TOM EATON | ‘The Crown’, like the royal family, is too good to be true

Why are viewers turning to a TV show for historical accuracy? My guess is politics

23 November 2020 - 20:27 By tom eaton

Suddenly, The Crown is everywhere, ushering popular culture away from The Real Housewives and lip-syncing children on Tik Tok and inviting it, very politely, into a claustrophobically hot tearoom in which everyone is wearing three overcoats and admiring an embroidered doily commemorating the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt. ..

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