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The Crown: The Official Podcast

Episode 7: Alma Mater

The Crown: The Official Podcast

Netflix

After Shows, Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

As Prince William takes up his place at St Andrews University to study art history, after a gap year in Africa and South and Central America, he struggles to balance the traditional undergraduate rites of passage with the constraints of his position and constant presence of personal protection officers. His perseverance is tested when he develops a crush on one of the most desired students on campus: a woman by the name of Kate Middleton. Edith Bowman speaks with co-writer Jonanthan Wilson and director May El-Toukhy about creating William’s university world and introducing Kate Middleton. Dialect coach William Conacher looks back at his work across six seasons of The Crown and Edith meets the actors behind Kate and William – Meg Belamy and Ed McVey. The Crown: The Official Podcast is produced by Netflix and Sony Music Entertainment, in association with Left Bank Pictures. Host: Edith Bowman Guests: Jonathan Wilson, May El-Toukhy, William Conacher, Ed McVey, Meg Belamy.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Right.

0:03.0

I think it's time for parents to disappear and the wild parties to begin.

0:08.0

Not too much chance of wild parties with him watching my every move.

0:12.0

Oh, wait, should we persuade her to... wild parties with him watching my every move?

0:13.0

Oh, I should be persuaded to look away sometimes.

0:17.5

I didn't say that.

0:18.6

Good luck.

0:24.0

Welcome to the Crown, the official podcast.

0:28.0

I'm Edith Bowman and this is the show that follows the sixth and final season of the Netflix series The Crown episode by episode.

0:39.0

We'll be taking you behind the scenes speaking to many of the creatives involved and diving deep into the stories.

0:46.7

Today we'll be talking about episode 7, titled Alma Matter.

0:51.7

As Prince William takes up his place at St Andrews University, he struggles to balance everyday student life

0:58.2

with his royal status and constant presence of personal protection officers.

1:04.0

His perseverance is tested when he develops a crush on one of the most desired students on campus,

1:11.0

a woman by the name of Kate Middleton, whose presence on his course is not entirely a coincidence.

1:20.0

We'll cover specific events and scenes that feature in this episode so if you haven't managed to watch episode 7 yet I suggest you do that now or at least very soon

1:30.8

coming up on this episode of the Crown the official podcast, we'll hear from co-writer of Alma

1:36.4

Matter, Jonathan Wilson on William and Kate's blossoming university romance.

1:41.8

I hesitated

1:42.8

use the word adorkable but there are

1:46.8

some people have to you like that I like that

1:49.5

dialect coach William Conacher gives us top tips on mastering a royal accent.

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