Say whatever you may about Neflix’s representation of Queen Elizabeth’s life in ‘The Crown‘, one thing is for sure – they have picturised it outstandingly well. The acting, the locations, the outfits, and the aesthetics of the show come uncannily close to real-life events.
Be it the Queen’s coronation or Princess Diana’s marriage to King Charles, one would have easily believed the actors were real personalities, had the recorded footage not existed. Here are 10 scenes from the show that look straight from the pages of Royal history books.
1. King George VI escorting her daughter, the bride Princess Elizabeth, down the aisle.
Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten got married on 20 November 1947 at Westminster Abbey in London, United Kingdom.
2. Queen Elizabeth II returning from Kenya following the death of her father, King George VI, and her accession to the throne.
She left as a Princess but returned as a Queen. It was early 1952, when Princess Elizabeth was in Kenya for the tour of the Commonwealth, along with her husband Prince Philip, when the news of her father, King George VI’s death arrived. Because she wasn’t carrying a black dress on the trip, she had to wait in the plane to wear a suitable outfit before taking her first steps into the UK as the Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms.
3. The official coronation portrait of Elizabeth II, the Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.
4. Queen Elizabeth II at the historic Christmas Broadcast in 1957.
The Christmas Broadcast of 1957 was historic because it was the first to be televised.
5. Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles’s engagement announcement.
The day of the engagement announcement included the infamous interview that foreshadowed the marital relations between Princess Diana and Prince Charles for years to come. You know, the one where the journalist had mentioned the couple looked in love, and Prince Charles casually remarked, “whatever ‘in love’ means”.
6. Princess Diana’s iconic wedding gown.
Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles married on 29 July 1981 at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, United Kingdom.
7. Princess Diana and Prince Charles dancing in Australia in 1983.
The couple was on a royal tour of Australia in 1983 when they attended a grand dinner at Sydney’s Wentworth Hotel and danced together.
8. Princess Diana’s in her historic revenge dress.
Princess Diana wore the iconic black revenge dress to a 1994 dinner at the Serpentine Gallery, Kensington Gardens. It’s believed that the Princess wore the dress in response to her husband Prince Charles’ public admission to committing adultery.
9. Princess Diana’s famous BBC interview.
In 1995, Princess Diana sat down with BBC Journalist Martin Bashir and got candid about her relationship and marriage with Prince Charles, and their separation. Naturally, the interview got widespread public attention and gained millions of views in no time. A year later, the couple filed for divorce.
10. Princess Diana papped in a moment of introspection during a Mediterranean holiday.
It’s no secret that Princess Diana was papped everywhere she went. This one, in particular, was when she was on a Mediterranean holiday in July 1997 with her then-boyfriend Dodi Al Fayed and her sons Princes William and Harry. A month later, she tragically died in a fateful car accident.
The show has done so well a job of mimicking real-life events that they’re actually goosebump-inducing.
