The episode opens in 1947 with renouncing his foreign titles to marry Princess Elizabeth . As the years progress, the couple moves to Malta, where they enjoy a relatively normal life while Philip serves in the Royal Navy.
By focusing on the King's mortality, the show creates immediate empathy for a family usually seen as distant and untouchable. "The Crown" Wolferton Splash(2016)
King George VI did have a lung removed in a makeshift operating room at Buckingham Palace in 1951. The Malta Years The episode opens in 1947 with renouncing his
The episode uses the King's illness as a metaphor for the British Empire—failing, coughing, but trying to maintain its dignity. the couple moves to Malta