The Crown
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All so Philip can have a midlife crisis.
(Spoiler alert: This isnt going to drastically change in the next three episodes.)
Its just a shame it comes at the cost of Elizabeths narrative.
1969 was a big year for the royals.
to watch the Apollo 11 launch and subsequent moon landing.
To say that Philip is obsessed would be an understatement.
(This academy would becomeSt.
Even going so far as to presume that theyre at one with God and happy.
Hes a fanboy, and fanboys (and fangirls) cant help but put their idols on pedestals.
There wasnt much time for [thoughts about the meaning of life], the astronauts inform him.
Just as royal life is filled with protocol and procedure, so is a lunar mission.
We pretty much spent our entire time with lists in our hands, says Collins.
Never meet your idols, because youll inevitably be disappointed.
Steady, reliable people may not be terribly interesting, but they do their jobs tremendously well.
Sometime after Phils anticlimactic meeting with the astronauts, he returns to the group therapy sessions at St. Georges.
Maybe he couldve helped save them from their own disastrous personal lives.
