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8	->[[center:[[Characters/TheCrown2016 Main Character Index]] \| [[Characters/TheCrown2016TheBritishRoyalFamily The British Royal Family]] \| [[Characters/TheCrown2016TheBritishRoyalFamilyOlderGeneration The British Royal Family: Older Generation]] \| [[Characters/TheCrown2016RelativesOfTheRoyalFamily Relatives of the Royal Family]] \| [[Characters/TheCrown2016FriendsAndAcquaintancesOfTheRoyalFamily Friends & Acquaintances of the Royal Family]] \| [[Characters/TheCrown2016HerMajestysGovernment Her Majesty's Government]] \| '''The Royal Household''' \| [[Characters/TheCrown2016ForeignDignitariesAndLeaders Foreign Dignitaries and Leaders]] \| [[Characters/TheCrown2016OtherCharacters Other Characters]]]]
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10	The numerous members of the Royal Household featured in ''Series/TheCrown2016''. Beware of spoilers.
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15	!!The Royal Household
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17	!!!Private Secretaries
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19	[[folder:Tommy Lascelles]]
20	!!Sir Alan "Tommy" Lascelles, 16th Private Secretary to the Sovereign
21	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_crown_season_3_1703494.jpg]]
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23	->'''Played By''': Creator/PipTorrens
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25	-> ''"You need to understand how things are done here."''\
26
27	Private Secretary to King George VI, and Elizabeth's first Private Secretary upon becoming Queen. A stoic, reserved and formal man, he is devoted to serving and protecting the monarchy -- at any cost.
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31	* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: Tommy doesn't like the Duke of Windsor, and generally frowns upon royals who don't do their duty. This may seem like mere BritishStuffiness, but in real life, he'd been the Duke's Assistant Private Secretary for ten years, on and off[[note]]1920-1929 when Edward was Prince of Wales, and again in 1936 when he was King[[/note]], and had actually resigned because he was so disgusted with the Prince's irresponsible behaviour. This is why he's so on guard against other royals who display similar tendencies.[[note]]In 1927, he'd said that it would be best for the country if the Prince broke his neck in a horse-riding accident. Who did he say this to? The ''then-Prime Minister'', Stanley Baldwin. And Baldwin ''agreed''.[[/note]]
32	* AlwaysOnDuty: Tommy spots Elizabeth arriving unexpectedly at his home while looking out the window of his study. Within seconds, he has donned a jacket and is greeting her at the door as if he had been expecting her the entire time. Even more amazing is that by this point, he's already retired.
33	* AuthoritySoundsDeep: Lascelles is a force to be reckoned with and has a commanding, gravelly voice to enforce his dominance.
34	* BadassBookworm: The real-life Tommy Lascelles was known as a prodigious reader. In-series, when he "unexpectedly" meets Eileen Parker in the park, he’s reading a tome on the campaigns of Napoleon. He was also in the British Army for 25 years, serving in WWI with distinction (he obliquely mentions it recalling the Battle of the Somme to the Duke of Windsor), and as Private Secretary, he presents a chillingly stern attitude towards anyone who dares to challenge the monarchical status quo — including the Queen herself on occasion.
35	* BadassBureaucrat: The Private Secretary does not simply dress down people, he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDi9VKi2qpI roasts and demolishes them]], implacably and impeccably.
36	* BearerOfBadNews: Often the bearer of harsh truths and bad news, like Adeane after him, but without Adeane's visible reluctance. It’s left to Lascelles to reveal the extent of the former Edward VIII’s involvement with the Nazis to the abdicated monarch’s niece.
37	* BerserkButton:
38	** Tommy never raises his voice, but it can get distinctly more clipped if you piss him off. A quick way to do this is to insult the memory of King George VI, as the Duke of Windsor discovers in Season 1.
39	--->'''Tommy:''' Nothing weak about the late king, ''sir''. I'm sure I speak for everyone present when I call him a hero.
40	** Pretty much anything involving the Duke and Duchess of Windsor puts Tommy in an especially bad mood, as he was Private Secretary to the Sovereign during Edward VIII's reign and had previous been his Assistant Private Secretary for most of the 1920s.
41	** Even ''reminders'' of the Duke of Windsor make his mood considerably worse. His patience with Peter Townsend, already thin, runs out completely right after Peter breaks out the phrase "the woman I love," and he audibly struggles to control his voice when the Queen herself insists on having her own way in defiance of palace protocol.
42	* BlueBlood: His protectiveness of the Royal Family isn't purely born out of duty and love of country -- it's also familial. He was the son of The Honourable Frederick Canning Lascelles and the grandson of the 4th Earl of Harewood. He was therefore a cousin of Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood, who married HRH The Princess Mary, Princess Royal -- the sister of his employers, Edward VIII and George VI.
43	* BritishStuffiness: ''Incarnate''. He's incredibly strait-laced, and views any sort of frivolity, modernity or suggestiveness with deep suspicion, disapproval, and occasionally outright revulsion. A flashback in Season 3 reveals he doesn't bother to soften his stern tone even when speaking privately to Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, who are very young at the time, causing the latter to cry.
44	* BrutalHonesty: He rarely sugarcoats things, even when speaking with the monarch (although naturally he's a bit more diplomatic in his manner with her than with others).
45	* CanineCompanion: Tommy lets his two Scottish deerhounds join him on the couch and, at one point, in Michael Adeane's office. (The two dogs, with their solemn expressions and scruffy faces, have something of an UncattyResemblance to Tommy.)
46	* CharacterTics: The viewer can tell Lascelles is alive while addressing someone because he locks his hands behind his back and moves his fingers nervously.
47	* CigaretteOfAnxiety: Pairs a cigarette with [[INeedAFreakingDrink a glass of whiskey]] soon after George VI's death.
48	* ClothingReflectsPersonality: Even watching television at home, he ''always'' wears a necktie (except for a few formal events that call for a bow tie).
49	* TheComicallySerious: His stone-faced but yet contemptuous demeanour when addressing very delicate matters makes him unexpectedly hilarious.
50	* CommutingOnABus: After his official retirement, he's still called to manage sensitive situations with some frequency.
