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Nov 4, 2016 · Hyde Park Corner: Directed by Stephen Daldry. With Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Victoria Hamilton, Jared Harris. With King George too ill to travel, Elizabeth and Phillip embark on a four-continent Commonwealth tour. Party leaders attempt to undermine Churchill.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Stephen Daldry
- 2016-11-04
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With King George in failing health, Princess Elizabeth and Philip tour the Commonwealth in his place, making their first stop in Nairobi, Kenya. Several Cabinet members expressed growing concerns about Churchill's ability to govern, prompting Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary Anthony Edento ask George if he could persuade Churchill to res...
Historical Events
1. George VI died of lung cancer on February 6, 1952. As shown in the episode, the new Queen was in Kenya, and was told by Philip, after Martin Charteris located them. 2. The scene in which Martin Charteris asked the Queen to select her regnal name is accurate; she was reported to have simply said, "Elizabeth, of course."
Historical Notes
1. Hyde Park Corneris a busy intersection and traffic island located between the rear of Buckingham Palace and Hyde Park. It features the Wellington Arch, one part of Green Park situated across Constitution Hill from Buckingham Palace, but now isolated on a traffic island. Beyond Hyde Park Corner from the Palace is the formal entrance to Hyde Park and Apsley House (aka Number One, London), the former home of the Duke of Wellington. 2. In the episode, "Hyde Park Corner" was the Palace code phr...
The "three monarchies brought down" mentioned by Queen Maryin Elizabeth's letter are the following: the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Russian Empire.
Hyde Park Corner. Sagana Lodge, located on the foothills of Mount Kenya, was built in 1949-1950 as a royal residence. It was a leased wedding gift in 1947 to the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh (later Queen Elizabeth II) from the colony whilst they were in Kenya.
Nov 5, 2016 · An obviously expensively-shot elephant hunting excursion straight out of Taylor Swift’s “Wildest Dreams” video (mid-century Kenyan safaris topping the list of weird colonial nostalgia ...
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Hyde Park Corner/Episode Summary. < Hyde Park Corner. With George in ill health, Elizabeth and Philip tour the Commonwealth in his place, making their first stop in Nairobi, Kenya.
Nov 4, 2016 · What does Hyde Park Corner mean for The Crown, and what does it have to do with King George's death? BBC reports that Hyde Park Corner was a pre-established code for discussing the...
