superb

He really did.

I thought it odd to cast an American actor as Churchill, but he pulled it off with aplomb

It's a dreadful casting. Lithgow is awful in this role.

​@@user-zt9ki2np7r actress was both the best and the worst. everything she is in, she has this dead look on her face. No emotion. Its soo bad that it worked for this role. since Queeny never showed emotion in most of her life, until her final years with the occasional gummy smile.

Tell that poor old man to sit down.

I agree. She nailed to so well.

Precisely! That's why I appreciate the constitutional monarchy so much.

@@mms100o I've always had a very intuitive understanding of protocol for an American, including the very sophisticated, nuanced British monarchy. Not sure where I got that from. It's a great scene, though. She is barely more than a child, and he is very possibly the greatest British stateman of all time, at the end of his career. It should be a mismatch, but she is endowed by God in her role to deliver a balancing influence to the great man, Churchill.

He often instructed her when she first came to the throne. He was her advisor.

@@mms100ountil you get a mad one...

​@@sarcasticstartrek7719 the system allows for a regency. I imagine we will see more of these as we all live longer.

The other guy was Robert “Bobbitey” Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury. He came from a very prominent family dating back in politics to the Elizabethan era. His own grandfather was even PM during the Victorian period and his other ancestor was Lord Burghley a prominent advisor or Elizabeth I. I’m not sure if “Never trust a Cecil” is a real phrase or why it would exist since clearly trusting a Cecil had worked in the past

A "good dressing down from nanny." What every upper-class English male really wants. 😊👍🇬🇧

Even Phillip noticed it 😊

@@nancyvillines4552 Haha yeah he did! But in the show I just can't like Phillip....he broke the queen's heart when she found that pendant....😢

@@mattdavis1735 agreed 💯 And at least we know it's mostly fiction based on real historical facts.

@@nancyvillines4552 Well...I do agree there are parts that are complete fiction...but there are other parts that are quite true. The show is such a beautiful mix of both 😊

@@mattdavis1735 agreed 👍💯

Exactly. They’re kinda like the old friend you keep around because you’ve been friends since kindergarten but you no longer really have a use for them and you may invite them to the party and even let them voice their opinions out of respect but you don’t actually care about what they have to say any longer.

didnt he start ww2 ?

No Churchill wasn’t even prime minister when the war started.

@@freemason4979 Do you not know any World History?

@@thehaikusamurai6024 Nobb, but he did the Norway fiasco, which pushed Hitler 2 invade Norway

Not anymore

You are right. I keep telling myself, "Let him sit!"

no. he's getting told off for hiding secrets from HIS queen. let him suffer in that.

In a previous episode he explains that he isn't supposed to sit. She's not keeping him standing, he is.

It's in the description. Season one, episode 7.

@@madeleinegrayson8372 thank you

Young Presidents often take wrong decisions.

@@fahimfaisalmahir567educate us Mr knowledgeable. Which president made the wrong decision because he was young? And how did that affect your freedom? I’m waiting for a smart and decent reply. Otherwise if you don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about it would be awfully great if you didn’t make shit up anymore

Never been in the palace at nighttime to see how it is lit today, but having been in many old buildings that pre-date electricity, even though they were later wired for electricity, they are often hard to light well partly due to the ornate walls and often solid masonry of such places (Very expensive and time-consuming to run wires and cut holes in walls or ceilings for outlets). A desk may be well lit by a lamp on the desk or a sofa may be well lit to accommodate reading via a lamp on an end table, but such vast rooms are often not well lit as you have limits of what you can do with outlets for lamps and overhead lighting. In many ways it gives it more authenticity that rooms are kind of dark compared to modern buildings. It reminds me of when you walk into an old city library built in the mid to late 1800's or an old estate home built in that era. Obviously many of the palaces and government buildings were built then or even earlier.

How about NO!

She offered him before this and he refused.

I actually don't know if any of this true. Churchill and George VI reformed the weekly meetings and instead actually shared a meal during world War II. it's funny to me trying to imagine Churchill eating standing up. But George VI was not only the monarch, he waa Churchills private confessor. In World War II, that's a cruel job alone.

He knows he'd have trouble getting up again.

It wasn't allowed at the time.

Is it fair to still hold this against Charles? When this record came into the media about 30 years ago, I also thought "my goodness, how disgusting". Today I see two things differently: First: tapping phones and selling recordings of conversations to the media is criminal - the guy who did that should have been behind bars instead of collecting a big sum from the sensationalist press. Second: Have you ever been in love in your life? The you would know that people in love sometimes say foolish things to each others - but no one, neither princes nor other celebrities, deserves to have these intimate whispers to be dragged into the public eye.

@@thomasplinguidy4588 I don't expect people to bow or kneel to me. I have not spent my life striving for a job that embodies "dignity". To whom much is given, much is expected.

@@frazer3191 Yes. I am the first person to have ideas or thoughts on the monarchy. FWIW, you're welcome.

@@GunleaverWell, he didn’t choose it either, did he? If you live in the UK, you’ve chosen to continue to have a monarchy and the public are the ones who get all pissed off if the royals don’t follow “protocols” and “traditions” and expect them to act a certain way. And at the end of the day, his sex life has nothing to do with his role or anything else. It’s private. He’s not doing anything illegal and it’s not even honestly anything THAT weird. It’s not like he’s doing deviant degenerate shit in his private life. And sure, he’s pretty horrible at “dirty talk” but him and his now wife probably have a pretty standard vanilla sex life, it didn’t sound like they were exactly doing whips and chains and being suspended from the ceiling or anything too wild. He was just a man in love who wanted his partner to know that he enjoys her body and vagina who also just happens to be a bit awkward when trying to convey that he’s horny for her -big friggin whoop . How’s it any of our damn business exactly? It has NOTHING to do with anything you said. Just because someone is in the public eye doesn’t give us the right to know about his sex life and monitor it. If anything, people who are obsessed with it are the degenerates, weirdos and freaks

Its not the about the person, its about the "position", the crown itself is the dignified, and this is not taken away by the person, its the crown which makes the persons royal and there for its the crown whos always the dignified

For what exactly?