51	* TheConsigliere: Or "henchman," as Margaret puts it, to Elizabeth (and the three monarchs who preceded her).
52	* ConsummateProfessional: He doesn't tolerate the tiniest misstep and expects everyone to keep up with the royally high standards he sets and mantains for the institution, leaving no room for indulgence, levity or personalism.
53	* ControlFreak: Obsessed with doing everything rigid, proper, and by the book. As he points out, even the tiniest crack allowed can expand and break the whole system.
54	* CoolCar: When Tommy runs into the Queen in the front drive of Buckingham Palace, she mistakes his Rolls-Royce for one of the Royal cars; in fact, as he tells her, the car and its driver were part of his retirement package.
55	* TheCreon: He has served four Sovereigns. Somebody with Tommy's experience, ability and influence could easily exert an even greater power by the time the young and inexperienced Elizabeth ascends to the throne. But Tommy knows his place and in the end he just acts as guardian of the institution, without seeking an authority beyond his station, counselling without imposing, and at worst, acting on behalf of the Queen Mother.
56	-->'''Tommy:''' But as always, the final say is with you, Ma'am
57	* DeadpanSnarker: The master of withering, po-faced castigation.
58	* DisapprovingLook: Tommy is the ''god'' of this, and can always be counted on to make one whenever anyone besmirches the good name of the Royal Family--or, worse, when members of the Royal Family besmirch themselves.
59	* TheDragon: In the 50s and early 60s, the Queen Mother regularly appoints Tommy to do her bidding opposing and reversing Elizabeth's intentions or actions.
60	* TheDreaded: Viewed as this by anti-traditionalists such as Philip. A frightful, almost ominous, unmovable guardian of the old ways.
61	-->'''Philip''': Go and see him, in an unofficial capacity. For sherry or tea. Or human blood, whatever that monster drinks.
62	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first time we see Tommy, he is coming to collect the King, who is in the middle of exchanging bawdy jokes with Peter Townsend. Tommy does not so much as twitch his moustache with mirth, maintaining his steely gaze and ramrod posture as he reminds the King that it is time to leave for Elizabeth's wedding.
63	* EveryoneHasStandards: Is very against any deviations from tradition, but when the Great Smog hits and Churchill seemingly does nothing, even he implies he wouldn't mind the Queen bending the rules and getting rid of Churchill.
64	* GentlemanSnarker: He doesn't break out his [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan snark]] often, but when he does, it's ''ever'' so gentlemanly.
65	-->'''Tommy:''' Ask Martin to come and see me, would you? That is, if he and his lady wife are not too busy measuring carpets and curtains for what is still ''my'' home.
66	* GoodIsNotNice: From a traditional monarchist perspective, at least; while he's not exactly cuddly about it, everything he does is intended to defend and preserve the institution of the monarchy.
67	* HiddenDepths:
68	** In Season 2, the Queen pays Tommy a call to ask for his advice to find him painstakingly recreating the battle of Salamanca with hand-painted, historically accurate miniature figurines on a to-scale three-dimensional map of the battleground.
69	** Also apparently is fond of fly fishing (he examines salmon flies through a magnifying glass in Season 1) and hunting (he tests a rifle scope in Season 2).
70	* HyperCompetentSidekick: By the time Elizabeth ascends to the throne, Lascelles has been at least Assistant Private Secretary to the previous three king-emperors, so it's only natural that he throws his weight around. He would never cease to point out potential mistakes, but is [[AndAnotherThing ultimately]] deferential to the Sovereign, ''allowing'' the young Elizabeth the last word.
71	* JerkassHasAPoint: Goes behind Elizabeth's back to browbeat her favoured secretary into refusing the position. When Elizabeth confronts him, he argues that breaking longstanding traditions can corrode the heart of the monarchy, as just Edward VIII's actions nearly toppled it. In general, while Lascelles is curt, forceful and inclined to trample on people when he deems it necessary, his every action is based on a sincere respect for the monarchy and desire to protect it.
72	* KarmaHoudini: Downplayed. The ''one'' time he's proven to be wrong (in the case of a tone-deaf speech, after condescendingly dismissing the well-aimed concerns of Charteris) and Elizabeth has a chance to call out her conservative staff and threaten to fire Adeane and others of the old guard, she has no idea he endorsed the speech and he's already retired.
73	* LongDistanceRelationship: Admits his own marriage has often been one of these. This is TruthInTelevision as Lascelles' real-life diaries indicate that his wife and children spent most of their time at their home in the country but frequently visited him in London.
74	* NoNonsenseNemesis: He is implacable with anyone who shows the slightest sign of frivolity or unbecoming conduct that could undermine the Crown.
75	* NoSympathy: Openly unconcerned with the divorce of the Parkers or with the emotional impact of Margaret and Peter Townsend's forced separation.
76	-->'''Elizabeth:''' Sending him away will break my sister's heart.
77	-->'''Tommy:''' Hearts mend.
78	* NotSoAboveItAll: He expresses clear irritation at Elizabeth for moving one of the figures on his battlefield (behind her back, of course). While this enforces his ControlFreak portrayal, the figures were a gift from her grandfather King George V no less, and clearly have a special place in Tommy's heart.
79	* NumberTwo: As Private Secretary to the Sovereign, Tommy was this to George VI, and should be this to Elizabeth, but he often acts on the Queen Mother's instructions instead.
80	* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The main force behind frustrating the modernizing energies of Philip, and Margaret's affair with Peter, often on the instruction of the Queen Mother.
81	* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: After Elizabeth tells off the Duke of Windsor, a very tipsy Philip comes home at night and reveals he spent the evening drinking to Elizabeth's victory with the Queen Mother ''and Tommy''--both of whom, to hear him tell it, got even drunker than he did. Years later, Philip recollects that Lascelles shared with him the keen insight that duality runs in the family, with every Windsor generation being comprised of the [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling dangerous, dazzling individuals]] and of the [[BoringButPractical boring but reliable]] type.
82	* OldRetainer: Private Secretary since before the war, with a career of royal service that started in the 1920s. He retires after three decades.
83	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real first name was actually Alan, but in-series everyone calls him by his nickname of "Tommy."
