Marionettes

Episode aired Dec 8, 2017
TV-MA
1h 1m

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8.9/10

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After Elizabeth makes a tone-deaf speech at a Jaguar factory, she and the monarchy come under public attack by an outspoken lord.After Elizabeth makes a tone-deaf speech at a Jaguar factory, she and the monarchy come under public attack by an outspoken lord.After Elizabeth makes a tone-deaf speech at a Jaguar factory, she and the monarchy come under public attack by an outspoken lord.

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Trivia
"Victor Gabon" or "Baboon", Princess Margaret's (Vanessa Kirby ) new hair stylist, was actually cutting-edge British hairdresser Vidal Sassoon, CBE. He opened his first salon in 1954 in London, and modernized women's hair styles. Sassoon created Mia Farrow's unique pixie cut for her role in Rosemary's Baby (1968).

Goofs
Although this episode begins at a point after the main events have taken place, there's still an error with the Queen's hairstyle, of which much is made - both in the styling scene itself and Prince Philip's reaction to it. It's cut into the shorter, curlier style Her Majesty has favored to this day, but as the episode progresses, the hairstyle on actress Claire Foy reverts to the original, longer style.

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Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: All to open things up.
Queen Elizabeth II: Yes.
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: Bring us more in line with the real world. Democratize us. And so it goes. The stings and bites we suffer as it slips away. Bit by bit, piece by piece. Our authority, our absolutism, our divine rights.
[footsteps approaching]
Martin (footman): [footman clears throat] Ma'am?
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: The history of the monarchy in this country is a one-way street of humiliation, sacrifices and concessions in order to survive. First, the barons came for us, then the merchants, now the journalists. Small wonder we make such a fuss about curtsies, protocol and precedent. It's all we have left. The last scraps of armor as we go from ruling to reigning to...
Queen Elizabeth II: To what?
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: To being nothing at all. Marionettes.