The Crown focuses on Queen Elizabeth II as a 25-year-old (Claire Foy) newlywed faced with the daunting prospect of leading the world's most famous monarchy while forging a relationship with legendary Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill (John Lithgow). The British Empire is in decline, the political world is in disarray, and a young woman takes the throne... a new era is dawning. Prepare to be welcomed into the coveted world of power and privilege and behind locked doors in Westminster and Buckingham Palace... the leaders of an empire await.
This season premiere Covers the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, and the 1951 general election.
In 1947 Prince Philip of Greece renounces his foreign titles to marry Princess Elizabeth, elder daughter of George VI. Her mother and Grandmother are less than complimentary about his family whilst the appearance of Shadow leader Winston Churchill at the lavish wedding sets his rivals whispering that it is a show of politics.
Following a general election Churchill is prime minister once more - to the delight of the king, who confides in him that he has lung cancer, but urges him to keep it a secret and Christmas passes without the family being informed. However George asks Elizabeth to represent him on an upcoming Commonwealth tour, whilst Elizabeth is asked to keep another secret by her sister Margaret, who is in love with commoner Peter Townsend.