84	* PerpetualFrowner: His face almost seems frozen in this constant disapproving frown. He never smiles beyond a slight tugging at the sides of his mouth, and he never laughs beyond a single quiet chuckle.
85	* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: Three-piece suit, bowler hat, umbrella, ReceivedPronunciation, Rolls-Royce, [[SmartPeopleSpeakTheQueensEnglish impeccable vocabulary]], [[BritishStuffiness stuffy as they come]], works for the bloody Queen. He is, indeed, [[IAmVeryBritish very British]].
86	* ShutUpHannibal: Tends to come up whenever he crosses swords with the Duke of Windsor; whether or not Windsor [[JerkassHasAPoint might have a valid point]], Tommy can always be counted on to shut him down regardless:
87	-->'''Duke of Windsor:''' You know, Tommy, you are an embarrassment to the institution you serve, and to the country that institution serves in turn.\
88	'''Tommy:''' And I will take a lecture on national embarrassment from ''many'' people, ''sir''. But not from ''you''.
89	* SilentSnarker: Without saying a word, he comments whole scenes with his unamused face alone or by taking [[DeepBreathRevealsTension a deep breath]]. He also has a unique way to use prolonged silences and acute punctuation in the middle of his conversations to engulf his interlocutor in derision.
90	* SlidingDownTheSlipperySlope: Believes that this is how Edward VIII's abdication crisis came about: he started with small acts of selfishness that snowballed into bigger ones. That's why Tommy is so uptight whenever Elizabeth wants to break protocol.
91	* SmugSnake: Downplayed, he's so competently dominant that the disdainful way he treats others is rarely uncalled for, but he can be over-confident, condescending and too pleased with himself on occasion. Notably, he brushes off the well-based concerns of Charteris over an old-fashioned, paternalistic upcoming speech of the Queen. Martin is proven right and fallout ensues.
92	-->'''Tommy:''' [[IfIHadANickel If I had a shilling]] for every time someone of a progressive or liberal disposition had warned needlessly of a popular attack against the Crown, I would be a rich man. [...]\
93	''(launches into a long, coercive diatribe on why the Queen is safe from media attacks)''\
94	'''Martin:''' So I'm worrying unnecessarily?\
95	'''Tommy:''' Martin, I shall leave the drawing of that inescapable conclusion to you.
96	* StealthInsult: Nobody despises people like Tommy does. Lascelles manages to turn ''addressing people by their actual proper title'' into an impeccably polite form of MaliciousMisnaming, such as calling the Duke of Windsor "Sir" or referring to Peter Townsend as "Group Captain" and "husband and father" with barely-concealed contempt in his delivery.
97	* StepfordSmiler: Begins a few conversations with Elizabeth with an exchange of pleasantries and a polite semi-smile, [[BlatantLies mostly to convince her that all is well]]. Once she turns her head, he's right back to his usual frown of seriousness.
98	* StiffUpperLip: For a ''very'' brief moment soon after George VI's death, he appears to be [[TryingNotToCry blinking away tears]] when speaking fondly of the King.
99	-->'''Tommy:''' A kind and generous offer, as befits the widow of a kind... ''(pause)'' and generous man.
100	* TheStoic: He's rather serene, firm and monotone in his deportment. Even when he talks, he barely moves a muscle and his frown delivers a great deal of his authoritative message instead. It's almost sinister.
101	* TakingTheHeat: Desperate to get Peter Townsend out of the way to preserve the Royal Family's reputation, he offers to let Elizabeth blame him for sending Townsend to Brussels earlier than expected. It could be argued that his entire job is to basically take the heat for the Royal Family by acting as the stone-faced, unflinching fixer for their every need, whether they realise (or appreciate) it or not.
102	* UndyingLoyalty: To the Royal Family -- to the levels of a guardian deity.
103	* WhoYouGonnaCall: The Freelanced Professional variety, whenever the Royal household needs help managing a particularly sensitive crisis.
104	* WithDueRespect: He is almost always blunt and forthright in offering his opinions to his masters when necessary, but always manages to sound effortlessly deferential and respectful while doing so. This trait is particularly pronounced whenever he's dealing directly with the Duke of Windsor, in front of whom he never lets the deferential formalities drop but somehow manages to make them sound like vicious insults nevertheless.
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107	[[folder:Michael Adeane]]
108	!!Lieutenant Colonel Michael Adeane, 17th Private Secretary to the Sovereign
109	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/adeane.jpg]]
110	[[quoteright:250:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/david_rintoul_plays_michael_adeane_in_the_crown_season_3_033554b.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see him in Season 3]]
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112	->'''Played By''': Will Keen (seasons 1-2), David Rintoul (Season 3)\
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114	-> ''"You did well to bring this to me, Michael."''
115	-->-- '''Tommy Lascelles'''\
116
117	Elizabeth's second Private Secretary, upon the retirement of Tommy Lascelles. A competent but generally unimaginative man, he tends to defer to Lascelles.
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121	* BeardOfEvil: Philip resents the more conservative courtiers, or "the moustaches," who restrict his behaviour. To make him feel better, the Queen asks Michael to shave his moustache. He complies. By the Season 3 premiere in 1964, he has gained self-assurance and regained his moustache back.
122	* BearerOfBadNews: Often, nervously, and uncomfortably.
123	* CondescendingCompassion: The speech he writes for the Queen at the Jaguar car factory is rife with this trope. It praises the work of the employees while also devaluing them and their contributions.
124	* ForgettableCharacter: At least to Phillip. When Phillip asks why Martin Charteris is now acting as Elizabeth's private secretary instead of Adeane, Elizabeth replies that Adeane retired a full three months ago and Phillip had even given him a retirement present!
125	* TheGenericGuy: In Seasons 1 and 2 he's a rather bland and unremarkable lackey, prone to fall back to Lascelles and let him manage tough issues. He's so unremarkable that it takes Philip months to realize he's retired despite having been at his retirement party and given him a gift.
126	* HappilyMarried: He and his wife don't like being away from each other for too long.
127	* NumberTwo: Somewhat averted, as despite being Private Secretary to the Sovereign, his first action in most crises is to call the now-retired Tommy. Averted in Season 3, in which he has basically ''become'' Tommy.
