It's not often that Queen Elizabeth II lets the world know her inner most thoughts and feelings,

but at a lunch today at the Guildhall to celebrate 40 years on the throne, she did precisely that.

Please be I'm standing for our majesty's free. Her voice still horse from inhaling smoke and laboring under the weight of a cold.

She delivered an unprecedentedly frank expression of personal sadness and regret.

The stark admission of failure and a horrible year for the royal family could be seen as a plea

for sympathy and forgiveness after what can only be described as a turbulent 12 months.

But if it was public sympathy and forgiveness her majesty was hoping for, it might not be what she gets. Welcome to The Crown, The Official Podcast. I'm Edith Bowman and this is the show that follows the fifth season of the Netflix series

the Crown episode by episode. We'll be taking you behind the scenes speaking to

many of the creatives involved and diving deep into the stories. Today we're going to be talking

about episode four. Anis Horribulus. In this episode Princess Margaret has an

unexpected letter from her former love Peter Townsend.

When they reunite after over 30 years, it brings back the heartbreak for Margaret and exposes

the friction between her and Elizabeth who didn't allow her to marry him in the past.

Elizabeth is also dealing with problems in her children's love lights,

with Prince Andrew asking for a divorce, Prince Charles desperate to separate from Diana,

and Prince Zez Anne looking to marry a former palace equity.

And as the family disintegrates from within, a huge fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, leading Elizabeth to call 1992 her Anis Horribulis.

We'll cover specific events and scenes that feature in this episode so if you

haven't managed to watch episode four yet I suggest you do that now or very soon.

Coming up later, we'll hear from Leslie Manvo,

who plays Princess Margaret to hear all about her experiences

of playing the princess. Can I tell you a little story?

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