Elizabeth And Phillip Talk About Divorce | The Crown (Claire Foy, Matt Smith)

Philip (Matt Smith) has returned to the palace after being sent away for many weeks by the Queen (Claire Foy). In a rare moment, the two find themselves without any children or royal responsibilities, which Elizabeth thinks is the perfect time to talk about their relationship. Philip, not so much.

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[MovingPicsOfficial]

Do you think marriage is a forever contract or has it changed?

[janicecampbell]

Like her father said at the end of the first episode: She is the job.

[joelbuchanan]

He KNEW what he signed up for. He just didn't like the terms. She was Queen, not just another person in the room. She was raised to be royal and follow all the protocols and understand her place. I think he thought he would be a bigger deal, but that was never to be. He had some dalliances with ballerinas and actresses, but was always discreet about them. Elizabeth may have known about them, but the press never caught him.

[LukeKetchum]

I just realized they're on a ship. Talk about rocking the boat.

[jedsithor]

That look from Foy at the end as the realisation hits her and she finally understands is brilliant.

[Moe]

From what I've understood, he was informed by her father what the job was. And it wasn't to be a behind-the-scenes king like he thought. It was to support her, and it wouldn't be easy, especially for a man used to getting his way and growing up when and how he did. Her parents didn't think much of him and tried to introduce her to other men since she and Margaret had been pretty isolated. But since she was already besotted with Phillip, she wouldn't really look at them. Upper-class women were expected to obey their husbands and look the other way if they had affairs and that's what he expected. Lord Mountbatten didn't help when he went around saying when she took the throne that the royal family name would be Mountbatten. Queen Mary and the Queen Mother put a kibosh to that, and I believe Churchill more than put his two cents in.

[JM-zkou]

It's weird that the religion that Henry VIII created to divorce Catherine of Aragon - and which he made the sovereign the head of - didn't allow divorce.

[christiansful]

I may be wrong but I strongly suspect — from various biographies and documentaries — that Claire Foy imparts depths and sensitivities to the Queen which the latter did not really possess. I suspect that the authentic Queen was much less angst-ridden and generally less complicated than the Crown will have us believe.

[nihilus]

Daemon just can't stop getting sent away by his Queen.

[lizzybee]

Sounds like Phillip is feeling what women have been feeling for thousands of years.

[jontaedouglas]

He thought he would get the same freedom Queen Victoria gave Prince Albert which wasn’t practical in postwar Europe or Britain

[lucybraun]

She held it together so long. Heaven knows if the heir to the throne can do likewise. Let's pray so.

[lindsaydrewe]

Respect is earned not just given, otherwise it is not respect, it’s a sop to a bruised ego

[mjc]

Claire Foy was so brilliantly cast in the role of the young Queen. I love those episodes most of all because it really feels like we have gone back in time. That we are perhaps one of her Corgis sitting quietly in the room taking it all in, yet unable to speak a word to anyone about it to anyone!
Cheers, Michael Albuquerque NM USA

[PassiveAgressive]

They were so young! She was Engaged at 20 and had her first child when she was barely 21. What person on the world stage in this day and age with so much responsibility would do this? Barely no one! I’m surprised they kept it together….

[EmiliusReturns]

Early-seasons Philip annoyed me so much. If you can’t handle “coming second” and being given instructions, don’t marry a queen. They both knew she’d be queen one day, her father was already king when they married. He is correct about the “mustaches” treating him like crap, though. I don’t like them either.

[JackiePlayzzz]

He didn’t have an issue he just wanted to be treated like the king of England which he was not he was the prince consort and he truly had no say as his WIFE was the QUEEN REGENT no conversation was needed. All that needed to be said was “I am the Queen of England if you have an issue with the arrangement you should’ve married someone else”

[angelabacker]

I am British and old enough to remember post war life. It is unfair to judge this couple through a 21st century lens. The late Queen lived a life of duty and neglected her family life. Philip by all measures was a scoundrel. However I believe this was par for the course in Royal circles.

[lauridorrance]

Victoria and Albert had the same sort of tension. Behind the scenes, there was always tussling for power.

[jesicaguth]

It amazed me that she always thought because she was when nothing bad should ever happen to her. But when people called her out on her stuff she immediately reverted back to I'm the Queen.