Royal Historian: Queen Elizabeth & Margaret Thatcher Were Closer Than The Crown Depicts

With the sixth and final season of ‘The Crown’ — which follows the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II — being released, Royal Historian Hugo Vickers joins Tatler to break down some of the factual mistakes purported on the show. As Vickers reveals the truth about selected scenes from The Crown, we develop an understanding of what is fact and what is fiction in the historical drama which is inspired by real events.

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[shariday]

I appreciate anyone who takes the trouble to set the record straight with facts and logic. I feel this Tattler journalist is an excellent person.

[shazzymac]

They had a mutual respect for each other

[SeldimSeen]

Netflix takes a lot of liberty with the truth.

[ElizabethWarrenYeahYeah]

She accommodated Mrs Thatcher and Dennis in a cold, back lying granite house, surrounded by a mature pine forest, up a long rough road within Balmoral estate.
It's roughly 2 miles from the castle, far enough away that the Queen was unlikely to encounter Mrs Thatcher while out walking.

[oyaami]

The Queen did not like Thatcher. It was well known at the time. This doesn't mean she wasn't polite to her.

[Quick-n-eg쿠이크앤이지]

Gracious. People think what she did was easy. She did not express any personal feelings for 70 years. She was a moarch during the times when democracy was the dominant political force in the world. She was anointed.

[arthurjoseph]

They had respect for one another, personally.

[CharSven]

The Crown gets a lot of Royal Family scenes wrong especially about Prince Phillip

[rhiannongreen]

Finding out the Queen was nice to or respected Thatcher dissappoints but does not surprise me

[benarokiria]

I thought the crown was a work losely based on fiction 😅

[MIGBMWLOVER]

So the queen supported her views in upholding apparheid and the war with Argentina, good to know.

[vleeknutsen]

Thank you. I'm an American. Who generally enjoyed " The Crown".
But the Hatred of those who made that series was Evident to me...even from across the pond.
...Yet as pointed out on this post, the Queen's optional actions showed instead Deep Respect for PM Thatcher.

[saibalchakraborty]

Not a life peer, Mr.Thatcher was granted hereditary peerage .

[philipplace]

They really weren't that close... the Commonwealth Games debacle over South Africa proved it...

[onceamusician]

so the crown is full of error?

to be expected.

i flatly refuse to watch it

[sebeckley]

Wow. She only went to two Prime Minister's funerals. That's cold.

[scottclark]

That was the lovies wish fulfilment seeping through

[lamontcranston]

The whole Thatcher plot line was an absolute joke and while Gillian Anderson is a great actor, this hammy erratic portrayal was seriously wide of the mark

[paulhunter]

What's the point of this series if full of factual errors? History should not be flushed just get few ratings

[kristinemorley]

I thought the Queen attended Porchie’s funeral as well his wife the Countess’s funeral