Out of the three main actresses who portrayed Princess Margaret across the six series, who was your personal favorite?

Again, I'm not necessarily asking who the "best" portrayal was, I'm asking who your favorite portrayal of her was.

VANESSA KIRBY - S1 - S2.

HELENA BONHAM CARTER - S3 - S4

LESLEY MANVILLE- S5 - S6.

For me personally It is very hard to choose but if i had to choose, it's definitely a tie between Vanessa Kirby & Helena Bonham Carter. Lesley Manville was really good as well, but we didn't really get as much Margaret in the last two seasons, whereas she has a much bigger role in the earlier seasons.

Vanessa Kirby played the role of a lost "spare" to perfection, from her failed romances to her rebellious streak, all of which attributes to the fact that she was just as lonely as her sister, QEII.

I admit, seeing Bellatrix Lestrange play a royal at first seemed a little jarring but she grew on me pretty quickly. Also seeing her marriage with Antony Armstrong Jones which she thought was her fairytale marriage slowly strain and become explosive, i really feel for her especially at the S3 finale.

It really is hard to choose, as all three actresses managed to capture just how complex she was as a person, from the lonely depressive and bitter angle, to the life of the party, commander of attention, from her non nonsense attitude and sometimes, even flat out rude to people. In real life, Margaret was known for her sharp tongue and for giving back handed compliments to people. Helena Bonham Carter even met Princess Margaret a number of times before she passed, and even said she went to a seance with a friend when she was in negotiations to sign onto The Crown, where she claimed her spirit came through and said she'd be a better choice then the other one, and to this day no one knows who else was consider for the role.

Whether you believe that last tale or not, I'm so glad HBC came into the role I honestly dont think anyone else could have played her. Again, I have a hard choice choosing between all theee of them, but Vanessa Kirby & Helena Bonham Carter will both tie equally.

I still don’t understand why Charles couldn’t marry Camilla.

Yes, we wouldn’t know Diana, but she would be alive. He wouldn’t be unfaithful to his wife (probably) and they would be happy couple straight out of the books which would look much better for the royal family than the disaster of a marriage between him and Diana. He would marry sooner which would probably prevent his “playboy era”.

I feel like preventing him from marrying her was the beginning of the downfall of the crown.

What was so wrong with her that royal family didn’t want her?

Personally I hope they go all in on the scandal surrounding Edward VII's reign. And also cast someone hot as George V because, as you can see here, he's certainly easy on the eyes.

It was reported not confirmed that there would be a series covering from 1901-1948. This report was May but not confirmed by Netflix or anyone official.

Anyone know anything more? I pray it is true!

I know the tone isn't exactly romantic in the scene, quite tense and toxic in disguise for public, but man, was the song cover great.

Kudos to the singers Purdy, Aimee Hodnett, and Kate Parr

Hi all! I'm curious, since this is The Crown subreddit, id like to wear whk everyone's favorite portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in the entire series. I'm not necessarily asking who the best portrayal of her was - each actress brought something unique to the role and they all did a terrific job.

"CLAIRE FOY" portrayed her S1 - S2, and we watched her transition from Princess Elizabeth to Queen Elizabeth.

She best captured the struggle of trying to be a good mother, sister, daughter and wife while balancing her role as a traditional sovereign

"OLIVIA COLMAN" took the reigns from S3 - S4, where we see that she has settled into her role as sovereign

She brings a warmth to the role, and gives us wise cracks and dry humohr here and there, which is pretty accurate to real life, seeing as QEII was known for her dry humour, which Olivia Colman brings to the table. It makes it even better seeing as she had to subdue her cheeriness to play such a sternly written role.

"IMELDA STAUNTON" portrayed her as she entered her senior years in the final two seasons , S5 - S6. Here, she played an aged queen, struggling to adjust to a new generation while trying to maintain the traditional ways of the monarchy.

My personal favorite was Olivia Colman. I remember when we were all told there would be a casting change to age the characters up, everybody had trouble adjusting to Colman specifically because her eyes were not blue. In their defense, they tried everything to change her eye colour, from using contacts which she found uncomfortable to use, to even trying CGI. Ultimately, they gave up and allowed her to use her real eye colour which i never paid any mind too until I saw someone point it out.

Her looks might have differed slightly from irl, though to be fair, none of the actresses were THAT identical to their real counterpart. I honestly thought she captured the dry humor side of her majesty perfectly and Olivia Colman is really underrated as an actress. Her range is unreal, and everybody seemed to hate that she portrayed her as cold and sterner then Claire Foy's, but the show mentions this when she has that conversation with Charles and she says that she's taken Queen Mary's word to the bone, which was the crown must always first.

