Netflix's The Crown is one of the most popular television drama's on the planet, winning 10 Primetime Emmy Awards, seven Golden Globes and five BAFTAs, however the series isn't always correct...
Netflix's biographical drama retells the life of #QueenElizabethII 👑 - However, the show doesn't necessarily get all the history entirely accurate with some critics, such as Royal Biographer Angela Levin branding the programme as "fiction".
Claire Foy portrayed Her Majesty, The Queen in series 1 and 2. In the scene which shows Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip's wedding, Elizabeth is nervous and stumbles over her words... 1/2
The show depicts the relationship between The Queen and her first PM Winston Churchill as distant and frosty at points. According to reports however, their relationship was warm and friendly.
Her Majesty was even previously quoted saying Winston was her favourite Prime Minister.
The opening scene of the drama series is set in 1947 and shows King George VI, played by Jared Harris, coughing up blood after struggling with lung cancer.
However, he was actually not diagnosed with lung cancer until a year before his death in 1951.
Series 3 shows the meeting of Prince Charles and Camilla, and the relationship between Camilla's future first husband Andrew Parker-Bowles and Princess Anne.
However, in 1972 when Charles and Camilla met, Princess Anne was already in a courtship with future husband Mark Phillips.
Episode 5 of series 4 depicts when Michael Fagan broke into #BuckinghamPalace in 1982.
The Crown shows the reason he broke in was to express his anger with the government directly to The Queen.
However in reality he broke in on a whim saying: "something just got into [his] head".
Margaret Thatcher's son Mark, disappeared for 6 days in 1982 whilst competing in the Paris Dakar Rally.
In #TheCrown this weighs heavily on The PM just as the Falklands conflict begins.
However the conflict did not begin until almost 3 months after Mark returned safely to the UK.
Fans of Netflix series #TheCrown have since demanded that the show bosses should produce another series after the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
For the up and coming season, William is played by Timothee Sambor and Senan West and it is anticipated that the series will cover much of the royal antics in the 90s.
Will you be watching the next season of The Crown? 👑
Season 5 of The Crown is also predicted to show the tragic death of #PrincessDiana as well as going deeper into the relationship between Charles and Camilla.
Madeleine McCann's parents' lose 13-year-old legal battle over claims they were involved
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The parents of still-missing Madeleine McCann have been dealt a huge blow in the legal battle over comments surrounding claims of their involvement in their daughter’s disappearance.
Former BBC Radio 2 editor Phil Jones revealed that #TheQueen told him her favourite TV show.
Phil said: "I alighted on ‘What’s your favourite programme?’ Straight away she said: ‘The Kumars at No.42,’ and recited one-liners."
Around 750,000 people were estimated to have witnessed the her Imperial State Crown sit atop the Queen's coffin while she was lying in state at Westminster Hall.
But, less known to many, there was a different crown on her 1953 coronation.
That crown, named St Edward's Crown, is regarded as the centrepiece of the Tower's Crown Jewels.
It is more than 350 years old and is regarded as the centrepiece of the Crown Jewels, boasts 444 gemstones, was made from 22-carat gold and features in the logo for the Royal Mail.
God Save the King's rarely used second verse Brits didn't know existed.
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Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III was appointed the new Head of State for the UK.
With it came the change of the country’s national anthem, as God Save the Queen was been changed to God Save the King to reflect the new monarch. dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-ne…
The song has two verses, and the full anthem was sung during the Queen’s state funeral today with the Royal Family leading proceedings.
The Queen’s coffin was carried from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey on a gun carriage towed by ropes and 98 sailors.
It is a tradition dating back more than 100 years, we take a look at why it's pulled with ropes and not horses. 🐴
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Every sovereign’s funeral since 1901 has seen the monarch’s remains pulled through the streets by members of their Royal Navy and the funeral for #QueenElizabethII today was no different.