the equivalent of Henry VIII was as king. "Off with (his) head" if any of her multiple partners or courtiers displeased her. It would be maddening for "the mustaches" to try to figure out which "Queen Margaret" they were dealing with on any given day.

It also had to do with how little education the Princesses were given. At least Elizabeth got to go to tutoring sessions about the Constitution, and was able to have "tutorials" in the first season. But Margaret, who seemed to have some intelligence to her, was basically "the spare" until Elizabeth married and had children, and was not given any kind of chance to put her energy to use (at least with boys, they'd throw them in the military.)

During 2017, when Season 2 of The Crown premiered and Prince Harry proposed to Meghan Markle, Queen Elizabeth II's Wikipedia page became the third-most-visited English-language entry on the site. A Wikipedia editor at the time was struck by "the terrific power of Netflix" in particular, and said the strong performance of royal-adjacent entries "should act to dispel the myth that no one cares about the monarchy."

But it's "the cold wind of socialism blowing through the land once more," as Churchill puts it, as Harold Wilson (Jason Watkins) wins the election for Prime Minister that sets the tone of the entire season.

The scandal led to Snowdon and Margaret separating in 1976. In the show, Margaret dramatically calls it "the first royal divorce since Henry VIII," but in reality, it was the highest-ranking divorce since Princess Victoria in 1901. Still, it opened a door previous closed, one that viewers will see used again soon. 041b061a72