The Death Of President Kennedy | The Crown (Claire Foy, Matthew Goode)

The Queen Elizabeth II (Claire Foy) is called upon after urgent news of President Kennedy's attack. After the official announcement of his passing, Queen Mother (Victoria Hamilton) remarks on Mrs. Kennedy's still blood-soaked clothing.

From Season 2, Episode 8: Dear Mrs. Kennedy


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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[monmothma]

"All it takes it for something worse to come along, and you realize it was actually happiness after all."
That line hit me so hard when I first heard it. It's true.

[fabulouschild]

"I want them to see what they did to Jack" - Jackie Kennedy after being asked if she wanted to change clothed

[GailUK]

I love the story of how Jackie found Prince Philip sitting on the floor, keeping young John company after the funeral. Despite his brusque front, that was the sign of a kind and thoughtful man.

[amtrakfan]

You know that Prince Philip travel to Washington D.C. for the state funeral of President Kennedy. As The Queen couldn’t go, as she was pregnant with her 4th child.

[zacmumblethunder]

Whenever the assassination was mentioned when I was growing up, my mother would say how she could remember the footage of the plane arriving back in Washington.  People were wondering where Mrs Kennedy was,   then the cargo bay door opened and there she was, standing with her hand on the coffin.

[nothingseehere]

You cut off the best part of the entire sequence. Just as she did for 9/11 she thought about the compassion and respect and had Westminsters bell rung for an a hour.

[Veronicamarie]

My father was on his way to Germany where he was stationed with the U.S. Army and my mother and I accompanied him there. We stopped in the UK to visit my mothers family and had to travel the day that everyone found out that Kennedy was dead. My parents said it was a surreal experience traveling from England to Germany that day. All the shops were closed and they couldn't buy milk for me. It was as if Europe was holding its breath.

[lefantomer]

They're very precise. She couldn't get the car door open, the Secret Service had to do it, I remember thinking how exhausted she must be.

[mbmb]

"There is a thing about unhappiness.All it takes is something worst to come along and you realise it was happiness afterall."-A thoughtful line with such deep meaning 💜💜

[elizabeth]

I can't help it: Claire Foy will always be the ultimate Queen Elizabeth for me.

[jb]

My god the writing was so smart. "No i think it was deliberate" and it makes you rethink every scene!! Both Jackie and Elizabeth are powerful figures on screen, so this makes so much sense.

[ashleybellewchambers]

This episode is moving from beginning to end. Claire Foy played these scenes to the fullest. One of my favorites of the whole series.

[edwardtosh]

Mrs Kennedy said she wore the bloodstained clothes so everyone could see what THEY had done. Prescient

[KoriEmerson]

Can you imagine how helpless Philip must have felt. The ruler of a world power was killed. How can he protect his wife and family from not even the president could be protected.

[MsPinkwolf]

Just a few weeks ago i visited the site near Windsor that the queen had the JFK memorial built on. The acre of land it sits on is officially US soil.

[bbeyez]

When you rhink about it, Jackie Kennedy was a real class act. That woman was stoic.

[flacidbeach]

When Mrs. Kennedy moved to her first house after leaving the White House, people would visit her new home day and night, some even crying. She became a sombre tourist attraction. This must have been very hard to handle.

[alidabaxter]

I'm English and when this terrible news came on television (indeed in the evening, as has been said) I was in my teens. We were all terribly shocked and distressed and I rang an American friend who thought I was making some kind of bad joke because she didn't believe me. Over here we all thought it was horrific. We weren't afraid of a war, we just thought something incredibly tragic had happened.

[DannyEastVillage]

I saw all of this on TV - I remember every movement of Mrs Kennedy's when they got to Washington--the look on her face, Bobby holding. her hand--so long ago but as if it were last week.

[adrielsebastian]

3:40 it was deliberate. "I want them to see what they've done to Jack"