In episode six of the latest season of The Crown on Netflix, Princess Diana, desperately struggling with her marriage, turns to the Queen for help. Their brief audience at Buckingham Palace ends with a disconsolate Diana hugging her mother-in-law, a routine show of affection that leaves the infamously frigid Queen mildly mortified. Over dinner, when Her Majesty describes the incident to the rest of the family, Princess Anne remarks, “I feel sick”.
The Royal Family’s stoicism or aversion to sentimentality isn’t exactly unknown. The Crown’s third season showed how the Royals’ attempt at inviting a BBC documentary crew into their
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