The Crown Historical Accuracy
Season two of the netflix drama started with queen elizabeth played by claire foy and prince philip matt smith at odds with one another.
The crown historical accuracy. The addictive drama about the reign of britains queen elizabeth ii often touches on lesser known aspects of uk. How historically accurate is the crown season 2. Netflixs the crown is an addictive blend of pulp and prestige that charts queen elizabeth iis time on the throne.
History as it. Netflixs hit tv series the crown. The crown is a blend of fact and fiction inspired by true events royal historian carolyn harris author of raising royalty.
Peter morgan has been open about his use of artistic licence when writing for the crown photo by rich furygetty images so far the drama has documented many historical. Churchills assistant venetia scott and her death. We spoke with the shows historical consultant robert lacey about whether the netflix show is accurate about queen.
In the first half of the series churchills charms rub off on his young and eager assistant. Yes the crown gets many scandalous things right about queen elizabeths life and the british royal family like princess margaret porchie and louis mountbatten. The historical drama series is based on the life of queen elizabeth ii the current reigning monarch of the uk.
The great smog and londons reaction. Netflixs the crown is both great tv and an exercise in googling. But because of those historical accuracies and the jaw dropping production value audiences may wrongly assume that the show is a reliable history lesson.
Is the crown a true story. Our guide to the history behind some of the shows biggest season two plotlines. 5 things that are true and 3 that arent false.
Sometimes fact checking the crown is more complicated than rehashing history. The answer about how close is the crown to the real life of the british royals though is very nuanced. But how much of it is accurate.