What Truth Does The Crown Owe the Monarchy?
Within the first 10 minutes of Netflix’s long-awaited fifth season of The Crown, Dominic West’s Prince Charles turns to Elizabeth Debicki’s Princess Diana and leans in close, suddenly conspiratorial. “What do you think?” he asks. “Shall we give them some of the old magic?” Diana, ever up for a performance, is game: “Well, come on then. Let’s blow them away.”They’re referring to the insatiable crowd of Italian paparazzi huddled along the coast where Charles and Diana have temporarily docked during their “second honeymoon.” It’s a stunt trip, one designed to...