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TV REVIEW: The Crown – Season 4

Season 4 of British Royal famly drama, The Crown, focuses largely on Prince Charles’ (Josh O’Connor) early marriage to Diana, Princess of Wales (Emma Corrin) and Margaret Thatcher’s (Gillian Anderson) time as Prime Minister.

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TV REVIEW: The Crown – Season 3

Season 3 of Netflix’s iconic series about the British monarchy starts with the election of Harold Wilson (Jason Watkins) as Prime Minister and spans to Elizabeth’s Silver Jubilee. This time the key events are the Aberfan disaster, the Apollo 11 moon landing, Prince Charles’ investiture and the death of the Duke of Windsor.

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TV REVIEW: The Crown – Season 2

For some reason many people are fascinated with royalty. Maybe it’s the idea of some kind of mystical divine right to power from days of yore or maybe it’s because we are pumped full of fairy tales about princes and princesses from when we are children. Whatever it is, the modern royal that seems to draw the most interest is the Queen of England, Elizabeth II, so it is no surprise that Netflix saw an opportunity in creating a series about her life. The question is, is it any good?

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