1/30/2024 0 Comments Camilla bowles young photos![]() ![]() In the meantime, Elizabeth must deal with a more pressing concern: Charles’s desire to marry Camilla. It’s a tiresome subject at this point, and since we already know she didn’t step down, this plotline is tedious and inserted for the sake of extra drama. The main, underlying theme of “Sleep, Dearie Sleep” - other than the queen’s impending heavenly ascent - is whether Elizabeth should abdicate in favor of Prince Charles. Things get really depressing, though, when the queen sets eyes on the model of her cortege, including the carriage holding her royal standard-draped coffin with the crown jewels atop. I’ll admit, now that we’ve witnessed the real thing, it’s wild to see a full-scale model of the queen’s funeral procession. Plus, the episode suffers from series-finale syndrome: It’s a bloated 72 minutes long, and it tries - and fails - to address numerous character arcs that won’t even begin to get interesting for another decade or so (I’m looking at you, Princes William and Harry).ĭespite the overlong run time, this finale doesn’t beat around the bush: Prior to the credits, The Crown establishes that Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles are now living together at Highgrove, and with the queen approaching 80, it’s time to prepare for Operation London Bridge. ![]() Yet the heavy themes and imagery of death loom large. That inevitable decision produced rather a disjointed episode: It takes place - and ends - in 2005, a good 17 years before the queen dies. I think “Sleep, Dearie Sleep” would’ve been a fine finale to The Crown’s six-season run if only Queen Elizabeth II hadn’t died. Series creator Peter Morgan, who penned the final episode, reworked “Sleep, Dearie Sleep” to acknowledge Elizabeth’s death in September 2022. ![]()
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