Season

Season 1

by Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Vanessa Kirby, Victoria Hamilton, John Lithgow and 7 others

As a young Elizabeth becomes Queen, she must manage major political issues and personal matters, which often clash in ways she never imagined.

(24 total)

Characters

Peter Morgan (24)John Lithgow (6)Sir Winston Churchill (6)Queen Elizabeth II (5)Claire Foy (5)King George VI (4)Jared Harris (4)Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh (3)Queen Mary (3)Matt Smith (3)

“Many have questioned my relevance, whether I still have something to offer. In public life, the answer is, I have. Which is to leave in place a Sovereign prepared for office. Equipped, armed for her duty.”

— Peter Morgan, Sir Winston Churchill, John Lithgow, imdb.com

Tagged: questioned, Relevance, offer, public, Life

“Why does everybody think, just because we’re royal, we like fine dining? Don’t they realize we’re savages? Good for nothing but school dinners and nursery food.”

— Peter Morgan, Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, Matt Smith, imdb.com

Tagged: Royal, fine dining, savages, Good for Nothing, school dinners

“We are half-people. Ripped from the pages of some bizarre mythology, the two sides within us, human and crown engaged in a fearful civil war, which never ends. And which blights our every human transaction as brother, husband, sister, wife, mother.”

— Peter Morgan, Duke of Windsor, Alex Jennings, imdb.com

Tagged: People, Mythology, human, Crown, Civil War

“It is better to be patient and get what you desire in the right time, than have high office thrust upon you when you are not ready.”

— Peter Morgan, King George VI, Jared Harris, imdb.com

Tagged: Patient, Desire, Office, Ready

“It is not my job to govern. But it is my job to ensure proper governance.”

— Peter Morgan, Queen Elizabeth II, Claire Foy, imdb.com

Tagged: rule, govern, proper, ensure, governance

“I am Queen, but I am also a woman. And a wife.”

— Peter Morgan, Queen Elizabeth II, Claire Foy, imdb.com

Tagged: Queen, Woman, Wife

“Keep one eye on the future. The distant future.”

— Peter Morgan, King George VI, Jared Harris, imdb.com

Tagged: eye on the future, distant, heads up, Future, Advice

“There comes a time where one must draw a line in the sand.”

— Peter Morgan, Queen Elizabeth II, Claire Foy, imdb.com

Tagged: Time, draw a line in the sand, Limits

“There’s no such thing as a blameless party in a divorce.”

— Peter Morgan, Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, Matt Smith, imdb.com

Tagged: Blameless, Divorce, end of relationship, Messy

“To do nothing is the hardest job of all. And it will take every ounce of energy that you have. To be impartial is not natural, not human.”

— Peter Morgan, Queen Mary, Eileen Atkins, imdb.com

Tagged: hardest, Job, Energy, impartial, Natural

“Too much knowledge can be a dangerous thing.”

— Peter Morgan, Sir Winston Churchill, John Lithgow, imdb.com

Tagged: Knowledge, dangerous, Advice

“Too much character, an excess of character.”

— Peter Morgan, Queen Elizabeth II, Claire Foy, imdb.com

Tagged: character, excess, Too Much

“What kind of marriage is this? What kind of family? You’ve taken my career from me, you’ve taken my home. You’ve taken my name. I thought we were in this together.”

— Peter Morgan, Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, Matt Smith, imdb.com

Tagged: Marriage, Family, Career, Home, name

“A sick king is no good to anyone. There must be no weakness. No vulnerability.”

— Peter Morgan, King George VI, Jared Harris, imdb.com

Tagged: Sick, king, no good, Weakness, vulnerability

“You understand, the titles, the dukedom. They’re not the job. She is the job. She is the essence of your duty. Loving her. Protecting her. Of course, you’ll miss your career. But doing this for her, doing this for me, there may be no greater act of patriotism. Or love.”

— Peter Morgan, King George VI, Jared Harris, imdb.com

Tagged: Understand, Titles, dukedom, Job, Protection

“Monarchy is God’s sacred mission to grace and dignify the earth. To give ordinary people an ideal to strive towards, an example of nobility and duty to raise them in their wretched lives. Monarchy is a calling from God.”

— Peter Morgan, Queen Mary, Eileen Atkins, imdb.com

Tagged: God, Grace, dignify, Earth, Ideal

“I am aware that I am surrounded by people who feel that they could do the job better, strong people with powerful characters, but for better or worse, the crown has landed on my head.”

— Peter Morgan, Queen Elizabeth II, Claire Foy, imdb.com

Tagged: aware, Job, better, Strong, Powerful

“No man should be punished for love.”

— Peter Morgan, Sir Winston Churchill, John Lithgow, imdb.com

Tagged: Man, punished, Love

“People have to be angry at someone. But as leader, one cannot simply react to everything.”

— Peter Morgan, Sir Winston Churchill, John Lithgow, imdb.com

Tagged: angry, leader, React, react to everything

“Where there is heroism there will always be hope.”

— Peter Morgan, Sir Winston Churchill, John Lithgow, imdb.com

Tagged: Heroism, Hope, Optimistic