Season

Season 2

by Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Vanessa Kirby, Victoria Hamilton, John Lithgow and 8 others

As a new era begins, Queen Elizabeth struggles to navigate a world that's changing around her while preserving both the monarchy and her marriage.

(14 total)

Characters

Peter Morgan (14)Queen Elizabeth II (6)Claire Foy (6)Jodi Balfour (3)Matt Smith (3)Jacqueline Kennedy (3)Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh (3)Ben Daniels (2)Antony Armstrong-Jones (2)Tom Edge (1)

“History was not made by those who did nothing.”

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

Tagged: History, Legacy, infamous

“It’s really one of the great paradoxes of being in a position where I have to talk to a great many people, but deep down, I’m happiest with animals.”

— Peter Morgan, Jacqueline Kennedy, Jodi Balfour, imdb.com

Tagged: Paradoxes, Position, talking, Animals, humans

“In any marriage it’s important to find things that really bind you together, as a couple.”

— Peter Morgan, Antony Armstrong-Jones, Ben Daniels, imdb.com

Tagged: Marriage, Together, couple, bind you

“In the first flush of a romantic love, we’re all blind. We see only what we want to see.”

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

Tagged: Blind, flush, Romantic Love, see only what you want to see

“I learned very early on that it’s wise not to take things for granted.”

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

Tagged: early, wise, take things for granted, Learning

“One always has to accept one’s own part, I believe, in any mess.”

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

Tagged: Accept, your part, Mess, Believe

“There is no such thing as a bad compliment.”

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

Tagged: Bad, Compliment, no such thing

“People are so rarely what they seem.”

— Peter Morgan, Jacqueline Kennedy, Jodi Balfour, imdb.com

Tagged: Rarely, What they seem, People

“A shy person will seek out someone strong to protect them. And a strong character’s often one who enjoys public life. Who thrives on it. And then, before you know it, the very person you’ve turned to in order to protect you is the very reason you are exposed.”

— Peter Morgan, Jacqueline Kennedy, Jodi Balfour, imdb.com

Tagged: Shy, Strong, Public Life, thrives, Exposed

“Some things can only be perceived one way because they only have one meaning.”

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

Tagged: one meaning, percieved, one way

“To do nothing is often the best course of action.”

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

Tagged: Nothing, Doing Nothing, best, course of action

“That’s the thing about unhappiness. All it takes is for something worse to come along and you realize it was actually happiness after all.”

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

Tagged: Unhappiness, Worse, come along, Happiness

“Who we are is not what we wear or what glitters. It’s the spirit that defines us.”

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

Tagged: wear, glitters, Spirit, Define

“He hasn’t found happiness. He’s found marriage, the very opposite of happiness.”

— Peter Morgan, Antony Armstrong-Jones, Ben Daniels, imdb.com

Tagged: Happiness, Marriage, Opposite