Fact checking what Netflix's The Crown got right and wrong about Prince Philip.
Wrong: Prince Philip didn't want to kneel to Queen Elizabeth.
Although it makes for a deliciously dramatic moment in the series, because Philip came from royalty himself, it’s consideredhe would have actually had a problem kneeling to Elizabeth—it's an established sign of respect for the monarch.,"I doubt Prince Phillip ever spoke those words to his wife because he came from a royal household which had borrowed so much of its ritual and protocol form the British Royal Family.
Philip's private comments on the subject,"I am nothing but a bloody amoeba. I am the only man in the country not allowed to give his name to his own children."delves into Philip's difficult childhood. For the most part, they got itWhen he was young, Philip's family was pushed out of Greece during a period of political upheaval. He was actually
. After the exile, Philip's mother had a nervous breakdown and his father moved to France, leaving Philip in Great Britain to live with various relatives.In season three, his mother Princess Alice, who had been institutionalized or absent for much of Philip's life, is brought back from Greece at the Queen's order during a period of political turmoil. Alice is flown to Buckingham Palace, where Philip avoids her at all costs. That is, until Alice gives an interview withjournalist John Armstrong during a period of bad press for the royals. Armstrong writes a rosy profile of her that humanizes the royal family in the public's eyes. Philip approaches his mother to thank her, and the two begin to mend their relationship.portrays.
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