The Crown Season 4
I was originally just going to reference the latest season of The Crown in a paragraph of The Idiot Box, which is my intermittent summary of what I’ve been watching of late. But there seems to be a bit of a brouhaha in the UK tabloid press regarding season 4 which was released on Netflix on 15th November. Hence I want to write more than just a few lines about this show. Mrs P and I watched it in two sessions and feel it was the most enjoyable season yet. This is mainly due to the fact that the events covered this time round are ones we clearly remember. I became a teenager during the Thatcher administrations and also keenly remember the Princess of Wales being ubiquitous in the UK press throughout the eighties. It would appear that this season of The Crown strays beyond what is usually considered artistic license and digresses clearly from historical fact. Some believe the show has a clear agenda. All of which makes it even more fascinating viewing in my view.
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