Matrimonium
- Episode aired Dec 8, 2017
- TV-MA
- 1h
A letter from Peter Townsend spurs Margaret to make a bold proposal. Elizabeth has good news that causes complications for Margaret.A letter from Peter Townsend spurs Margaret to make a bold proposal. Elizabeth has good news that causes complications for Margaret.A letter from Peter Townsend spurs Margaret to make a bold proposal. Elizabeth has good news that causes complications for Margaret.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen Margaret comes to visit the new baby, Elizabeth shares that they considered naming him George or Louis but decided on Andrew. George and Louis are the real life names of Prince William's sons, although Prince Louis was not yet born when this episode aired.
- GoofsOn the ceiling of the art gallery, when Tony Armstrong-Jones hangs his photographs while talking to Princess Margaret in 1959, there are modern PAR 16 lighting fixtures mounted to a busbar. While the PAR reflector fixture was invented at the end of the 1950's in the USA, the PAR 16 variant came along only much later, and early PAR fixtures had a different look anyway. Moreover, there where no such streamlined busbars at the time.
- Quotes
Tommy Lascelles: I hope Your Majesty understands the context in which this discreet reconnaissance work was done and that it in no way represents a prurient, moralistic or censorious position. Mr. Armstrong-Jones is perfectly entitled in his private life to make those choices he wishes, indeed, to live as he wishes.
[Michael clears throat]
Tommy Lascelles: However, as with a great many artists, the, uh, conventional approach to life doesn't appear to fit. It seems that what makes his work notable is his willingness, his appetite, to break barriers and conventions, as he pushes his medium, photography, I believe, to its boundaries, and, um,
[clears throat]
Tommy Lascelles: as in art, so, it would appear, in life.
Queen Elizabeth II: I see.
Tommy Lascelles: [sighs] The narrow path, the straight, Christian path, is not to his taste. To the best of our knowledge...
[unlocks briefcase]
Tommy Lascelles: ... he is currently conducting no fewer than three other intimate relationships.
Queen Elizabeth II: What? With whom?
Tommy Lascelles: With a Miss Jacqui Chan, an Oriental dancer and singer. With Gina Ward, an actress. And with a Miss Robin Banks, his former assistant.
Michael Adeane: These, we should add...
Tommy Lascelles: Are just the natural ones.
Queen Elizabeth II: What?
Tommy Lascelles: There is good reason to suspect that Mr. Armstrong-Jones has a taste for members of his own sex and that his close friendship with his proposed best man, Mr. Jeremy Fry, is...
Queen Elizabeth II: Yes.
Tommy Lascelles: ...in fact...
Queen Elizabeth II: All right, Tommy.
Michael Adeane: Not to mention his wife.
Queen Elizabeth II: Please.
Tommy Lascelles: Camilla. Formerly Grinling. An erstwhile girlfriend of Armstrong-Jones.
Michael Adeane: Who is now expecting, herself.
Queen Elizabeth II: Do you have a photograph of her?
Tommy Lascelles: We do. Thank you, Michael.
[exhales]
Tommy Lascelles: [Elizabeth gasps]
- SoundtracksSpring 1
Written by Max Richter and Antonio Vivaldi
For me, the most compelling part of the episode is the party scene in which Elizabeth is forced to interact with the photographer's friends. It's interesting and uncomfortable to see royalty forced to interact with disrespectful modern people, and I wish the episode had explored this dynamic even further. I also enjoyed the scenes between Elizabeth and Margaret, in spite of how repetitive they were, thanks to the fantastic performances from Claire Foy and Vanessa Kirby.
All in all, I found this episode to be a little too similar to previous episodes, but I am excited to see what happens next because of the way the ending finally breaks free from the loop Margaret has been on for quite some time.
- TouchTheGarlicProduction
- Dec 10, 2017
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- Filming locations
- Belvoir Castle, Belvoir, Leicestershire, England, UK(Windsor Castle)
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- Runtime1 hour
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.00 : 1