Who Is Beneath Forgiveness | The Crown (Claire Foy, Matthew Goode)

Queen Elizabeth II (Claire Foy) reaches out to the visiting reverend hoping to learn another view towards forgiveness.

From Season 2, Episode 5: Vergangenheit


The Crown is based on Queen Elizabeth II as a young newlywed faced with leading the world's most famous monarchy while forging a relationship with legendary Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. The British Empire is in decline, and the political world is in disarray, but a new era is dawning. Peter Morgan's masterfully researched scripts reveal the Queen's private journey behind the public façade with daring frankness. Prepare to see into the coveted world of power and privilege behind the locked doors of Westminster and Buckingham Palace.

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[mrburns]

I love this, they dont make a mockery of Graham, they dont try to erase the Queen’s faith, and they dont try to hide her struggles.

[edwardnashen]

Great scene! Claire Foy is so execellent. Her silence draws in you in even more. Gifted actress.

[jaimeedowell]

This episode really helped me with some personal situations that I felt unable to forgive, i pray for them and I pray for myself

[mattdavis]

It is such a beautiful scene! I said this in the other video but he is so gentle and kind to her and I so love that! He doesnt judge her or condemn her or berate her but he sees she is truly hurting...and he meets her where she is and does so in such a loving and accepting way.

[alstonlossett]

I’m a minister myself, and even I struggle to forgive people who’ve wronged me. I remember God pressing on my heart to forgive a guy who disrespected me and my calling into the ministry, and he did it all intentionally and with no true regard to seek my forgiveness. It had already been two years since I severed ties with him, and I still would get frustrated and want to avoid him each time I saw him. Then I realized that I was allowing this person and what they did to me to not only hinder my relationship with them, but it was hindering my intimacy with God as well. In that particular situation, I was not willing to extent the same grace God showed me in His Son Jesus. Eventually, God softened my heart to finally be willing to forgive him, despite the fact he wasn’t asking for it. I went to him the next time I saw him and told him that I finally decided to forgive him for what he did to me. Get this, he told me, “I totally forgot that, and didn’t know you still held that against me.” I told him, “Well now I hold nothing against you.” Forgiveness is ultimately about letting go of that which will drag you down.

[hawaiianstarman]

Claire Foy is a master actor, exhibiting through her pauses and actions a much deeper insight into troubling challenges faced by a young queen.

[derjaeger]

One of the best sermons I ever heard was that Christians are required to forgive, butthey are not required to forget. One can forgive the wrong done to you, and those that did the wrong, but you need NOT give the wrong doer an opportunity to wrong you again.

[SuperSpieth]

It really is a touching scene to see Billy Graham a time for her again not as the queen of England, but as a friend and a fellow Christian to help her forgive!

[brianshepherd]

Gosh I love how bold he is! Even when talking with one of the most powerful people on earth and how humble queen Elizabeth was to receive the truth even though she didn’t like it!!!

[LazyDaisyDay]

I've never watched The Crown - but this is a beautifully acted and emotionally compelling scene.

[jena.alexia]

This is great advice. Forgiveness is the tenet I struggle with most.

[RoseRedd-kb]

I love her pink outfit here, she looks so pretty.

[DotBone]

"King George V" ticking in the background. Superb cinematography!

[cianomahony]

That isn't Matthew Goode, that's Paul Sparks.

[alstonlossett]

You know, Graham likely didn’t get a 1 on 1 moment with the Queen like this. He had a personal rule that he would not be alone in a room with a woman who wasn’t his wife, if he could not have an additional person in the room. In an age where you have countless people not safeguarding themselves from accusation or temptation, that is why we still cannot find any dirt on Graham. He was committed to the Lord and to his marriage.

[umdisc]

I choose not to forgive and that makes me feel good. However, I do not dwell on it; when someone wrongs me, I make the choice of not to forgive them, cut ties with that person and forget they exist.

[mattdavis]

And I love the advice he gives her! I think it's the exactly what Jesus would of said to her! 😊

[jonathaneugene]

Keep going with the crown scenes please. This is my favorite show.

[johnscanlan]

My one great criticism of The Crown was the producers decision to keep changing the cast. I was a huge fan of Clare Foy and Matt Smith as their majesties. They could easily have aged through the production with proper make up, which wouldn't have been too difficult.

[thomasplinguidy]

he example of Jesus is difficult to match - in his divine love and wisdom he was able to forgive the sins of the whole world on the cross. “Forgive them, for they know not what they do.” It is difficult for us to forgive when we have been betrayed, hurt or mistreated. And forgiving is doubly difficult when we are not even asked to do so because the perpetrator obviously doesn't even feel guilty. And is it even up to us to forgive when the actions do not affect us, but others or an entire country or kingdom? No wonder even a queen has trouble with it.
For Elizabeth, this is about her infamous uncle, Edward VIII, who was not the least bit ashamed of his good contacts with the Nazis, his poisonous contempt for his brother and his family, or anything else. And of course all of this will only become public later after his death, so as not to embarrass the government or the royal family. Edward VIII was by no means the only one from the British nobility or from British politics who had sympathies for Nazi Germany.
It is possible that Elizabeth actually forgave him in the end, as the last encounter with the sick Duke of Windsor in season 3 suggests as much. I'm not so sure about Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
Let us hope and pray that with God's grace we will be given enough time and insight to ask others for forgiveness and to be able to forgive ourselves.