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The Crown: The Official Podcast

Episode 2: The System

The Crown: The Official Podcast

Netflix

After Shows, Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

After the death of her young daughter to cancer, Penny Knatchbull is encouraged by the Duke of Edinburgh to take up carriage driving as a way of coping with her grief. At the same time, Princess Diana is dealing with her own kind of grief - being trapped in a loveless marriage - and so when approached via an intermediary to cooperate with journalist, Andrew Morton, on a book exposing the truth about her marriage, she agrees. But knowing how explosive the book will be, Diana must have total deniability regarding any involvement. In this episode Edith Bowman talks with Movement Coach and Choreographer Polly Bennett, Head of Research Annie Sulzberger, Director Jessica Hobbs, and the actor playing Prince Philip in Season 5, Jonathan Pryce. The Crown: The Official Podcast is produced by Netflix and Somethin’ Else, in association with Left Bank Pictures.

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0:00.0

What's that look? I've never seen so many thoughts go on behind someone's eyes.

0:11.0

Gratitude, appreciation. What for? You make a better person of me.

0:20.5

And you of me?

0:45.5

Isn't that the point of marriage? Welcome to the Crown, the official podcast. I'm Edith Bowman and this is the show which follows the fifth season of the Netflix series The Crown episode by episode. We lift the lid and take you behind the scenes

0:50.7

speaking to many of the creatives involved diving deep into the

0:54.7

stories. Today we're talking about episode 2 titled the system. In this episode we

1:00.4

discover Prince Philip's passion for carriage driving and we see the connection that develops between himself and a family friend Penny.

1:09.0

Prince Philip tries to make Diana understand that she must stay silent and learn to accept the royal system

1:16.0

just as he has. But does this work or is this book about to change the royal family forever?

1:26.0

We'll cover specific events and scenes that feature in this episode so if you haven't watched episode too yet I suggest you do it now, or at least very soon.

1:34.0

Also, just a quick warning that this episode contains discussion of suicide and eating disorders,

1:41.0

so listen to discretion is advised.

1:44.0

Coming up later, we'll hear from the brand new Prince Philip himself, Jonathan Price.

1:49.0

I knew what to do with my hands.

1:51.0

Also, you see me teaching someone else how to do carriage driving and you have to know how to hold

1:56.9

the reins properly even if there's the horse there and it's all that detail is important.

2:03.0

We'll also meet the Crown's movement coach and choreographer Polly Bennett.

2:08.0

So for a melderer, she pressed her big toes into the floor, so she's engaged.

2:12.0

It means her back straightens up

2:13.6

which means her back is engaged so she can move off quicker. And head of research for

2:18.7

the crown Annie Salzberger joins me to give all the details behind that book.

2:25.0

But first, in this episode we begin to see the differences between Diana's life as an outsider versus Prince Philip.

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