128	* RankUp: Replaces Lascelles upon his retirement in the mid-50s.
129	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Elizabeth gives Adeane what might be called an "almighty bollocking" over the poorly received speech he wrote for her.
130	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In Season 3 he becomes this to Tommy Lascelles, losing his Season 2 diffidence and adopting a similar sternly demeanour and general StiffUpperLip. Apparently that's what the job does to you.
131	* TookALevelInBadass: Slightly. By Season 3, he's overall more confident and bossy, having grown more assertive and less spineless.
132	* YesMan: He's completely deferential and submissive to Lascelles, even when Tommy is already retired. Adene is shown chuckling during several smirk-inducing verbal smackdowns of his boss.
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134
135	[[folder:Martin Charteris]]
136	!!Lieutenant Colonel Martin Charteris, 18th Private Secretary to the Sovereign
137	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charteris.png]]
138	[[quoteright:250:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/martin_charteris_queen_the_crown_season_4_2776199.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see him in Seasons 3-4]]
139
140	->'''Played By''': Harry Haddon-Paton (Seasons 1-2), Charles Edwards (Season 3-4)\
141
142	->'''Martin:''' ''"Sir, forgive me if I'm interfering beyond my station... [[RightBehindMe Tommy...]]"''\
143	'''Tommy:''' ''"Martin... You were about to ''interfere'' beyond your station."''\
144
145	Elizabeth's Private Secretary when she was merely Princess Elizabeth, upon her elevation to the throne Charteris was demoted to Assistant Private Secretary. Nonetheless, Elizabeth likes him and continues to consider him a valued advisor.
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149	* AmbitionIsEvil: Not evil per se, but certainly improper. Lascelles has to dress him down considerably and remind him how the things are done to make him refuse Elizabeth's offer and dispel the notion that Charteris is becoming Private Secretary ahead of time before Adeane.
150	* AsYouKnow: When Martin reminds Elizabeth about how regnal names work, to the point of reminding her what her father and uncle's names were.
151	* CassandraTruth:
152	** He tries to warn about how tone-deaf the Queen's speech is to Lascelles and Adeane but was brushed off as a whining, pessimistic "progressive or liberal." He turned out right when the backlash came at her.
153	** In Season 3, he's the first to suggest that the Queen should visit Aberfan to express her sympathy to the family of the victims. He's quickly shut down, almost obliviously, by the Queen and Adeane, alongside Wilson.
154	* CompositeCharacter: Of Phillip Moore and William Heseltine, the subsequent Private Secretaries following RealLife Charteris' retirement in 1977.
155	* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: With bad press mounting over the Queen's criticism of Margaret Thatcher "leaking" to the press; Martin is the one to propose scapegoating the story and coldly has Michael Shea take the blame. While Shea's role in the leak is a topic of debate in real life, Martin Charteris had retired from his position as Private Secretary years before the incident occurred and had no role in the event.
156	* LongRunner: Charteris was the longest-serving Assistant Private Secretary to the Sovereign, with two decades of service (1952 until 1972). In the show, he's also the incumbent Private Secretary for another two decades, deep into TheEighties. In RealLife Charteris was Private Secretary for just 5 years and left the Queen's service in 1977.
157	* NumberTwo: As Elizabeth's Private Secretary before her accession, he later becomes the Junior Deputy Secretary to the Sovereign under Tommy Lascelles. No longer the case when he becomes Elizabeth's private secretary following Michael Adeane's retirement.
158	* OhCrap: Has this reaction when a Reuters reporter turns on the radio in the hotel lounge at Nairobi and hears of George VI's death, he immediately rushes to Sagana before Elizabeth can hear the news from any other source.
159	* OneDegreeOfSeparation: His wife Mary is socially connected with half of England. As such, gossip spreads quickly, such as Martin's failed attempt to replace Lascelles or the Parker's divorce.
160	-->'''Adene:''' Says Margaret Colville, Jock Colville's wife, who plays bridge with Alice Jameson, lady-in-waiting, who as you may know, plays tennis with Mary Charteris.\
161	'''Lascelles:''' Why on Earth would I know that?
162	* RankUp: Finally replaces Adeane in the 70s.
163	* RoyalFavorite: Having already had a working relationship with Charteris as Princess, Queen Elizabeth initially chooses Martin as Private Secretary over his senior Adene, explicitly considering the former better for the role and more supportive. This prompts the retiring incumbent Lascelles to intervene and convince her otherwise in order to adhere to tradition. Charteris' following very long tenure as Private Secretary (roughly 1974-1990, from Wilson to Thatcher) indicates that the Queen remains very fond of him.
164	* SpareToTheThrone: Played with; Elizabeth jokes that Adeane and Charteris are, respectively, "the heir and the spare" to Lascelles.
165	[[/folder]]
166
167	[[folder:Mike Parker]]
168	!!Lieutenant Commander Michael Parker, Private Secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh
169	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_crown_real_life_michael_parker_1514490338.jpg]]
170
171	->'''Played by''': Daniel Ings\
172
173	An Australian Royal Navy officer who serves as the Private Secretary to Prince Philip. He's very good war buddies with the prince and very much enjoys his work -- and the opportunities for pleasure that come with it...
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177	* AwfulWeddedLife: Entirely his fault; he forgets his wife's anniversary on the regular and is cold and distant towards her behind a cheery exterior.
178	* InsistentTerminology: After Prince Philip harshly but necessarily sacks him for inadvertently leaking inflammatory, private information in his blabbering letters to their lunch club, the two men meet at Mike’s house to say their goodbyes. Philip thanks Mike for the good times, with Mike responding “Thank you. ''Sir ”'', using unexpectedly formal tones. “Philip”, corrects Philip. “''Sir ”'' recorrects Mike, still clearly very hurt by Philip’s actions.
179	* ItsAllAboutMe: Does whatever (and whoever) he pleases — wife and children be dammed — as long as he’s enjoying himself. Between being a negligent father, his daughter's disappointment after he ignores her and doesn't call on her birthday after promising he would, a cold and distant husband, having had multiple affairs, and something of a corrupting influence on Phillip, he's not portrayed in the best light.
