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  1. Nov 9, 2022 · Queen Victoria Syndrome: Directed by Jessica Hobbs. With Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce, Dominic West, Elizabeth Debicki. A much-needed update to the Royal Yacht draws scrutiny to the Queen's reign. Hounded by the press, Charles and Diana have a second honeymoon in Italy.

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    • Biography, Drama, History
    • Jessica Hobbs
    • 2022-11-09
    • What Is ‘Queen Victoria Syndrome’?
    • Was Queen Elizabeth Actually Unpopular in The 1990s, Like 'The Crown' Shows?
    • Did Prince Charles Actually Try to Step Up to The Throne in The 1990s?

    “Queen Victoria Syndrome” refers to a monarch staying on the throne despite being unpopular. The phrase has its roots in the long reign of Queen Victoria — Queen Elizabeth's great-great-grandmother — who ruled the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 until her death in 1901. Speaking to NBC, royal expert Ingrid Seward characterized...

    "The Crown" seems to have taken a few liberties when it comes to portraying newspaper reports about Queen Elizabeth’s popularity. In the first episode, a Sunday Times newspaper dated Aug. 11, 1991, is shown with the headline, “Queen Should Abdicate in Favour of Prince of Wales.” The show claims that this article included the results of a poll in wh...

    In a scene from “The Crown" this season, Prince Charles and then-British Prime Minister John Major discuss the possibility of Queen Elizabeth abdicating so that Charles can take the throne — a conversation apparently prompted by the queen’s unpopularity in the public eye, or her “Queen Victoria Syndrome.” Representatives for Major, now 79, who serv...

    • Lindsay Lowe
  2. Nov 9, 2022 · In the first episode of The Crown 's fifth season, Queen Elizabeth II, played now by Imelda Staunton, finds herself in an unconventional dilemma. Aside from her son and heir's unraveling...

    • egonzales@hearst.com
    • 3 min
  3. Nov 9, 2022 · Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II and Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip in The Crown. (Image by Netflix Both queens also reigned longer than all of their predecessors, with Elizabeth overtaking Victorias 63-year rule on 9 September 2015.

    • Rachel Dinning
  4. Nov 9, 2022 · The queen, now played by Imelda Staunton, is 65 and getting a checkup. Healthwise, she’s in pretty good shape. ... The piece says Elizabeth suffers from the titular Queen Victoria Syndrome ...

    • Sandi Rankaduwa
    • Contributor
  5. Nov 9, 2022 · The article accuses her of having “Queen Victoria syndrome,” a reference to Queen Victorias own refusal to pass the crown on to her son, Edward VII, who was heir to the throne for almost...

  6. Nov 9, 2022 · The queen, now age 65 and played by Imelda Staunton, gets poked and prodded by her doctor who discusses her new normal: weight gain, foot pain, which serve as general reminder of her own...