Imelda Staunton and Jonathan Pryce Reflect on the “Underlying Truth” of This Season of The Crown

When King Charles greeted the crowds as he returned to Buckingham Palace for the first time after his mother’s death, one woman was so overcome by emotion that she kissed him on the cheek. It was a moment that epitomized a shift in the public’s relationship with the royal family—and its new monarch. “A woman grabbed him and kissed him,” actress Imelda Staunton remembers over Zoom. “You think, ‘Ah, something’s already changed.’ They’re more available to people.” In the latest season of The Crown, Staunton takes over from Olivia Colman to play an aging Queen Elizabeth, a monarch waning in… Read Full Article