180	* MarriedToTheJob: His and his ex-wife Eileen's story shows how working for the Royal Family could break a toll on your personal and familial life; when he wasn't cheating on Eileen, he was often too busy working for Philip or hanging out with him and the Navy to even call his daughter on her birthday.
181	* ThePrankster: Philip asks him to help Charles kick a soccer ball properly. Mike does so, telling Charles to aim directly for Philip's groin.
182	-->'''Mike:''' Not bloody bad, Charles!
183	* ToxicFriendInfluence: He doesn't seem to be the best of influences on Philip, encouraging his habit of drinking and partying (and possible but unspecified adultery).
184	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: He sends letters bragging about his sexual conquests to the Thursday Club against protocol, until his wife finally has enough and gets her hands on one, making it public knowledge and calling Philip's fidelity into question given their close friendship. Philip is compelled to sack him for such indiscretion.
185	* WhenYouComingHomeDad: One reason why Eileen decided to divorce him. He was always away a lot and he didn't bother to acknowledge their daughter's birthday.
186	[[/folder]]
187
188	[[folder:Edward Adeane]]
189	!!Mr Edward Adeane, Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales
190	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/edadeane.png]]
191
192	->'''Played By''': Richard Goulding\
193
194	Prince Charles' Private Secretary and the son of Michael Adeane, above. An unsmiling, no-nonsense man.
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198	* TheConfidant: He enables Charles' relationship with Camilla via the careful management of his diary.
199	* FourEyesZeroSoul: Sports the large-lensed glasses of the era, and comes across as pompous and unfeeling, especially towards Diana.
200	* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: His portrayal, if reports are to be believed, is one that the Royal Family and Household took particular exception to, feeling it to be an "inaccurate and unkind" portrayal.
201	* InTheBlood: His father Michael was Queen Elizabeth's Private Secretary, who was in turn grandson of Lord Stamfordham, Private Secretary to Queen Victoria and George V.
202	* {{Jerkass}}: Not a particularly nice guy at all, he clashes with Diana on multiple occasions and is stiff and inflexible in character.
203	[[/folder]]
204
205	[[folder: Robert Fellowes]]
206	!!Mr Robert Fellowes, 21st Private Secretary to the Sovereign
207	%%if anyone can find his military rank, prior to his life peerage, please add!
208	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_50739457.JPG]]
209
210	->'''Played By''': Andrew Havill\
211
212	Elizabeth's 21st Private Secretary and the brother-in-law of the Princess of Wales via his marriage to her sister, Lady Jane Spencer.
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216	* BearerOfBadNews: It comes with the job description. It befalls to Fellowes to tell the Queen the many controversies generated mostly by Charles and/or Diana. Notably averted with the news of Diana's accident, which are related by the deputy private secretary Robin Janvrin in the show.
217	* BeleagueredAssistant: He acts as the Queen's Private Secretary through the most tumultuous part of her reign, and when first encountered he's desperately trying to stop her from seeing a Sunday Times poll in which a chunk of the populace have voted in favour of her stepping down and Charles taking over.
218	* ADayInTheLimelight: His weight and importance as the main royal counselor is finally given some focus in the Season 6 episode "Ruritania", in which he resigns.
219	* EveryoneIsRelated: Brother-in-law of Diana, Princess of Wales and maternal first cousin of Ronald Ferguson, the father of Sarah, Duchess of York.
220	* TheGenericGuy: Mohamed Al-Fayed is visibly disappointed when, after all the efforts he put into returning the belongings of the Duke of Windsor to the Crown, no royal shows up to collect the stuff and Fellowes is instead the one who arrives.
221	* HeroicSacrifice: He presents his resignation because he is not attuned to reform and as such, no longer fit to advise the Queen. He describes it as [[TheScapegoat offering a scalp to the people]].
222	* MinorMajorCharacter: As the Queen ages, the narrative importance of the Private Secretaries diminishes considerably, with Fellowes being reduced to a SatelliteCharacter who is conspicuously absent during the whole aftermath of Diana's death.
223	* SatelliteCharacter: By definion of the office, all the Private Secretaries gravitate around the Sovereign, but the Secretaries when Elizabeth was young and inexperienced (Lascelles and to a lesser extent, Adene and Charteris) are given characterization and their own independent scenes, which is not the case with Fellowes in the 90s.
224	[[/folder]]
225
226	[[folder: Robin Janvrin]]
227	!!The Right Honourable Sir Robin Janvrin, 22nd Private Secretary to the Sovereign
228	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a354d0a1_d0ca_4674_a1bd_67b618fb46de.jpeg]]
229
230	->'''Played By''': Jamie Parker
231	----
232
233	* BearerOfBadNews: He's the one who delivers the news about Diana's fatal accident to the Queen while at Balmoral. [[note]]In real life, [[https://www.readersdigest.ca/culture/how-the-queen-found-out-about-princess-diana-death/ the Queen first heard the news from Prince Charles]], both the accident and Diana's death.[[/note]]
234	* RankUp: Replaces Private Secretary Fellowes upon his resignation at the turn of the millennium.
235
236	[[/folder]]
237
238
239	!!!Equerries
240
241	[[folder:Peter Townsend]]
242	!!Group Captain Peter Townsend
243
244	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3f894a9c_f6e7_4533_b437_5a6d406343ab.jpeg]]
245	[[quoteright:300:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1db318a5_ae55_4395_8daf_ef346ed5ae61.jpeg[[/labelnote]] to see him in Season 5]]
246
247	->'''Played By''': Creator/BenMiles (Season 1), Creator/TimothyDalton (Season 5), Hamish Riddle (young, Season 6)\
248
249	A former RAF fighter pilot and equerry to King George VI. By the time of the King's death and Elizabeth's elevation to the throne, he has been in a secret relationship with Princess Margaret for several years. The two are devoted to each other, but numerous public and personal obstacles to their relationship will test this devotion.
250
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252
253	* AcePilot: He was a Hurricane pilot during [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII the Battle of Britain]] and logged several confirmed kills, although he is hesitant to speak about his wartime experiences.
