Top 10 Most Bittersweet Moments on The Crown
These moments were royally bittersweet. Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most poignant and affecting moments from “The Crown” that brought a tear to our eye.
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00:00 your courage in rising above it was remarkable.
00:04 Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most poignant and affecting
00:08 moments from The Crown that brought a tear to our eye.
00:11 If you're not caught up with the latest season, beware of spoilers ahead.
00:15 As I remember, we were excitedly making plans for our future.
00:21 Number 10.
00:22 The Queen says goodbye to HMY Britannia.
00:24 In season five, the Queen fights to secure a financial bailout for her yacht, the HMY
00:30 Britannia, but the government and taxpayers don't share her sentimental attachment.
00:34 From the design of the hull to the smallest piece of china, she is a floating, sea-going
00:40 expression of me.
00:42 In the season finale, Tony Blair's new labor winning the election deals the final blow.
00:47 The new Prime Minister suggests an alternative solution to keep the ship afloat, but it's
00:51 not what the Queen hoped to hear.
00:53 Whichever individual or company pays for it would own the yacht and then lease it back
00:57 to the government whenever the royal family required its use.
01:00 What, like a rental?
01:03 Like Avis.
01:04 So she concedes it's time to say goodbye and pays the yacht one final visit.
01:08 As she walks from room to room recounting cherished memories, her face reflects palpable
01:13 sorrow.
01:14 It emphasizes yet another personal sacrifice made for the sake of the establishment.
01:18 [Music]
01:30 9.
01:32 The Queen Mother faces a crossroads.
01:34 Following King George VI's statue unveiling, the Queen Mother reflects on her life, the
01:39 sacrifices she and her husband made, and her uncertain path without him.
01:43 "Loss of a routine, sense of purpose, the loss of a crown.
01:48 Imagine 17 years experience as Queen, of being the head of the family."
01:55 Complicating matters, her daughters are navigating a rough patch in their relationship.
01:59 Seeking solace, she ventures to Scotland, where the weight of despair truly sinks in.
02:03 "At precisely the moment when they should be giving me more to do, stop me falling into
02:07 despair, they take it all."
02:09 "They take it all away."
02:16 As the episode unfolds, she discovers a real connection with the open Scottish countryside,
02:21 especially when she makes a meaningful connection with someone unaware of her title.
02:25 In the episode's final moments, she gazes over the picturesque Scottish scenery, contemplating
02:30 what she's lost, what she's found, and what she'll be leaving behind if she decides to
02:35 stay.
02:36 "I'm not going anywhere."
02:48 Number 8 The Australia Trip
02:51 Despite a rocky start to their Australian trip, a heart-to-heart marks a pivotal moment
02:55 in the Prince and Princess of Wales' relationship.
02:57 "I suppose we've got to learn to give it to each other on a more regular basis.
03:05 Encouragement, I mean."
03:06 "And the other thing."
03:08 They seem genuinely happy and in love for a while, and like the perfect little family.
03:12 The romance is turned up a notch when Charles and Diana share a dance during a reception,
03:16 but we know it's just a fleeting moment.
03:32 We get another glimmer of hope when Charles joins Diana in her bedroom later that night.
03:36 However, it doesn't take long for his jealousy over her popularity to cast a shadow over
03:41 their happiness.
03:42 This unravels the thread of marital bliss they'd recently woven.
03:46 Meanwhile, the memory of that dance fades into the distance.
04:01 Number 7 Churchill's Portrait
04:03 For Winston Churchill's 80th birthday, artist Graham Sutherland is commissioned to paint
04:08 his portrait.
04:09 While he's initially apprehensive about the painter's modernist style, the two soon bond
04:13 and the PM even starts confiding in him.
04:15 "I think all our work is unintentionally revealing and I found it especially so with
04:19 your pond.
04:20 Beneath the tranquility and the elegance and the light playing on the surface, I saw honesty
04:25 and pain, terrible pain."
04:27 During one of his sittings, we learn that Churchill copes with grief by painting, often
04:31 focusing on a fishpond he installed after losing his youngest child, Marigold.
04:35 This is one of the rare times we pierce through Churchill's steel armor and glimpse the vulnerability
04:40 hiding beneath.
04:41 "We bought Chartwell a year after Marigold died.
04:49 That was when I put in the pond."
04:55 He's furious when the portrait is unveiled and lashes out at its creator, but later he
05:00 admits it depicts an honest reflection he's not yet ready to face.
05:04 "He's right."
05:05 "What?"
05:06 "I am that man in the painting."
05:10 Number 6 The Night Doty Proposes
05:13 As soon as Diana entered the picture, audiences apprehensively anticipated this tragic episode.
05:18 But before that fateful event, we're given a few heartwarming moments marred by the inevitable
05:23 devastating conclusion.
05:25 "Solutions to your problems are so obvious from where I'm sitting.
05:29 But we can never see our own problems clearly.
05:31 Always need a trusted friend to guide us."
05:35 One example is Diana's phone call with her sons.
05:37 Little do they know it'll be their last.
05:39 "So when are you coming home?"
05:40 "I'm coming home tomorrow and I'm seeing you both tomorrow night."
05:41 "So where are you now?
05:42 Still on the fancy yacht?"
05:43 "No, I'm in Paris."
05:44 But it's the talk after Diana turns down Doty's proposal that feels like the biggest
05:54 gut punch.
05:55 They both open up about what they think the other needs to feel more content.
05:58 "So stop doing what he wants you to do and start doing what you want to do.
06:03 Making films.
06:04 Living wherever you damn well like."
06:05 "Yes, ma'am."
06:08 By the end of their makeshift therapy session, both show readiness for new chapters and happy
06:13 beginnings.
