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The reason a show like "The Crown" is so fascinating is that everyone in the Royal Family, as glamorous and as powerful as they may be, is also just a person. They meet heads of state and are global celebrities, but they also struggle with insecurity, with heartbreak, with fulfilling the duties of their position. Their stories are human stories, ones that don't always go according to plan.
Have a safe and an entertaining weekend, royal watchers! 👑👑
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| 'The Crown' Has Cast Its Princess Diana | Every two seasons, the cast of Netflix's hit show changes to capture a different era of royal life. This week, we found out who will be playing the people's princess in the last two seasons. | |
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We got a trailer for the new season of "The Crown," which will premiere Nov. 15.
Meghan Markle made a rare public appearance to talk about how there's “so much toxicity” in certain parts of the media
The creator of "The Crown" explained why he doesn't plan to tell Meghan and Prince Harry's story
Are you wondering how the actors in the new season stack up to their real-life counterparts? Here you go.
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Because we're so excited for the new season of "The Crown," set in the late 1970s and early '80s, why not take a look at the Queen in that era? |
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The Queen inspects the 1st Battalion and Argyll Sutherland Highlanders at Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire on Nov. 9, 1978. |
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Queen Elizabeth and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at a ball celebrating the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Lusaka, Zambia on Aug. 1, 1979. |
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip meet the public on a walkabout in Kent on Oct. 31, 1984. |
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A pretty unusual summer wedding happened in France on this week more than 400 years ago. When the man who would later become King Henri IV of France married Marguerite de Valois on Aug. 18, 1572, the biggest and most divisive issue in Europe was the rift between Catholics and Protestants. As a baby, Henri was baptized in the Catholic Church because of his Catholic father. But his father died when he was young, so his Protestant mother raised him in her tradition.
Marguerite de Valois was a Catholic, and her marriage to Henri was supposed to ease the tension between the two groups. They married at Paris's famous Notre-Dame Cathedral — or, rather, outside of it. Because Henri was a Protestant, he wasn't allowed in the building.
Just days later, on Aug. 24, thousands of Protestants were killed in the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre. Henri was spared because of his Catholic wife. During his reign, he issued the Edict of Nantes, which granted religious freedom to Protestants. |
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