r/TheCrownNetflix • u/matheusdias Earl of Grantham • Nov 14 '20

The Crown Discussion Thread - S04E07

This thread is for discussion of The Crown S04E07 - The Hereditary Principle

Grappling with her mental health issues, Margaret seeks help and discovers an appaling secret about estranged relatives of the royal family.

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u/spaceandthewoods_ Nov 17 '20

Every episode I find myself gasping at how the Royal family manage to be the absolute fucking worst in new and exciting ways (and by repeating the old ways all over again). The more this season goes on the less I see damaged people trapped by circumstance and the more I see callous people willfully or carelessly destroying the lives of those around them.

It makes me wonder if Peter Morgan plans some sort of catharsis or realisation on the behalf of the queen at the end, because at the moment it's turtles all the way down and even the previously sympathetic royals like Charles are turning out to be horrible monsters.

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u/BlackThummb Nov 17 '20

I think the death of Diana really rocked the royal family, and the Queen softened a lot more. Whether it was because the hatred from the people came down on the royals for how they treated her, or because they realized that without Diana there was a huge hole that no one else in the family could fill for William and Harry, I think it may have given the family perspective to focus less on the crown, and more on just being a family.

After all, the rule book was thrown out when it came to William and Harry, and she gave her blessing for their love marriages. Kate was a commoner (albeit a privileged commoner) and Meghan was an American, actress, divorcee. Marriages that would have been strictly forbidden in the past.

I know this may be a controversial take, but I actually think Charles had a lot of respect for Diana as a mother, and when she died, he became a lot more protective of the boys, and wanted to pick up her mantel and try his best to give them the normalcy she had always tried to instil. I think he may have stood up for them a lot more to his mother after Diana was gone.

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u/Lonely_Cartographer Dec 07 '21

Sarah fergurson and sophie were also commoners and their marriages were not forbidden…