While Margaret Thatcher struggles with the disappearance of her favorite child, Elizabeth reexamines her relationships with her four children.While Margaret Thatcher struggles with the disappearance of her favorite child, Elizabeth reexamines her relationships with her four children.While Margaret Thatcher struggles with the disappearance of her favorite child, Elizabeth reexamines her relationships with her four children.
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Did you know
- TriviaThe American actress to whom Queen Elizabeth and Prince Andrew are referring to in their lunch meeting is Koo Stark (born Kathleen Norris Stark), who dated Prince Andrew for eighteen months, from February 1981 until 1983, and also starred in the film Emily (1976). In 1997, Prince Andrew became the godfather of Stark's daughter.
- GoofsThe events of Mark Thatcher's disappearance and the Argentina landing on South Georgia are portrayed as happening at exactly the same time. This is wrong. Thatcher's disappearance happened in January 1982 (9th January to the 14th January). The Argentinian scrap metal workers did land on South Georgia and raise the Argentina flag as portrayed, but this didn't happen until March 19th 1982, two months after Mark Thatcher's disappearance.
- Quotes
Carol Thatcher: You disregard me. You overlook me. And you favor Mark.
Margaret Thatcher: Because he's stronger. Like my father was stronger. Yes. You are right. I did struggle with my mother, but it had nothing to do with her sex. It had to do with her weakness. I could not bear how she was prepared to just be a housewife.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2021)
This episode may be considered low key or even superfluous, but it explores - with wonderful logic and insight - the queen's personality. So far, the queen has been portrayed as a woman of low culture but great determination and and unshakable sense of duty. She has some admirable qualities, but knowing herself (and others) is not her strong point.
One could even venture to say that digging deeper into her own personality would probably disturb her and such is the extent of lack of "intimate knowledge" that challenged by Prince Philip, she cannot even name her favourite child.
In fact, her sense of justice and equality is appalled at the idea of having to "pick a winner" - so to speak. But, intrigued by Thatcher candid acknowledgement that Mark is her favorite son, the queen embarks in a series of one-to-one with her four children, only to discover that they are all lost in their own peculiar way.
Psychologically brilliant and one of my favourite episodes. PS and BTW her favourite is... just do yourself a favour and watch this episode ;-)
- dierregi
- Nov 22, 2020
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- Runtime1 hour
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- 2.00 : 1