I had no idea there were fictional renditions of Churchill, but then I know so little about him to begin with, I might not have known what I was watching.
It's mostly a.) Venetia Scott's existence and her death, and Churchill's reaction to it, and b.) the idea he suggested holding Elizabeth's coronation so far out because he wanted to stay in power rather than because it's a massive event that takes more than five months to plan. (George IV just got slotted into Edward VIII's planned coronation.) To be honest, I haven't read much about Churchill either, and even less about his second time around in Parliament, which gets glossed over.
I missed out on the historical nuance of "Establishment Monarchy vs. My Family Got Couped Out of Our Throne and I Want to Not Be Hanged in a Another Revolution, So Let's Modernize This Institution," probably because I know almost nothing about European history, and even less about European monarchies.
That one's in the episode--Philip says he was shipped out of Greece in an orange crate during a revolution, and they're courting revolution here if they don't modernize the coronation/monarchy. I was sad they didn't follow up on that after dangling it so tantalizingly. (Although, hopefully without spoiling anything, I was happy to see Philip's past acknowledged more in season two.)
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Date: 2018-09-06 02:46 am (UTC)It's mostly a.) Venetia Scott's existence and her death, and Churchill's reaction to it, and b.) the idea he suggested holding Elizabeth's coronation so far out because he wanted to stay in power rather than because it's a massive event that takes more than five months to plan. (George IV just got slotted into Edward VIII's planned coronation.) To be honest, I haven't read much about Churchill either, and even less about his second time around in Parliament, which gets glossed over.
I missed out on the historical nuance of "Establishment Monarchy vs. My Family Got Couped Out of Our Throne and I Want to Not Be Hanged in a Another Revolution, So Let's Modernize This Institution," probably because I know almost nothing about European history, and even less about European monarchies.
That one's in the episode--Philip says he was shipped out of Greece in an orange crate during a revolution, and they're courting revolution here if they don't modernize the coronation/monarchy. I was sad they didn't follow up on that after dangling it so tantalizingly. (Although, hopefully without spoiling anything, I was happy to see Philip's past acknowledged more in season two.)