254	* AgeGapRomance: There was a 16 year age gap between him and Margaret –– although innocently enough, in Season 6 they are dancing together for a very long time on a very heady night when Margaret was just ''14''. And a more extreme example of this trope would be his marriage to a 19-year-old -- when he was 45.
255	* AmicableExes: He and Margaret are very happy to be reunited, although they remain StarCrossedLovers. Also reportedly, with his ex-wife.
256	* BackForTheDead: In the 90s he comes back into Margaret's life after a decades-long separation to see her again and return her letters, as he finally reveals he's been given a terminal diagnosis by his doctor. He's given a memorial card in the episode's end credits.
257	* TheBusCameBack:
258	** He exits the narrative in Series 1 after his relationship with Princess Margaret is scuppered by a Royal veto. He returns to the show in Series 5. In “Annus Horribilis”, he and Margaret are briefly reunited and memories both happy and bitter come flooding back. They share a brief kiss before saying goodbye once again.
259	** He appears again in the final season episode 'Ritz', set during [[HappyFlashback VE Day in 1945]].
260	* GroupieBrigade: After the story of his and Margaret's romance first breaks, he becomes popular overnight, with hordes of squeeing girls following his every move.
261	* HumbleHero: When Philip brings up his dashing war record, Peter is deflective, answering he downed one or two planes. In reality, Townsend got 9 confirmed aerial victories, 2 shared and 2 more unconfirmed before he became equerry to the King in 1944.
262	* InformedAbility: It's stated that despite the collapse of his marriage, he's a good father to his children. We never see this side of him.
263	* LongDistanceRelationship: He is sent to Brussels away from Margaret with the secret hope that time and distance will break the relationship. They don't.
264	* MaliciousMisnaming: Almost always referred to as "Group Captain" and/or "husband and father" with scorn by Tommy Lascelles, who uses the rank and kinship to put Townsend in what he considers Peter's proper place while despising the closeness to Margaret.
265	* ManlyTears: As he prepares to depart England after breaking off his engagement to Princess Margaret, he breaks down sobbing.
266	* MarriedToTheJob: In the first episode, he joins the royal family at Sandringham for Christmas rather than spending it with his wife and (two) children.
267	* MeaningfulLook: Exchanges one of these with Margaret at breakfast. Elizabeth picks up on this.
268	* MoreThanJustATeacher: Philip handpicks Peter to be his flight instructor. Townsend was also the instructor of future George VI in 1935.
269	* MovingTheGoalposts: He is sent away from Margaret until she turns 25, with the promise that they could marry when the time comes. Then it turns out the Royal Marriage Act has additional conditions to be met that prevents their marriage.
270	* OldRetainer: Middle-aged, yet known by Elizabeth and Margaret since childhood. It's subverted after King George VI dies, when Peter is kept on retainer serving the Queen Mother but Tommy Lascelles is quick to sever the ties.
271	* TheOneThatGotAway: Margaret views him like this for decades.
272	* ReassignedToAntarctica: Appointed air attaché at the Brussels British Embassy, which is just an honourable manner to exile him away from Margaret.
273	* SecretRelationship: Peter and Margaret try to keep their romance hidden, but that only works for a limited time.
274	-->'''Tommy:''' You're probably telling yourself that because no one has confronted you about it that no one can know. Allow me to disabuse you of that delusion.
275	* SilverFox: Even in his 70s, Peter is an incredibly handsome chap and Princess Margaret is clearly still smitten almost 40 years after they first fell in love and were separated by royal veto.
276	* StarCrossedLover: His romance with Princess Margaret has too many obstacles to overcome, including his age and divorced status, and is finally ended by a Royal veto.
277	* TheStoic: To the extent that Philip considers him far too dull to marry Margaret.
278	-->'''Philip''': I’m convinced I’ve met more interesting ''plants.''
279	* TallDarkAndHandsome: Well, he ''is'' played by Ben Miles, and -- later in life -- by Franchise/JamesBond himself, Creator/TimothyDalton.
280	* YourDaysAreNumbered: He's dying by the time he reconnects with Margaret in 1992. The ending of "Annus Horribilis" shows that he died in 1995.
281	[[/folder]]
282
283	[[folder:Tim Laurence]]
284
285	->See Characters/TheCrown2016TheBritishRoyalFamily for detail.
286
287	[[/folder]]
288
289	!!!Other Members of the Royal Household
290
291	[[folder:The Duke of Norfolk]]
292	!!The Most Noble Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal
293	[[quoteright:196:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dukeofnorfolk.jpg]]
294
295	->'''Played By''': Patrick Ryecart\
296
297	The highest ranking non-royal duke, he orchestrates Elizabeth's Coronation in 1953.
298
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300
301	* BlueBlood: The title 'Duke of Norfolk' is the premier duke in the peerage of England (and his secondary title, as Earl of Arundel, means he's also the premier earl). The title is an ancient one (dating back to the 12th Century at least), however his direct line begins in 1483 with his ancestor John Howard, who inherited the title through his mother's line.
302	* TheGoodChancellor: He ranks highest of all non-royals in the land, and as Duke of Norfolk, he is also Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal of England. In that capacity, in "Smoke and Mirrors", the Duke helps to organise the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth. Off-screen, he also helped to organise the state funerals of King George VI in 1952 and of Winston Churchill in 1965.
303	* GoodOldWays: Having presided over George VI's coronation, his father over George V's, and going back even further, his ancestor the 4th Duke over Elizabeth I's, His Grace is understandably sensitive when Elizabeth requests that Philip take control of her coronation with far more carte blanche than would be traditional. He's outright revolted at the thought of TV cameras capturing the sacred moment, for starters.
304	[[/folder]]
305
306	[[folder:Bobo [=MacDonald=]]]
307	!!Miss Margaret "Bobo" [=MacDonald=], the Queen's Dresser
308	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bobo.png]]
309
310	->'''Played By''': Lizzie [=McInnerny=]\
311
312	The longest-standing member of the Household, serving the Queen since birth, first as a nursemaid, then as the young Princess' nanny, and finally as her dresser.
313	----
314
315	* AffectionateNickname: She was never known as anything but 'Bobo' -- said to be the first word the Queen uttered. In "Fagan", the unsuspecting Queen murmurs "morning, Bobo" when in fact it's Palace intruder Michael Fagan drawing back the curtains.