06:14 "Stop being in such a mad hurry to find whatever it is you're looking for."
06:22 "You know, I think that's been the story of my whole life."
06:27 Their optimism is touching, but it stings more knowing what fate awaits them.
06:31 Number 5.
06:32 The Duke of Windsor asks for forgiveness
06:35 The Queen's uncle isn't often painted favorably.
06:38 The family still resents him for abdicating.
06:40 He patronizes his niece and colludes with the Nazis to take back the throne.
06:44 Despite this, there are moments we feel sympathy for him, like when he mourns his old life
06:49 after the Queen's coronation.
06:58 In a later season, now nearing the end of his life, he and the Queen reunite.
07:02 He admits to underestimating her and apologizes for turning her life upside down.
07:07 She surprisingly expresses gratitude for the life she was granted.
07:10 "For all of it.
07:15 What I did to you.
07:19 Forgive me."
07:21 Say what you will about the Duke, but their reconciliation is heartbreaking, even more
07:25 so that it only happens in his final days.
07:28 "That there are days, in fact more and more the older I get, when I consider it to be
07:37 a blessing."
07:38 Number 4.
07:40 Princess Alice's Story
07:41 This season 3 episode puts Philip's mother, Princess Alice, under the spotlight.
07:58 Her story is truly remarkable, revealing resilience and compassion through challenging times.
08:03 We delve into her struggles with mental health, mistreatment by others, and the strength she
08:08 finds in her faith.
08:09 While the Crown only skims the surface of her extraordinary dedication to humanity,
08:14 it's enough to grasp that she was an exceptional person who was unjustly misunderstood.
08:17 "Yaya's been telling me the most incredible stories about her life."
08:22 "Has she?
08:23 I just came to make sure you had everything you need.
08:26 Please."
08:27 "Oh yes, I have more than everything."
08:30 In the episode, even her son underestimates her, spending most of his time avoiding her.
08:35 However, after reading a profile in The Guardian, he's just as much in awe of her as the rest
08:39 of us.
08:40 "A member of a royal family that has suffered more than the rest of us, worked harder than
08:46 the rest of us, and created more good than the rest of us."
08:50 Number 3
08:52 Princess Margaret and Peter Townsend reunite
08:54 When Margaret reconnects with an old flame, we join her on a journey down memory lane.
08:58 We're reminded how her and Peter's fight for love was thwarted at the final hurdle.
09:03 "I will never forgive her.
09:06 And I will never marry anyone else.
09:12 Ever.
09:13 You were the only one."
09:17 We also recall Margaret's decision to marry Antony Armstrong-Jones after learning of Peter's
09:22 remarriage.
09:23 Their reunion after so many years stirs emotions, inviting contemplation of what might have
09:28 been.
09:29 Meanwhile, their final meeting has them nostalgically reminiscing about old times and the future
09:33 they once envisioned together.
09:34 "Whatever were we talking about?
09:38 Everything and nothing, I suppose."
09:40 "Not nothing.
09:41 As I remember, we were excitedly making plans for our future."
09:47 With one last kiss, we find comfort in their reunion, but can't help but feel a touch of
09:52 sadness for the life they never had.
09:54 The Queen's long overdue apology poignantly punctuates this bittersweet story.
09:58 "If we can't admit the errors of our past, what hope for reconciliation can there be?"
10:10 Number 2.
10:11 The Season 5 Ending
10:12 Season 5 of The Crown navigates the delicate dance between tradition and a rapidly changing
10:17 modern world.
10:18 "I'm just worried, Mummy, that if we continue to hold onto these Victorian notions of how
10:24 the monarchy should look, how it should feel, then the world will move on."
10:30 Letting go of the past, especially parts attached to fond memories, can be hard.
10:35 Yet starting a new chapter can be invigorating, refreshing, and sure, even a little scary.
10:40 The season's final scene conveys this beautifully.
10:43 The Queen reluctantly bids farewell to a piece of her past, acknowledging the need for her
10:47 establishment to evolve.
10:57 Diana anticipates her new life, hopeful for freedom and happiness.
11:01 However, foresight reminds us this promising new chapter will tragically be cut short.
11:06 Both gaze at their reflections, seeing echoes of the past and glimpses of the future.
11:10 Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions.
11:14 Diana dances and rollerblades around the palace.
11:17 We can't skate past her loneliness.
11:30 The Queen bids farewell to another Prime Minister.
11:33 After John Major's crushing defeat, the Queen expresses gratitude for their warm working
11:37 relationship.
11:52 Sidney Johnson
11:53 Even in his short appearance, Johnson managed to move and devastate us.
12:03 Divorce with a side of scrambled eggs.
12:05 The couple share an amicable chat, leaving viewers to ponder what could have been.
12:19 Dodi and Muhammad's reconciliation.
12:21 A father's regret for not making amends with his son before it was too late.
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12:47 The Last Christmas Carol
12:49 When carolers visit the family, King George VI dons his newly gifted crown, stands up
12:54 and joins in.
13:05 As he sings, he's overcome with emotion, much to the surprise of his family.
13:09 But they're unaware of a secret shared by the King, Prime Minister, and audience.
13:13 The King is dying.
13:15 The night before his passing, he gives another stirring musical performance alongside Princess
13:19 Margaret.
13:26 Later, he watches his elder daughter on television, grieving that he won't be around to guide
13:35 her into this momentous role.
13:37 Still, the Christmas gathering hits us the hardest.
13:40 As the family cherishes the festivities, they're unaware that this will be their last holiday
13:45 season with their beloved patriarch.
14:00 Which moment from The Crown hit you in the feels the hardest?
14:03 Let us know in the comments.
14:25 Thanks for watching!
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