Windsor
- Episode aired Nov 4, 2016
- TV-MA
- 59m
With Elizabeth in a new role, Phillip tries to assert some power. Churchill wants to delay the coronation. King George's disgraced brother arrives.With Elizabeth in a new role, Phillip tries to assert some power. Churchill wants to delay the coronation. King George's disgraced brother arrives.With Elizabeth in a new role, Phillip tries to assert some power. Churchill wants to delay the coronation. King George's disgraced brother arrives.
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- TriviaThe music that plays during the montage showing Prince Edward, Wallis, Margaret and Peter is "Liebestod" (literally 'love death') from Wagner's 'Tristan und Isolde', an opera based on a medieval story about tragic, doomed love.
- GoofsWhile the Instrument of Abdication was signed on December 10 1936, the famous broadcast was only made the following day. The former King was introduced as "His Royal Highness Prince Edward" since the title of Duke of Windsor would not be formalized until March 8 1937.
- Quotes
Lord Salisbury: Some last minute adjustments to the funeral arrangements. If you are in agreement, ma'am, we thought that the Duke of Windsor should join the Dukes of Gloucester, Kent and Edinburgh.
Queen Elizabeth II: But that'd be the row behind me. Breathing down my neck.
Lord Salisbury: We could, if Her Majesty likes, increase the distance, put him back a few rows.
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: Any chance that could stretch to being on the steps outside the chapel?
- ConnectionsReferenced in Jeopardy!: Episode #34.30 (2017)
I know that I have commented on the show's cinematography before, but this episode took it to a whole new level. The shots of the boat that Edward arrives on were particularly memorable for their gorgeousness. Edward's re-emergence for his brother's funeral is the other main conflict of the episode. He is hated by many of the characters due to his previous actions and his questionable motives for them and his current ones. The actor does a good job of keeping you guessing whether or not he is as sleazy as some think he is.
This episode is in my opinion the best one yet. It is a great broth of various conflicts all simmering to a boil. I hope the rest is like this.
- TouchTheGarlicProduction
- Nov 4, 2016
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- Runtime59 minutes
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- 2.00 : 1