From a fanbase angle, Claire Foy was easily the best portrayal of her though, but Olivia Colman will always be my favorite.

Season 5 was definitely not as bad as I remembered 😭.

I recently purchased the bluray boxset the other week, and have been giving the whole series a rewatch - mind you, i haven't watched since it ended in 2023.

I'm now up to S5 and I remember thinking to myself that it was boring and it wasn't as good as the seasons that came before it. I still agree with my original statement, however, on a rewatch it definitely isn't as boring as i remembered.

Sure, Charles & Diana do take away the main spotlight of the series - but a tv show touching on the decades of QEII's reign, I feel like a lot of people expected this season to touch heavily on the downfall of their marriage, I know I definitely did.

Did anyone feel like this, and feel like S5 was not that bad of a season?

I don't get why Margaret is so mad at her for "betraying the promise you made Father" when all the King wanted was for his brother to not abdicate ie sacrifice his love for country and the good of the Crown so George VI did not have to take over which is kind of in line with the decision Elizabeth made. If George VI was in favour of the Duke marrying his bride, then Margaret could say Elizabeth betrayed her father's wish. George VI's view was always that marrying her against tradition was wrong.

Hi all,
I’ve tried really hard to find the name of the score that plays during the credits of episodes from season 1. So far I note it playing in episodes 5 and 7.

I’ve tried using Shazam and it couldn’t find anything either.

It’s such a brilliant and uplifting piece of music - would someone kindly be able to help me find the name of it? Or explain why it’s so hard to find!

Thanks

In the argument/discussion they have, it's pretty clear what eachother wanted in the end "eachother" to be seen and acknowledged by eachother and to have more effort put into their marriage. They both just struggled on how to say it really.

Often the thing we are arguing about isn't what we're angry about. This is a prime example of that, arguing about everything and anything but not talking about the core of what they want to be loved and seen in there marriage.

I'm on Season 3 Episode 6. I always grew up loving Queen Elizabeth II. She was the only queen most of my life. I was thrilled about The Crown coming out, but haven't had the time to just sit & binge. I have to say, the 1st 2 seasons reinforced my love for the queen & really Prince Phillip also. The 3rd season; however, has me liking her less with each episode. Not to mention I do not like the actress playing her. I mean her eyes went from blue to brown? ANYWAY I am starting to see just how cold she was? I never cared for Charles. Now I'm getting a little understanding into him. I kinda feel for him & his siblings.

new here so idk if this was discussed yet but in the episode Aftermath (aftermath of diana’s death), right at the end, what do we think QE2 was looking at when she was praying? diana’s ghost watching? or maybe feeling like she’s next to go? thoughts?

Check out this moment from The Crown | S1:E3, starting at 45:36.

First of all, sorry if my english sucks - I’m not native so writing is harder for me. I just wanted to ask this because I’ve been watching the crown almost six years, even though I’m only 18 now. Every piece of music Rupert Gregson-Williams, Martin Phipps or Lorne Balfe have created are immaculate. They really are something else. At the moment my favourites are ”Princess Margaret” and ”Sacrifice”. Can you imagine, sometimes these tracks make me cry!? I feel like they hit a certain spot in me.

I would be interested to hear your favourites!

He did not wear a wing-tip collar shirt in Real life.

However, for soem reason, he wore that in the crown.

The question is that why?

Is this a reference of the fashion choice of his younger self?

As I know so far, he did wear a wing-tip collar shirt on a daily basis until the early 1920s or the late 1910s.

I’m in the US and want to get a physical boxed set of the complete series of The Crown. This is surprisingly difficult for me to find. I would greatly appreciate any help!

Exactly as the title says, lol. In season 1 episode six of The Gilded age, Mr Bannister (the English butler) explains that in America, asparagus is eaten with fork and knife while British etiquette instructs it be eaten with the fingers.

This reminded me of an article discussing that during the filming of The Crown, King Charles’ character (Dominic West, this was in a later season) was corrected by the set director for eating with a fork and knife and was told that posh society used fingers… hence why we see him eating with his hands on the show.

Maybe this is common knowledge but I wasn’t aware of this etiquette rule and it’s a great example on why I love shows like The Crown, The Gilded age and other historically-based pieces. It wouldn’t have made a difference to the scene if Bannister didn’t explain this rule but it was absolutely an interesting bit.

Of course the Crown is much more historically accurate and based on real people but I appreciate these details added into not only the visuals, but the script also.

I just love a fun fact!

Edit: spelling

Wrapping up a rewatch with the final episode, and wondering about all that expectation around the Queen stepping down at Charles’ wedding.

Do you think she was actually considering it?