Take a look at how Princess Margaret's first royal tour of America in 1965 compares to reality.
, which sees Olivia Colman take over for Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II, begins with the monarch reflecting upon her age. But her jealousy of Princess Margaret in episode 2,Helena Bonham Carter, isn't pushing 40 just yet; even Prince Phillip can't help but comment that some Windsors are "dull," and some are "dazzling," when Margaret converts a number of Americans into so-called "Margaretologists" during her apparently glamorous 1964 royal tour of the U.S.
Not that you'd know it from, but the royals' tour of America that year was less than ideal, too: Princess Margaret didn't so much charm President Lyndon Johnson into rescuing the British economy as effectively pave the way for gettingfrom returning to the U.S. for taking her visits too lightly, whether palling around with A-listers like Elizabeth Taylor and Grace Kelly or bringing along 75 pieces of luggage that weighed over a ton to do so.
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