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What happens when the family falls apart?
But it also hints pretty aggressively that shes become overly self-involved.
What could have come across as a sly but defiant fuck you to the royals hardly registers.
Charles, on the other hand, receives more sympathetic treatment.
As portrayed by Pryce, Philips sharp corners have been practically babyproofed this season.
In past Philips Matt Smith and Tobias Menzies, resentment and edginess were always bubbling just below his surface.
But Pryce comes across much more gentle.
To the grave, he tells her he seems more grandfatherly than threatening.
Perhaps these changes are deliberate attempts to highlight how transformational this period was for the royals.
Yet season five ofThe Crownmakes them seem already altered.
Thats why so much of the rest of this season feels a tad off.
This many seasons into any show, viewers should feel like they know its characters very well.
Too often, season five ofThe Crownmakes them hard to recognize.
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