Does This Remind You of Anything?: The close relationship between Elizabeth and Margaret, which lasted a lifetime, must surely invite viewers to draw comparisons between this and the much more fractured relationship between Princes William and Harry.
Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Briefly switched in the flashbacks when Elizabeth lets her hair down and sneaks off the the more exciting downstairs bar, prompting Margaret to go and look for her.
Noodle Incident: We see nothing of how the princesses celebrated VE night after Margaret, Townsend and Porchey find Elizabeth in the downstairs bar. When the princesses walk back to the palace early the following morning, we learn that Elizabeth kissed an unknown man.
The Unreveal: After an episode of building up to what Elizabeth got up to in the Ritz on VE night, with the implication that it was something scandalous, we find that she was doing the jitterbug with some American soldiers.