316	* TheConfidant: In her later years, Bobo held a unique position in Buckingham Palace, having her own suite, no duties and enjoying a closer personal friendship with the Queen than practically anyone else, including some of the Queen’s closest relatives.
317	* FriendlyAddressPrivileges: She was said to have been the ''only'' person outside the Royal Family allowed to call the Queen by her nickname, “Lilibet.”
318	* OldRetainer: Her service is likely the longest of any royal staff member at a whopping 67 years, serving Elizabeth from cradle to late middle-age.
319	* PrincessForADay: On Bobo's birthday each year, the Queen is believed to [[SwappedRoles have returned the favour]] and took her dresser a cup of tea.
320	* RankUp: From humble under-nurse, to nursemaid, nanny, dresser, and finally the highest honour of all, ''personal friend'' of the Queen.
321	* UndyingLoyalty: Goes without saying after a tenure as long as hers.
322	[[/folder]]
323
324	%%[[folder:Lord Chamberlain]]
325	%%!!The Right Honourable Lawrence Roger Lumley, Lord Chamberlain of the Household
326	%%->'''Played By''': Patrick Drury
327	%%[[/folder]]
328
329	%%[[folder:Dr. Weir]]
330	%%!!Doctor Sir John Weir, Physician to the King
331	%%->'''Played By''': James Laurenson
332	%%[[/folder]]
333
334	[[folder:Donald Green]]
335	!!Detective Donald Green
336	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2021_01_11_at_174105.png]]
337
338	->'''Played by''': Martin Marquez\
339
340	The Royal Detective who accompanies Prince Charles to school and is his only source of comfort whilst there.
341	----
342
343	* FairCop: Green stood six feet five, dressed well, drove a Land Rover, and seemed “slightly James Bond-ish” to the other boys at Gordonstoun.
344	* IntergenerationalFriendship: Charles' friendship with Green, more readily made than with his peers, set the prince’s lifelong pattern of seeking company with his elders, as Camilla snarks to Diana over lunch.
345	* PapaWolf: Wraps a vast paw around Charles after his disastrous performance in the Gordonstoun Challenge[[note]] a militaristic orienteering task where teams of boys compete to tackle a huge variety of physical and mental tasks, usually under time pressure[[/note]], shielding him from Prince Philip's witheringly disappointed stare.
346	* ParentalSubstitute: A crucial day-to-day support for Charles, Green is yet another father figure and Charles’s one constant friend, although there's little he can do about the abuse that occurs within the dormitories at Gordonstoun.
347	* TheScapegoat: In RealLife, the Metropolitan Police fired Green, robbing Charles of an ally and confidant, after the young prince (then aged 14) ordered a brandy at a pub (unbeknownst to Green) while in his charge on a school trip and the infamously baying tabloid press got wind of it.
348	[[/folder]]
349
350	[[folder:Anthony Blunt]]
351	!!Sir Anthony Blunt, Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures
352	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ablunt.png]]
353
354	->'''Played by''': Creator/SamuelWest\
355
356	A leading British art historian and Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures, who is revealed to be a former Soviet spy.
357
358	----
359
360	* TheBadGuyWins: Even after he is outed as a Soviet mole, the British Government is inclined to brush it all under the carpet, and even let him keep his position at the Palace, lest his infiltration ruin the reputation of the UK's intelligence services. It is not mentioned that he would later be exposed and stripped of his knighthood.
361	* {{Blackmail}}: After he is outed as a Soviet mole, Prince Philip finds him alone at an event and threateningly tells him to slink away, never to return. However, Blunt coldly retorts that he has access to incriminating portraits of the Prince that could link him to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profumo_affair Profumo affair]], causing the Prince to immediately back off.
362	* DirtyCommunists: Blunt was recruited by Soviet intelligence while at Cambridge in the 1930s, and passed information to Moscow during his time at [=MI5=] during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. After 1945, his espionage activities diminished. Although he came under suspicion of being a Russian mole following the defection of Burgess and Maclean in 1951 (he helped them to escape from Britain), his treachery did not come to the attention of British intelligence until 1963.
363	* TheMole: Formerly. While Blunt was indeed one of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Five Cambridge Five]] who spied for the USSR, he no longer works for them at the time of the series — part of the reason he is allowed to continue in his job, before being publicly disgraced at a later date.
364	* TreacherousAdvisor: Played with. Was once treacherous but is no longer actively so. In his art advisory capacity he's quite helpful to the Queen, which makes his revealed betrayal in other aspects sting all the more.
365	* TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: So furious is the Queen when she finds out about his treachery, but is still compelled to behave politely during a speech in his honour, that she not-so-subtly alludes to his duplicity with a succession of loaded comments.
366	[[/folder]]
367
368	[[folder:Dean Robin Woods]]
369	!!The Very Reverend Robin Woods, Dean of Windsor
370	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/robinwoods.png]]
371
372	->'''Played by''': Tim [=McMullan=]\
373
374	The Dean of Windsor who starts to use the empty St. George's House as a place of retreat and reflection for other clergymen and becomes a confidant for Prince Philip.
375
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377
378	* TheConfidant: He and his support group of clergymen become this for Philip at the end of "Moondust" after his talk with the astronauts fail to impress him.
379	* GoodShepherd: A selfless man who creates what was then a comparatively new concept -- a safe-space to discuss one's problems in an open, non-judgmental forum.
380	* OddFriendship: An epiloguous note at the end of “Moondust” mentions that the irascible, manly, emotionally-tough Prince Philip remained life-long friends with the gentle, caring and emotionally-sensitive Woods.
381	* SaintlyChurch: His church is very much of the "rich tea and sympathy" variety, and quite progressive for the time period.
382	[[/folder]]
383
384	[[folder:Michael Shea]]
385	!!Mr Michael Shea, Press Secretary to the Sovereign
386
387	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/b377be5f_66ff_41a4_ae81_67daca4edfda.jpeg]]
388
389	->'''Played By''': Nicholas Farrell\
390
391	Senior press secretary for Buckingham Palace and an aspiring literary novelist.
392
393	----
394
395	* TheCassandra: He's absolutely insistent that taking the Queen's rift with Margaret Thatcher over apartheid sanctions public is a terrible idea. No one listens to him.
