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On the surface, 21-year-old Prince Charles (Josh OConnor) followed every detail of protocol.
That is until, according toThe Crown, he gavehis speech.
Yes, Charles future wife was an undeniablevictimof the repressive institution that is the British royal family.
But now is our chance to see how Charles was as well.
The episode starts about three months before the July 1969 investiture, whenWelsh nationalism is on the rise.
But you know the royal family motto: Duty before happiness.
Charlie boy is going to Wales.
when the first Prince of Wales,Llwelyn ap Gruffudd, is mentioned).
It makes the frosty scene with Elizabeth later in the episode all the more poignant.
As a monarch, Elizabeth does understand the impossible job that awaits Charles someday.
Shes kept the monarchy alive at the cost of her own spirit, and now her sons as well.
He already feels like a failure, before hes even taken the throne.
The two menmet for the first timein summer 2019.
Every now and then, Charles has allowed his love for performance to slip past his stodgy exterior.
Folks of a certain age may remember when here-enacted the Hot Stuff dancefromThe Full Monty.
You better believe Charles used thatlanguage labwith the ginormous headset IRL!
