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* CallBack: Lascelles informs the Queen that [[Recap/TheCrownS1E2HydeParkCorner this isn't the first time]] someone in Churchill's Cabinet has approached the monarch to get their help in deposing the Prime Minister.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Lascelles might be a strict traditionalist, but he makes it clear that Queen Elizabeth is not bound by her father's decision to refuse to admonish or dismiss the Prime Minister when the circumstances are different.
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* CriticalHesitationBlunder: Altee delays calling for a vote of no confidence to make it clear that Churchill can't handle the crisis. Unfortunately just when he's on the verge of doing so, Churchill does rally and start providing decisive leadership.
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* CriticalHesitationBlunder: Altee Atlee delays calling for a vote of no confidence to make it clear that Churchill can't handle the crisis. Unfortunately just when he's on the verge of doing so, Churchill does rally and start providing decisive leadership.
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* HeadInTheSandManagement: Churchill buries the report on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Donora_smog Donora smog]] and insists the country keep burning coal to keep up the facade of economic recovery in a country still bankrupt from the War. He then fails to address the situation because what can you do about the weather, after all?
* HumbleHero: When Philip ask Peter Townsend how many planes he shot down during [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII the War]], he pauses before saying "one or two". In actual fact, Townsend — considered to have been one of the most capable squadron leaders in the Battle of Britain — was credited with nine enemy aircraft shot down, two shared, two 'probables' and four damaged. He was awarded the DSO and the DFC and bar.
* HumbleHero: When Philip ask Peter Townsend how many planes he shot down during [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII the War]], he pauses before saying "one or two". In actual fact, Townsend — considered to have been one of the most capable squadron leaders in the Battle of Britain — was credited with nine enemy aircraft shot down, two shared, two 'probables' and four damaged. He was awarded the DSO and the DFC and bar.
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* HeadInTheSandManagement: HeadInTheSandManagement:
** Churchill buries the report on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Donora_smog Donora smog]] and insists the country keep burning coal to keep up the facade of economic recovery in a country still bankrupt from the War. He then fails to address the situation because what can you do about the weather, after all?
** The meteorology department sends a message to the Prime Minister purely to cover their own backside, well aware that he'll never bother to read it. A conscientious public servant decides to blow the whistle to the Leader of the Opposition, but Atlee also delays taking action.
* HumbleHero: When Philipask asks Peter Townsend how many planes he shot down during [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII the War]], he pauses before saying "one or two". In actual fact, Townsend — considered to have been one of the most capable squadron leaders in the Battle of Britain — was credited with nine enemy aircraft shot down, two shared, two 'probables' and four damaged. He was awarded the DSO and the DFC and bar.
** Churchill buries the report on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Donora_smog Donora smog]] and insists the country keep burning coal to keep up the facade of economic recovery in a country still bankrupt from the War. He then fails to address the situation because what can you do about the weather, after all?
** The meteorology department sends a message to the Prime Minister purely to cover their own backside, well aware that he'll never bother to read it. A conscientious public servant decides to blow the whistle to the Leader of the Opposition, but Atlee also delays taking action.
* HumbleHero: When Philip
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* GloryDays: Venetia is up most of the night reading Churchill's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Early_Life book about his younger days]] and when she starts enthusing about how much it inspired her, Churchill can only quietly beg her to stop, aware that he's not that man any more.
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* HeadInTheSandManagement: Churchill buries the report on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Donora_smog Donora smog]] and insists the country keep burning coal to keep up the facade of economic recovery in a country still bankrupt from the War. He then fails to address the situation because what can you do about the weather, after all?
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* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Churchill visits the hospital where Venetia is in the morgue and sees firsthand the chaos there. He calls a press conference in the hospital itself, promising a public enquiry and extra resources, causing the newspapers to praise him for his decisive leadership and for being the only politician willing to visit a hospital during the crisis.
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* CriticalHesitationBlunder: Altee delays calling for a vote of no confidence to make it clear that Churchill can't handle the crisis. Unfortunately just when he's on the verge of doing so, Churchill does rally and start providing decisive leadership.
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* SacrificialLamb: Venetia. The sudden death of such a true-hearted, impressive young woman is the jolt it takes to compel Churchill to call a public inquiry into the Great Smog.
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* SacrificialLamb: Venetia. The sudden death of such a true-hearted, impressive young woman is the jolt it takes to compel Churchill to call a public inquiry into the Great Smog.Smog and give extra resources to the hospitals.
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-->'''Lord Salisbury''': Well, I'm glad that the Pwime Minister finds time for levity. Perhaps I should wemind him exactly how sewious the situation has now become. This morning, a suburban twain collided with a gang of wailway workmen, killing sevewal and injuring a gweat many more.
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-->'''Lord Salisbury''': Well, I'm glad that the Pwime Minister finds time for levity. Perhaps I should wemind him exactly how sewious the situation has now become. This morning, a suburban twain collided with a gang of wailway workmen, killing sevewal and injuring injuwing a gweat many more.
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* BaitAndSwitch: The first half of the episode seems to be leading up to Venetia's flatmate falling victim of the smog due to her worsening [[IncurableCoughOfDeath wheezing cough]] - [[spoiler: in fact, it is Venetia who ends up dying by the end of the episode.]]
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Queen Mary, for her disdain for Phillip's family ("a royal family of carpetbaggers and parvenus, that goes back what? Ninety years?"). Mary's own father was a German Duke from a morganatic line (similar to the Mountbattens), and her own royal in-laws were hesitant about letting her marry the heir to the throne for the same reason, although Queen Victoria (her first cousin once removed) thought that she had the right character for being a future queen consort. Furthermore, as a member of the House of Glücksburg, Philip's lineage can be traced back to the Viking King Sweyn Forkbeard, who conquered England in 1013, before William the Conqueror was even born.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Queen Mary, for her disdain for Phillip's family ("a royal family of carpetbaggers and parvenus, that goes back what? Ninety years?"). Mary's own father was a German Duke duke from a morganatic line (similar to the Mountbattens), and her own royal in-laws were hesitant about letting her marry the heir to the throne for the same reason, although Queen Victoria (her first cousin once removed) thought that she had the right character for being a future queen consort. Furthermore, as a member of the House of Glücksburg, Philip's lineage can be traced back to the Viking King Sweyn Forkbeard, who conquered England in 1013, before William the Conqueror was even born.
