At the end of 2019, the British royal family released a meaningful picture of the "Four Monarchs". The energetic Queen Elizabeth, the young and powerful Prince William, the lively and lovely Prince George, and of course the Prince Charles who always stands beside the Queen.
After so many years, no matter how much the world changes, Prince Charles has never left people's sight. Watching the sensational wedding between him and Diana , watching the divorce between him and the princess that sensationalized the world, until finally Prince Charles and Camilla's lover finally became married to . People all over the world have grown up watching the prince’s magnificent love history with relish, and at the same time almost forgot that his job is the next king of the British royal family. Although Prince
has many titles, what everyone remembers is his status as the crown prince who has served for more than half a century. For Prince Charles , the crown is close at hand, but far away. Is the prince’s long “standby” for more than half a century only because he has a long-lived mother? The reason for the third season of the TV series "The Crown" that just concluded is far from simple. Perhaps becoming the King of England is an "impossible task" destined for Prince Charles.
The title of Prince Charles on behalf of the crown prince " Prince of Wales " is passed down to the Duke of Windsor. What does this mean?
Only the successor to the throne can be canonized as the "Prince of Wales" in the British royal family. This tradition originated from King Edward I of England in 1301. When Edward I conquered Wales, he gave the title of Prince of Wales to his son, the future Edward II, in order to strengthen the rule of England over the local area. The current "Prince of Wales" is Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth's eldest son. He was given this title in 1969 and has been there for more than half a century.
is different from the previous "Prince of Wales", Prince Charles will inherit the throne of his mother, Queen Elizabeth, and his father is not the former "Prince of Wales". What’s more interesting is that Prince Charles’ grandfather, George VI, accidentally succeeded his abdicated brother Edward VIII in 1936 and became the King of England. He is also not the “Prince of Wales”. Strictly speaking, the title of Prince Charles "Prince of Wales" was inherited from the "unloving country and beauty" Edward VIII, who would be the Duke of Windsor in the future.
in the third season of "The Crown" has always run through an amazing clue, that is, the two living "Princes of Wales" at that time have the same illness. Prince Charles, who has just been canonized as the "Prince" in the play, is not willing to wait silently at Buckingham Palace, but travels across the English Channel to France to visit the former "Prince of Wales" Duke of Windsor, hoping to learn something from the former British king. The way.
For the British royal family or Queen Elizabeth herself, the Duke of Windsor is definitely a name that he does not want to be mentioned. Edward VIII, who "does not love the country and loves the beautiful people" insisted on marrying a divorced American woman and became the first king in British history to formally abdicate. At the same time, behind this romantic love story is also hidden behind the Duke of Windsor and the Nazis in World War II. The inextricable relationship between Germany. This caused the British royal family to regard the Duke of Windsor as a shame, and eventually exiled him to France to live in seclusion.
Queen Elizabeth’s father, George VI, took over the throne at a time of crisis and immediately faced the threat of war from the German Nazis in World War II. In World War II, King George VI strongly supported Churchill, and together led the British people to victory over the Nazis. But at the same time, the pressure of the war also brought great damage to the health of the Queen’s father. George VI was only 56 years old when he died. Queen Elizabeth has always blamed the Duke of Windsor for her father's untimely death, and has never forgiven the uncle.
Until the Duke of Windsor died, the Queen hurried to meet him, but the Duke of Windsor at the last momentThe letter from Prince Charles is delivered to the Queen. In the letter, the prince expressed his eagerness for the throne. This obviously violated the biggest taboo of being the crown prince. What's more, the object of the disclosure was the Duke of Windsor, who was most disgusted by the British royal family and the queen herself. showed Prince Charles’ political attitude. Extremely immature . In the plot depicting the funeral of the Duke of Windsor in the play, Prince Charles expressed deep sadness at the loss of his spiritual idol, which caused great dissatisfaction with the queen. Queen Elizabeth is a mother, but also a monarch. For the crown prince's immature performance, the queen of course can't safely hand over the throne to him.
Is Prince Charles influenced by the Duke of Windsor, who "does not love the country and the beauty"?
Although there is an exaggerated interpretation of the sympathy between the two generations of the "Prince of Wales" in the play, Prince Charles willfully marry the divorced Camilla after many years. It is the Duke of Windsor that "does not love the beauty of the country". A replica of.
The wedding of the century between Prince Charles and Princess Diana convinced many people of the beauty of the world, encouraged the British people to step out of the economic downturn in the seventies, and greatly improved the public image of the British royal family. However, fifteen years later, this fairy tale ended sadly with the divorce of the protagonist. The British people of were disappointed to find that the prince had never loved the princess .
did not arrange for Diana to appear in the third season. Instead, he described the love of Prince Charles Camilla in his life. In the third season of "The Crown", Camilla was not deliberately vilified, but it gave people a radiant impression. After reading it, people finally understand why Prince Charles loves Camilla so infatuated.
