THE CROWN Season 1 – Netflix TV Series written and created by Peter Morgan (UK/USA, 2016)
If you ever get me on the subject of the Royal Family it won’t be too long before you hear words like ‘leeches’ and ‘parasites’ or me expressing the view that The Sex Pistols’ ‘God Save The Queen’ would make a better national anthem for the UK.
My wife and I therefore began watching season 1 of The Crown on Netflix more out of morbid curiosity than out of any real expectation of viewing pleasure.
I was waiting to see how many layers of superficial dross and gloss would be applied in order to present HRH in a positive light. But the opening scene of King George VI coughing up blood (red not blue!) signals that creator Peter Morgan has something else in mind. Continue reading
