Fairytale

The Crown 4×3

Martin Charteris: .... She also thought some tutorials might be useful for what will be a very drastic transition from teenager to royal princess. And… Well, the feeling was, if Your Majesty were agreeable…
Queen Elizabeth II: That I should be her teacher?
Martin Charteris: Well, one queen to the next. Mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, might be nice...
Queen Elizabeth II: Oh no, there's a lot to learn, a lot to get right. And you know me. I'm far too much of a softy.

Interviewer: I see you're going to bring a deep and lasting joy to the nation. And if I may say, you both look very much in love.
Diana Spencer: Oh yes, absolutely!
Prince Charles: Whatever "in love" means.

Lady Fermoy: I should warn you, this won't be one session. This won't be two sessions. What any new entry into the royal family needs to learn could barely be covered in 20 sessions, but we will do it, and I will work you hard because you cannot be allowed to fail.
     I propose we divide our lessons together into three areas. History. The history of the royal family, the Court of St. James's, the palaces and houses, and the household.
     Deportment. What to wear, how and where to sit, when to open your mouth and, more importantly, what to say.
     But based on the horrors we saw the other night, I think we need to start with the all-important sink or swim rules, rules which if you get a single one of these wrong, you're not just in trouble. You're dead.
Diana Spencer: Right.
Lady Fermoy: Beginning with rank and precedence and identifying which members of the royal family you must curtsy to, how, and in which order. In your current position, you curtsy to everyone, but after you become Princess of Wales, things get a little more complicated because certain members of the family will have to curtsy to you. That in itself changes depending on whether you're with the Prince of Wales… Do you know, the one thing I really hate is when I go to a restaurant and the waiter comes to the table and attempts to memorize the order without writing it down. You just know it's going to go wrong.
Diana Spencer: Right.
Lady Fermoy: When you are unaccompanied as Princess of Wales…

Lady Fermoy: You use your hands far too much. You make gestures when you talk. Gestures reveal us, whether we're anxious or agitated or cross. It's best not to give that away. One should never try to show one's emotions.

Diana Spencer: It is absolutely essential that I see the Queen. This wedding can't go ahead. It'll be a disaster for everyone.

Dean of St Paul's: Marriage is an honorable estate instituted of God himself, and therefore is not, by any, to be enterprised, nor taken in hand unadvisedly, lightly, or wantonly, but reverently, discreetly, soberly, and in the fear of God. Charles Philip Arthur George, wilt thou have this woman to thy wedded wife? Etcetera.

Princess Margaret: How many times can this family make the same mistake? Forbidding marriages… that should be allowed. Forcing others that shouldn't. Paying the consequences each time. He's marrying Diana. But he's still in love with the other one.
Prince Philip: Let me say something as a man. The older Diana gets, the more confident Diana becomes, the more beautiful Diana becomes, which she will… the more Charles will fall in love with her, and this will all be fine. In the meantime, he…
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: Juggles them both? That's how it works. How it's always worked.
Princess Margaret: This is madness. We can stop them now, before they tie the knot. Not just for the sake of the monarchy, but for them as human beings. We have to stop them now.

Prince Charles: Mummy?
Queen Elizabeth II: When your great-grandmother, Queen Mary, was a beautiful young princess… she was about to marry her Prince Charming. But before they got to the church, he fell ill and died. But everyone was so impressed with her, that they put her together with his younger brother. Only one problem. The younger brother was Prince Charmless. Dull and shy. There was no attraction, certainly no love. But in order to make the marriage work, they were encouraged to focus on the bigger idea. Duty. They worked and worked and worked. And out of that work, a tiny seed grew. A seed of respect and admiration, a seed that grew into a flower they could eventually call love. They were married for 42 years. They stabilized a country that was at war with itself, and they left the Crown stronger, while all around them, the great monarchies of Europe fell.
     Now I cannot claim to be the most intuitive mother, but I do think I know when one of my children is unhappy. Whatever wretchedness you are feeling now… whatever doubts you harbor… if you could follow the example of your great-grandmother… love and happiness will surely follow.

Dean of St Paul's: .... Here is the stuff of which fairy tales are made. The prince and princess on their wedding day. But fairy tales usually end at this point with the simple phrase, "They lived happily ever after." This may be because fairy tales regard marriage as an anticlimax after the romance of courtship. As husband and wife live out their vows, loving and cherishing one another, sharing life's splendors and miseries, achievements and setbacks, they will be transformed in the process. Our faith sees the wedding day not as the place of arrival, but the place where the adventure really begins...

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