That’s at least what the narration reads anyway.
But history tells a different story, and The Crown Season 4 spends a great deal of its 10-episode running time exploring the courtship, marriage, and emotional devastation of the Prince Charles and Princess Diana relationship.
But that’s not all prominently featured in Season 4. Gillian Anderson puts a very large stake in the ground for next year’s Supporting Actress Emmy award with her excellent turn as Margaret Thatcher. Or as Joey Moser puts it, “Meryl who?”
The Crown Season 4 drops November 15 on Netflix.
Here’s a teaser trailer to whet your appetite / fill you with dread.
As juciy as the Charles/Diana saga may sound, I hope they don’t devote too much time to it. The royal family is more than tabloid fodder and we’ve already heard so much about this debacle anyway. Do they even address the assassination of Lord Mountbatten?
They do. There are definitely other things going on here, but the heft of the season deals with Charles/Diana. I would say nearly half of it.
The fourth season draws a really interesting line between how both Diana and Margaret Thatcher feel like outsiders as they drawn into The Royal Family.