"Thirteen dead and not forgotten, we got eighteen and Mountbatten."
That's a statement made on behalf of the IRA (Irish Republican Army) in The Crown, after Royal Family friend Lord Mountbatten gets killed when his boat is blown up.
(With the Irish guy's accent, the word "forgotten" rhymes with Mountbatten - pronounced Mount-bah-ten...)
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One Internet commenter said what I often think when watching The Crown: "...very weird royal traditions affording incredible privileges and stultifying constraints."
In a way, the Queen is in charge of everything, and in a way, she can almost never have her way.
"Of course, I shall have to take advice," she says. She wants Martin Charteris to be her secretary; Tommy Lascelles tells her that her secretary will be Michael Adeane because he is next in line.
Custom; tradition; protocol.
Another Commenter wrote, "I thought The Crown brought out the immense role that the palace staff had in terms of being advisers, handlers, and minders for the royal family."
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* The Royal staff seems to consider themselves more "royal" than the actual royals. I believe that is why Diana, Fergie and Meghan were so frustrated by them.
* That is the fault of the Queen. She could have slapped these people down and put them in their place, but did not.
* Easily enough said but I think the momentum of a thousand-year-old dynasty subdues even the one person it focuses upon.
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