The Crown - season 6

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Is anyone else looking forward to this? The first part of the final season is on Netflix from 16th November (four episodes), and the second part (six episodes) from 14th December.

https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/the-crown-season-6

I thought the previous series was a bit boring so I'm hoping for more drama this time round.

Every time the QM was on screen I spent a few minutes wondering which of the Duchess cousin types she was, before remembering that she was supposed to be the QM. The actress looks less like her than pretty much every other old lady in the country.

Bloody hell what was she spending it on?! She was living rent free and seemed to wear the same clothes all the time.

Wasn't it gambling debts? Horses? Lucky her daughter was Queen or she'd have been at GA!

I did enjoy this series. Pretty sure some of the St Tropez street scenes were filmed near the Royal Exchange in London.

The relationship was strange with Di and Dodi. I would like them to have touched on the heart surgeon (and I forgot about Will Carling - thanks PP) . It almost seemed like she was getting the ick from Dodi.

The sense of impending doom when the press intrusion was getting too much. The car scene with the close up of them holding hands and you can see the unfastened seatbelts behind.

It seemed like one line was aimed at Harry, during the scene where the boys walk behind the coffin. He said in recent interviews he was annoyed at people crying for his mother when they'd never met her. It was the William character that delivered the line but Prince Philip responded - 'they're crying for you', which I think was very much the case.

The old Queen Mother was known to be extravagant. It wasn't just gambling, it was in every area of her life. She lived a lifestyle reminiscent of a bygone age.

However, she was known to be extremely generous.

Coutts would not have worried about her overdraft, she had a lot of money and they knew they would recoup from her estate.

I found it really good too, particularly how the capture the craziness of the press and mainstream media. Perhaps being part of that world, who showed more recently how little they have learned in how Meghan and Harry were written about, the TV critics felt rather butt hurt about it. And of course people see and talk to people close to them, or they feel some guilt about, who have died, it can be part of the grief process.

Dubonnet! 😀👍

@Borageandchips must be expensive stuff 🤣

Late to the party but I only just finished watching these episodes (intentionally delayed so there is less time to wait for the rest!) I loved the whole 90s vibe, George Michael tracks in the background and the fashion - it felt so nostalgic. Having lived through the Diana era I really thought they did it justice. It was beautifully written and despite knowing how it would end I was willing her to go straight home or wear her seatbelt. I found it very emotional. The only thing that annoyed me was that I thought MAF and Dodi were really hard done by and unjustly made into villains without us knowing the full story.

just started watching.
loooove the title music and visual intro. so masterful.

I love the intro. It's one of the few programmes where I never press 'skip intro'.

Is it implying that the crown is sort of a ball and chain?

I always think the crown seems like the alien in Alien – you just catch terrifying glimpses of it until right near the end. And it's gleaming but dark and quite threatening.

the music is genius
lovely light melody on top and threatening bass contramelody.

Yes! The music is amazing. It manages to be majestic and menacing all at once.
I always play the intro as well.

I’ve just read that Eve Best is in the second batch of episodes, playing Carole Middleton.

When are the next set of episodes please

Next Thursday.

She was miscast in this definitely

I think Olivia Coleman is one of those actors who get votes from people on the judging panel who can't be bothered to watch all the stuff they have to watch to make a decision and just say ' Oh Olivia Colemans on the list' She is great in some things but was completely miscast here I agree

I would like them to have touched on the heart surgeon (and I forgot about Will Carling - thanks PP) .

The heart surgeon featured in the previous series.

She was my least favourite in this role

Great in some other stuff as you say

I thought Olivia Coleman was just right, playing the Queen as she was at that time. The Queen had a different manner when younger and when older.

As for Will Carling, that was more a thing on his part than Diana's so much so that his thenwife got fed up with him mooning about her (not the only time that happened), but it didn't turn into an affair.

The heart surgeon, Hasnet Khan, was a true love affair for two years, kept very discreet. They really did love eachother and Diana had hopes for a future with him; however, he was married to his work and couldn't cope with even the idea of press/public interest, so it ended. That was in 'The Crown'. There is also a very good film, 'Diana' starring Naomi Watts I think, which is centred on their relationship and gives more detail. That is well worth watching.

I thought it was generally accepted that Will Carling had an affair with Diana. His wife divorced him a year after it all came out and in a recent interview he didn’t deny it:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9127995/amp/EDEN-CONFIDENTIAL-Carling-admits-behaved-stupidly-Princess-Diana.html

Diana was no saint but it suits certain quarters to repeatedly characterise her as a marriage wrecker.

Just because something is in the DM it doesn’t mean it’s true and anyway I wouldn’t trust anything WC says about anyone:

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/WILL+CARLING+DUMPS+LOVER+FOR+HIS+MATE%27S+WIFE%3B+He+kicks+out+Ali+and...-a060611679

@LBFseBrom oh of course they did feature Hasnet Khan in the Crown didn't they! I think I watched the Naomi Watts film last year and got my wires crossed. In the film they show Diana going to the Al Fayed yacht to mend her broken heart straight after.