archersangel | the royal house of winsor (Reply)

it's an interesting 6-part documentary series i found on netflix about the current british royal family. finished it up and found out some things;

that there are parallels between QE 2 & queen victoria. both were pretty young wen they became queen (25 & 18, respectively) both married young foreigners that were considered hansom & dashing & both have long reins with troublesome princes of wales.
princess diana was such a....troublemaker(?) that there was great relief when she died. which doesn't help with the conspiracy theories surrounding her death.
louis mountbatten was really trying to be the power behind the scenes. he became mentor to prince chalrles & even tried to get charles & his grand daughter together so she could be queen one day.
everyone fears anything like edward VIII abdicating again. but given his (& wallis simpson's) nazi leanings, it's a good thing he did or WW2 might have turned out differently.
prince phillip did much to try to modernize the royal household.
he also pushed for a documentary on the royal family in the '60s to "humanize" them, but this opened the door for all of the tabloid gossip stuff that's followed.
charles is determined to go his own way. how this might impact the monarchy if/when he becomes king remains to be seen.
he wants to make the royal family "streamlined" with just the queen, prince, phillip, himself, his wife, will, kate & harry (& now, one presumes, his wife). to keep costs down & not have a big group of people mucking stuff up. his sister ann & brother edward have accepted this. andrew didn't for a while, but now seems to be on board.

overall it was enjoyable to watch & if you have an interest in the modern british royals, check it out.