The mature and sexy Camilla is completely different from most dignified and elegant aristocratic women encountered in the life of Prince Charles. The dull and depressing royal life of for many years makes the prince and Camilla experience unprecedented relaxation and excitement . In the play, Camilla wore a miniskirt to go to Buckingham Palace to meet with Prince Charles, bringing great comfort to the neglected prince.
The queen in the play once deliberately supported her son to marry the beautiful woman who made him want to go, but the beautiful woman treated the prince half-heartedly. The Queen was surprised to find that Prince Charles, the noble crown prince, was not Camilla’s only choice, and even at this time Camilla was discussing marriage with another noble man. This was unacceptable as a queen or mother, so Prince Charles was quickly dispatched to serve in the Royal Navy fleet on the other side of the earth. At the same time, the royal family responded quickly and tried their best to promote Camilla's first marriage. cooked Prince Charles's pot of raw rice into other people's cooked rice . Prince
finally obediently married the perfect Diana, and the perfect and boring princess made the prince always feel a sense of spiritual distance. After more than two decades, after so many ups and downs, Prince Charles finally got married with Camilla's lover. The price was that the image of the next British king in the eyes of the royal family and the public was greatly reduced.
The Anglican doctrine did not accept royal divorce for a long time, which directly led to the abdication of Edward VIII, who was reigning for only 11 months in 1936, and insisted on a divorced American despite the opposition of the British government and the church. The woman gets married. And Prince Charles went further than the Duke of Windsor. He personally divorced and remarried his long-term lover Camilla, which made the British royal family lose face. Although the Church of England relaxed its strict attitude towards believers' remarriage in 2002, it allowed divorced believers to remarry while their former spouse was alive, paving the way for the union of Prince Charles and Camilla. But Queen Elizabeth, as the leader of the Anglican Church, must be very dissatisfied with her son's emotional life that is so contrary to the British religious tradition. What's more, let the British royal family see the shadow of the Duke of Windsor in this matter, and had to make the Queen vigilant.
The relationship between Prince Charles and Queen Elizabeth is subtle
Prince Charles was born in 1948, four years later his mother became Queen Elizabeth II of England. In the first season of the TV series "The Crown", Queen Elizabeth's ascension to the throne is truly reproduced. King George VI died suddenly on February 6, 1952, at the age of 56. Elizabeth learned the bad news during a trip to Kenya. He hurriedly took over the throne without being fully prepared. At that time, the United Kingdom had just emerged from the shadow of World War II, and the Commonwealth was in danger of falling apart. Elizabeth, who was responsible for the monarch of the British Empire, had to concentrate on learning how to become a qualified queen when she enthroned, which made her have to give up becoming a competent queen. Mother .
, who took office shortly after Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip embarked on a six-month trip to the Commonwealth, and at the same time had to leave the young Prince Charles at home. The task of raising the prince is mainly taken care of by the queen’s mother, which leads to the inability to form a close and strong relationship between him and his mother . In 2002, at the funeral of the Queen Mother, Prince Charles delivered a touching speech, "For me, she meant everything" (For me, she meant everything).
Prince Charles was accompanied by the Queen Mother Participating in the enthronement ceremony
As Queen Elizabeth is busy with state affairs, the education of Prince Charles has naturally become an unshirkable responsibility of Prince Philip as his father. Prince Philip noticed the sentimental characteristics of his son's character, so he sent Prince Charles to Gordonston School in Scotland instead of Eton College, which is nearby. In the second season of the TV series "The Crown", there is a detailed narrative. The Goldenston School, which was once Prince Philip's alma mater, has a strong school spirit. Although the learning experience of in this school has not changed Prince Charles's weak and introverted character, it has cultivated He is unwilling to believe in mediocrity . The mentality of
was reflected in the episode of the coronation ceremony of the "Prince of Wales" in the third season. The prince is no longer willing to make a gorgeous decoration that never expresses his position like his mother. In the play, Prince Charles himself gave a speech in Welsh, and used speeches that have not been censored by the royal family. "Wales has its own identity, its own personality, and its own wishes and voice." identity, her own character, her own will, her own voice). expresses his depressed mood as the crown prince but has nothing to do, and even hopes to win the queen’s sympathy through this speech .
However, Queen Elizabeth severely reprimanded her son afterwards, and also solemnly pointed out that it is an unshakable bottom line for members of the royal family not to express their positions to the public. (Not having a voice is something we all have to live with)
epilogue
in the third season of "The Crown", the tense and depressive relationship between Prince Charles and the queen after he is an adult is fully displayed. Perhaps because of the absence of his son during the growth stage, or perhaps because of the queen's strict requirements on the crown prince, the relationship between Prince Charles and his mother has always been in a state of respect but lack of affection. At the same time, as Prince Charles, the next king of the United Kingdom, the premise that he wants to realize his life dream can only be based on the death of his mother, which makes the relationship between the mother and child so delicate that the world cannot understand.
Whether it is the British royal family or the TV series "The Crown", the excitement continues.
