First two episodes - can't remember the last time I was so bored.
Not sure Dominic West is right for Charles.
Third picks up as Al Fayeds enter story. Fourth goes back to being boring, save for two scenes: 1. Margaret tells off Elizabeth for denying her her one shot of happiness - great performance here from Lesley Manville. Then Queen Mother tries to prevent Liz from being honest about her feelings in public 'annus horribilis' speech - Philip comes to her defence.
Five - can't remember what it was about now - boring. Six dips toe into murder of Tsar Nicholas II and family (a truly disgusting episode in Russian history) and how it peripherally connected to our Royals; makes up some stuff about Prince Philip, blah blah.
Whole episode on Bashir setting up Di (Elizabeth Debicki) - it's a documentary, already? And this is the problem. It's too recent, and as such is no fun any more.
The Interview goes live, cross cut to Guy Fawkes night, cross cut to William at Eaton. Is it becoming a wee bit pretentious? Nice to see Richard Cordery, though, as (Marma)Duke Hussy - spent entire episode trying to remember his name. Very clumsy divorce episode cross cut to normal couples doesn't work at all - even the music doesn't work any more.
Weak ending is vague suggestion Charles wants to get in league with Blair, and decommissioning of Britannia.
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