396	* ChekhovsSkill: His writing abilities come in very handy to get the truculent Thatcher to agree to using economic "signals" with regards to South Africa, [[ExactWords although she agreed due to using it for her own contrary purposes]].
397	* PurpleProse: The excerpt of his novel is entirely, impenetrably this, sounding like Shea swallowed an academic thesaurus. (Although the thesaurus part turns out to be his ChekhovsSkill.) For whatever reason, possibly his connections, his editor does praise him and say that he really knows how to tell a story — [[HypocriticalHumor and has he ever considered writing something else]]?
398	* TheScapegoat: Because he's TheCassandra, he then ends up having to fall on his sword and resign over the crisis that ensues without so much as an apology.
399	* ShootTheMessenger: He ends up having to indulge Elizabeth’s temperamental and misguided instinct over his protests, then having to take the rap for the crisis it creates and resign, while being told it was his fault as pro forma, and without so much as a "thank you" or "sorry". Making it even worse is the way he already vehemently defended the Palace to his editor and swore his UndyingLoyalty earlier in the episode.
400	* UndyingLoyalty: Becomes saddened (and offended) when his editor even suggests that he could use his job as material for fiction, and indignantly protests that his professional loyalty and ethics would never let him do such a thing. [[TakeThat The show then implies he started writing political thrillers and became successful as a result of his ungrateful treatment by the Palace]][[labelnote:*]] Although it's not true. In RealLife he'd written similar things before[[/labelnote]].
401
402	[[/folder]]
403
404	[[folder:Sarah Lindsay]]
405	!!Mrs Sarah Lindsay (née Brennan)
406	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sarahlindsay.png]]
407
408	->'''Played By''': Alana Ramsey\
409
410	An employee in the Palace press office, who works together with Michael Shea.
411
412	----
413
414	* ChekhovsGunman: "Avalanche" reveals that 'Sarah from the press office' in earlier episodes is Sarah ''Lindsay'', wife of Major Hugh Lindsay, the only man killed in the 1988 group skiing trip.
415	* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: She was pregnant with her daughter Alice at the time of her husband's death. Prince Charles is godfather to her.
416
417	[[/folder]]
418
419	!!!Artisans by Royal Appointment
420
421	[[folder:Sir Norman Hartnell]]
422	!!Sir Norman Bishop Hartnell, Dressmaker to the Queen
423	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/normanhartnell.png]]
424
425	->'''Played By''': Richard Clifford\
426
427	A leading British fashion designer, Hartnell gained a Royal Warrant for his work for the ladies of the Royal Family.
428
429	----
430
431	* CampGay: He's depicted as flamboyant and theatrical, and in RealLife Hartnell did have relationships with men, but utterly discreetly, as homosexuality was still illegal in the United Kingdom until 1967.
432	* EccentricFashionDesigner: He's unabashedly camp for the period, and a coterie of débutantes and their mothers chose Hartnell to design pieces for 'The Season' in London, as well as society weddings and court presentations, picking him over his Parisian rivals. He soon became a favourite of the glamorous stars of the silver screen, including Creator/ElizabethTaylor, Creator/VivienLeigh and Creator/MarleneDietrich.
433	* RoyalDecree: In 1935 his fortunes skyrocketed after another society bride -- Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott, who was marrying Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester -- commissioned him to make not only her dress but those of her bridesmaids - Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. Their mother, the then Duchess of York (and future Queen Mother) was impressed by Hartnell's work, and became a client, with a white Hartnell mourning wardrobe becoming iconic during a visit to Paris in 1938. So too did Queen Mary, as well as Princess Marina.
434	* SelfMadeMan: Hartnell came from a humble family (his father was a publican), but he managed to acquire a place at Cambridge, which gave him access to the upper-classes and a clientele of fashion-conscious débutantes and their mothers.
435	* TrueCraftsman: Responsible for designing the pieces worn by the Queen on the most important days of her life, as seen in-series -- including her 1947 wedding to Prince Philip and her 1953 Coronation, not to mention countless ensembles she wears on her overseas tours -- Hartnell more than earned his Royal Warrant.
436
437	[[/folder]]
438
439	[[folder:Sir Cecil Beaton]]
440	!!Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, Court Photographer to the Royal Family
441	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_6483441_3.JPG]]
442
443	->'''Played By''': Mark Tandy\
444
445	A renowned costume-designer and the official Court photographer to the Royal Family.
446	----
447
448	* BitchInSheepsClothing: He’s full of obsequious gush when shooting the Royal portraits, but in RealLife, after his death, his private letters revealed him to be a raging snob, with an obsessive disregard for anything he found “common”, imagined or otherwise, including (oddly) the Royal Family themselves at times.
449	* BornInTheWrongCentury: Margaret moans to her mother about his outmoded style, and the imagery he concocts of a busy drudge requiring Margaret’s fairytale portrait for self-bettering inspiration is something straight out of the late 19th Century, as opposed to the mid 20th.
450	* CampGay: Although Margaret tells Elizabeth that Tony, as a photographer, is “nothing like Cecil”, she soon corrects herself, noting that he’s a bit like Cecil as he’s “obviously queer”.
451	* CondescendingCompassion: His snobbish side is revealed when he explains to Margaret the importance of her portrait in boosting the morale of the lower orders, creating a hypothetical scenario of a busy housewife with so much “washing up” to do — in a tone that suggests this is a mysterious concept he may have read about somewhere — who will be inspired to treat herself to a new neckerchief.
452	* FairytaleMotifs: Loves to invoke these. When Sir Cecil comes to snap Princess Margaret for her birthday portrait, his subject lays on a bit of art criticism, sotto voce, carping that his only mode is the fairy tale. Which is a valid complaint, but she’s soon reminded that selling such myths is an essential part of the job.
453	* PurpleProse: He’s excessively flowery in tone, and whenever he turns up to shoot a royal portrait, he does so while unspooling lines from Wordsworth or Tennyson or Shakespeare to set his subjects in a properly glorious frame of mind.
454

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