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A crowning achievement: Fairy tale vs. reality in ‘The Crown’ April 23, 2021 12:07 PM CDT By Ed Rampell
Olivia Colman, center, as Queen Elizabeth II, flanked by Josh O Connor as Prince Charles, left, and Tobias Menzies as Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, right. | Netflix
I write this as the annual Academy Awards ceremony approaches; Hollywood’s landmark Cinerama Dome, with its iconic concave screen, closes; and Prince Philip has made his last journey from Windsor Castle to St. George’s Chapel for one final pageant, His Royal Highness’s funeral. The confluence of these events has moved this film/TV historian to meditate on the audio-visual medium of moving images, the evolution of the art of storytelling from Telemachus to television, Sophocles to cinema t
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The Crown goes to Washington: White House aide fact-checks tale of Princess Margaret s dinner with LBJ Maria Puente, USA TODAY © Des Willie, Netflix via AP Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret in a scene from The Crown.
The White House Historical Association, which serves Americans fascination with their Executive Mansion (the building, that is), is launching a new lecture series featuring a corrective for fans of The Crown : Enjoy, but don t believe everything you see on TV.
The historical association, a private, nonprofit organization founded in 1961 by former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, will debut the first of four free lectures for the series, “White House History with Susan Page,” on Monday with a virtual program focused on the 36th president, Lyndon Baines Johnson. Page is USA TODAY s Washington bureau chief.
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9 things to know about the first 3 seasons of The Crown if you want to skip ahead to the Princess Diana episodes
INSIDER 12/20/2020
Season four of The Crown is available to stream on Netflix.
Peter Morgan, the show s creator, introduces characters like Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher in the newest installment of episodes.
While viewers can certainly jump into the episodic series without watching the first three seasons, it s helpful to know some of the backstory.
Insider created a list of 9 plot points to know before tuning into season four of The Crown.
Season four of Netflix s The Crown showcases all of the costumes, castles, and corgis that dominated the fictional historical drama s first three seasons.
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