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>>> WITH ALL OF THE TALK OF
ROYAL WEDDINGS LATELY, WERE GETTING AN INTIMATE LOOK AT
MARRIAGE INSIDE BUCKINGHAM MRAS
PALACE, AS NETFLIX GETS READY TO
RELEASE ITS SECOND SEASON OF "THE CROWN."SECOND SEASON OF
"THE CROWN."
TAKE A LOOK.
>> LOOK.
I REALIZE THIS MARRIAGE HAS
TURNED OUT TO BE SOMETHING QUITE DIFFERENT TO WHAT WE BOTHG QUITE
DIFFERENT TO WHAT WE BOTH IMAGINED.
IMAGINED.
>> UNDERSTATEMENT.
>> AND THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN
A --
>> PRISON. >> A SITUATION, THAT IS UNIQUE.
THE EXIT ROUTE, WHICH IS OPEN TO
EVERYONE ELSE --
>> DIVORCE.
>> YES, DIVORCE.
ITS NOT AN OPTION FOR US. NEVER.T AN OPTION FOR US.
NEVER. >> EVER.
>> EVER. >> CLAIRE FOY AND MATT SMITH.
HI.
HI.
>> HI.
>> IM GOING TO GET TO SEASON TWO IN A SECOND AND HOW THEN
TWO IN A SECOND AND HOW THE MARRIAGE IS FRACTURED AND
LIMPING ALONG.
BUT I THINK ITS SO --
>> ITS LIMPING ALONG.
>> YOU SUMMED IT UP PERFECTLY. >> I THINK PEOPLE ARE FASCINATED
WITH THE SHOW PARTLY BECAUSE WE
DONT EVER REALLY PICTURE QUEEN
ELIZABETH AND PHILLIP AS YOUNG PEOPLE COURTING AND THAT KIND OF
THING.
THING.
TELL ME IN REAL LIFE, WHAT THE GENESIS WAS OF THE RELATIONSHIP.
HOW IT BEGAN WITH ELIZABETH AND
PHILIP.
PHILIP.
>> THEY MET AT A NAVAL TRAINING
DAY.
SHE WAS VERY YOUNG.
>> 13.
>> SHE WAS 13?
>> YES.
>> AND HIS UNCLE HAD DESIGNS ON HIM MARRYING INTO THE FAMILY.ON
HIM MARRYING INTO THE FAMILY. >> IS IT ONE OF THOSE THINGS
LIKE WE SEE NOW WITH PAPARAZZI.
PEOPLE FOLLOWING THEM AROUND AT
THE TIME?
THE TIME?
>> NOT SO MUCH. HER LIFE WAS VERY, VERY
DOCUMENTED BECAUSE THEY KNEW SHE
WAS GOING TO BE THE QUEEN.
BUT PHILIP COULD DO ANYTHING HE WANTED.LIP COULD DO ANYTHING HE
WANTED.
>> YEAH.
>> THAT DIDNT REALLY START
UNTIL THE 60s, THAT KIND OF --
>> MARGARET GOT THAT REALLY BADLY.GARET GOT THAT REALLY
BADLY.
>> SHE WAS HOUNDED QUITE A LOT. >> YOU WATCH THAT SCENE, AND YOU
REALIZE THAT THIS COUPLE IS
GOING THROUGH WHAT COUPLES GO
THROUGH, EXCEPT FOR -- PHILIP IS
TOTALLY -- EMASCULATED.
DESCRIBE WHATS GOING ON IN THE
SHOW?
SHOW?
>> THATS A FLASH-FORWARD, ISNT IT?THATS A FLASH-FORWARD, ISNT
IT? >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. YOU SEE THAT THE BEGINNING,
REALLY, OF FLAGGING TO EVERYONE
THAT SOMETHING HAS GONE WRONG
HERE.
HERE.