Yea how. The USA has a presidential republic system. The President is both Head of State and Head of Government: both the Dignified and Efficient. It’s one of the main weaknesses of a presidential system.

I think Trump might need it more - either he is not of sound mind or his mind is incurably rotten and has been his whole life

Just stop, already. On his worst day, President Joe Biden still knows more about effective governance than you ever will.

How utterly absurd. Biden has accomplished far more good for his country in 3 years than Trump did in 4! Biden is old, and more than capable!

Yeah well, that’s why it’s a dramatization of events and not autobiographical. People don’t seem to grasp that this show isn’t the reality of how things occurred and is dramatized for tv. You’d think people would understand that but it doesn’t seem to get through to many viewers. Just one look at the comments can tell you that

Oh don’t be so sure, the King has been known to hold very firm opinions on certain matters and to in the past not have been shy of letting ministers know. Remember that when he received Liz Truss in their weekly audience the week after her mini budget disaster he greeter her with a terse “back again are we? Dear oh dear”

In those days the PM never sat down in the presense of the monarch

@@ohwell94 really inhumane considering his age. (I hope this scene is just dramatic fiction and not what happened in real life)

@@adampower9757 she offered him a seat in the beginning but he adamantly refused(in The Crown when she first became Queen) Tbh though I can see Churchill doing this

@@ohwell94 o.k. If it's his own wish, then it's fine.

Was it Queen Victoria that laid down this rule? No PM should sit with the Monarchy ?

Why does the Monarch need accountability? Clearly you do not get why the British constitutional monarchy works the way it does

The Monarch has the power but it is not going to be used unless absolutely necessary There is a good reason why the Monarch can decide that a politician will not form a government in the monarch's name or dismiss the PM if they have to, it stops people who should not be getting into power from doing so like fascists or stops a government turning the UK into an authoritarian dictatorship

Churchill was not elected to his office as Leader of the aConservative Party, the leaders consulted the Party and it was done by consensus. The first elected Leader of the Conservative Party was Ted Heath.

@@Knight6831 Not just the UK but the other commonwealth realms also. The Monarch represents and protects the people and the Constitution, NOT the government. This is why Constitutional Monarchies are the most stable form of Government.

They don’t represent the government, they represent people. And their power isn’t all encompassing as you seem to think and despite the belief that they can just do anything they want, they can’t. They don’t actually have any REAL power.

As long as Trump gets one too. Even the playing the field

Why? He's been able to conduct the nation's business. He is sound of mind and a bit slow in the body. However, unlike Comrade Trump the Traitor, he's able to drink a bottle of water with one hand and actually makes sense in English when he speaks.

He is actually in that office precisely thanks to these kind of conversations many have had with the office holder prior to him.

seethe and cope

That's the problem. Given the current state of the Senate, Congress and White House, it is difficult to properly see the "dignified element" of the US Constitution - even though it should be obvious.

All that matters is that he plays Churchill well, which he does.

That"s just how GREAT Lithgow is

"Eh, your majesty? What is this aboot?"

He basically dug up Churchill’s corpse for this role. He’s amazing. Who cares?

Plenty of British actors play Americans. No reason why the reverse can’t be true if the performance is excellent.

MOST UNdignified US president EVER. Such a buffoon! 😒👎

​@markmh835 Oh yeah, tell me all the things Biden that has done that are so great. Looking forward to Trump in the White House in 2024.

Bill Clinton comes to mind.

​@@abehambino-- You're right; let's compare: -- Committed adultery against wife: Clinton, 1 wife; tRump, 3 wives. -- Impeached by House of Representatives: Clinton, once; tRump, twice. -- Elected by a plurality of the American voters: Clinton, twice; tRump, 0. -- Sustained budget SURPLUSES with American tax dollars: Clinton, 3; tRump, 0. -- Committed treason by attempting to reverse a legal election and sending an armed mob against the Congress and his own vice president: Clinton, 0; tRump, yeah, 1/6/21. -- Indicted for felonies by 4 grand juries: Clinton, 0; tRump, 91. -- Number of Americans who died of a contagious pandemic while denying science, minimizing the threat, and doing nothing: Clinton, 0; tRump: 1,000,000+. Yeah, the comparison certainly brings everything into focus.

The pedo in a diaper springs to mind, lol.

Dude he lied to her, he lied to the queen she should know if her prime minister is sick or unwell the country needed a stable leader and he hid his health from the queen bcz he couldn't bare to give up his title and his fame!

Churchill had too much respect for the crown and dignity to do that.

But ofc that "to went Cromwell" destroys the whole state. If you are in such an office, you are sworn to protect and value the constituition, therefore the efficent (your part then) and the dignified (the Crown then) and the trust between those. So thats the whole point: its not a child born into uxury and high office you talk to, as you talk in your role as PM you talk to the Queen, as Head of the state, as 'her' Prime minister, the minister of the dignifed. If you break that, as cromwell did, you shouldnt not be PM in the first place (as Cromwell was not).

But Cromwell was a dictator of a republic not pm of a constitutional monarchy

😂

He did an amazing job.