AND YOU REALIZE THE STEPS ITS TAKEN FOR THEM TO GET THERE.S
TAKEN FOR THEM TO GET THERE. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
AND SHES BERATING HIM, REALLY. >> ITS AWFUL, RIGHT?M, REALLY.
>> ITS AWFUL, RIGHT?
>> AND NOT BEING THE MAN HE NEEDS TO BE, AROUND THE HOUSE
AND THE HOME.
>> DO YOU IMAGINE THAT THE QUEEN
SIT THERES AND WATCHES IT, OR
PHILIP WATCHES IT?
>> I DONT THINK -- I LIKE TO THINK THE QUEEN DOES.LIKE TO
THINK THE QUEEN DOES. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
I DONT LIKE THE IDEA OF THAT. >> WOULD YOU BE A LITTLE SICK IF
YOU THOUGHT SHE WAS WATCHING
THESE KIND OF SCENES?
>> IT WOULD BE WEIRD.
I DO ENJOY THE IDEA THAT SHE SAT
THERE SORT OF LAUGHING AND
GOING, THAT NEVER HAPPENED.
IT WOULD BE FUNNY.
SHE GETS A LAUGH OUT OF IT.
>> DID YOU EVER MEET THEM FOR
REAL?
REAL?
AND WHAT WERE YOUR IMPRESSIONS
OF THEM?
>> I MET THEM. ONLY ONCE.HEM.
ONLY ONCE. IT WAS REALLY BRIEF.
MAKE
MAKE SHAKE HANDS AND LEAVE.
>> I MET WILLIAM AND HARRY.
AND SOMEONE NEXT TO ME TOLD
WILLIAM THAT I WAS ABOUT TO PLAY
PRINCE PHILIP.
PRINCE PHILIP. AND HE LEANED OVER AND WENT,
HES A LEGEND.
>> IM DEPRESSED, YOU GUYS,
THOUGH.
THOUGH. THIS IS YOUR LAST SEASON.
YOU KNEW IT WOULD BE TWO
SEASONS.
SEASONS.
AND OTHER ACTORS ARE GOING TO PLAY THE CHARACTERS AS THEY GOT
OLDER.
OLDER.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT THE
END OF THIS FOR YOU TWO? >> WE ALWAYS KNEW.U TWO?
>> WE ALWAYS KNEW. DIDNT WE?
DIDNT WE? >> ITS NOT THE END.
WEVE BEEN SHOOTING IT JUNE.
>> SO, A GOOD WHILE AGO.
WE SAID GOOD-BYE TO THE ACTING
PART OF IT.
NOW, WE GET TO DO ALL THIS.
IM LIVING IN DENIAL THAT ITS
OVER.
OVER.
>> DID YOU THINK IT WOULD BE
THIS BIG?
IT IS HUGE, THIS SHOW.
EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT.
DID YOU IMAGINE IT WOULD
BECOME --
>> NO.
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
>> BECAUSE WERE IN IT. >> AND WE DIDNT REALIZE THEY
WERE SO POPULAR HERE, THE
ROYALS.
ROYALS.
>> WHAT ABOUT RIGHT NOW? WHAT ABOUT MEGHAN MARKLE AND
HARRY.
HARRY.
>> REALLY EXCITING. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE
ROYAL WEDDING UPCOMING?
>> IM REALLY EXCITED.
I DONT THINK THEYRE GOING TO
TELEVISE IT, ARE THEY?
I DONT THINK THEYLL TELEVISE
IT -- I DONT KNOW.
MAYBE ILL BE WRONG.
ITS NOT THE DIRECT IN LINE TO
THE THRONE.
THE THRONE. THEY MIGHT NOT TELEVISE IT.
>> I THINK THEYRE GOING TO DO
IT.
IT.
>> WE HAVE TO SEE IT. YOU GUYS, WE LOVE THE SHOW.
WE ARE A LITTLE SAD THIS IS THE
END FOR YOU GUYS.
THANKS FOR COMING TO SEE US.