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* ArmorPiercingResponse: The friendly and calm Sutherland defends his portrait against Churchill's critiques with the BrutalHonesty that finally seems to break Churchill's steel resolve. Sutherland ever the realist simply says that he includes frailty and decay because it's there, and that it's Churchill who refuses to accept it's there.
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* BrutalHonesty: Clemmie at first says that Winston has threatened to retire before. Winston insists that he really is done this time, to which Clemmie admits openly she is happy that he is done.
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* TechnicianVersusPerformer: Sutherland's portraits are few and take months to create, whereas Churchill paints daily works that are more of a hobby and curiosity from one of the greatest Britons.
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* AgeInsecurities: AgeInsecurity: Played for dramadrama.
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* GilliganCut: Sutherland's wife isn't present during the final painting because he wants to do it in silence, as he pointedly mentions to Churchill. Churchill agrees to remain quiet...then we cut to him pontificating away as usual.
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* UnusualEuphemism: Elizabeth has to explain to a bemused Philip the fine art of putting a horse to stud, including the act being referred to as "covering" rather than mating.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Elizabeth tells Philip that while everyone would have approved--and her marriage would have been a lot easier--if she'd married Porchey, she has only loved him. "Can you say the same?" Philip makes no reply.
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* GracefulLoser: A violent argument breaks out between Eden and Churchill the first time he's asked to resign, but when he does decide to and sees Eden's car pulling up outside the Palace, he stops his own vehicle to get out and shake hands with the new Prime Minister.
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* BirdsOfAFeather: Porchey and the Queen share a passionate interest in horse breeding, racing, and husbandry.
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** Porchey complains about [[Recap/TheCrownS1E6Gelignite how long it takes to place a phone call to Her Majesty]].
** Churchill sits and takes tea with Her Majesty, which he'd refused to do on their first meeting after becoming Prime Minister.
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** Porchey and the Queen share a passionate interest in horse breeding, racing, andhusbandry.husbandry.
** Churchill tries to establish one with Sutherland over their love of painting, but it's only when Sutherland realises that they've both used painting to cope with despair over the DeathOfAChild that the connection is established.
** Porchey complains about [[Recap/TheCrownS1E6Gelignite how long it takes to place a phone call to Her Majesty]].
** Churchill sits and takes tea with Her Majesty, which he'd refused to do on their first meeting after becoming Prime Minister.
* CommonalityConnection:
** Porchey and the Queen share a passionate interest in horse breeding, racing, and
** Churchill tries to establish one with Sutherland over their love of painting, but it's only when Sutherland realises that they've both used painting to cope with despair over the DeathOfAChild that the connection is established.
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* MeaningfulEcho: To Churchill's first audience with the Queen back in episode 3. There, he is flustered and appalled when the Queen politely offers him a chair and a drink, insisting that according to tradition the Sovereign never offers the Prime Minister such comforts; establishing both his tradition-bound nature, his stubborn refusal to act like he's the same man he was in his GloryDays, and establishing his authority over and dominance of the Queen. In this episode, at his last audience, we find him sitting in an armchair with a cup of tea beside him, having come to accept that he's too old (and ill) to go on and it's time to retire (and by extension, heralding some modernising changes).
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Both Winston Churchill and Graham Sutherland have been through this, and turned to art as a form of release; Churchill identifies one of Sutherland's paintings (done, as it turns out, shortly after the death of his son) as being particularly bleak, while Sutherland links Churchill's bereavement with his seeming obsession with trying to paint the perfect picture of the pond at Chartwell.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Both Winston Churchill and Graham Sutherland have been through this, and turned to art as a form of release; Churchill identifies one of Sutherland's paintings (done, as it turns out, shortly after the death of his son) as being particularly bleak, while Sutherland links Churchill's bereavement with his seeming obsession with trying to paint the perfect picture of the pond at Chartwell.
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* MeaningfulEcho: To FriendlyEnemy: Sutherland is a modernist, something that gets Churchill's first audience with the Queen back in episode 3. There, he is flustered up, and appalled when the Queen politely offers him a chair and a drink, insisting that according to tradition the Sovereign never offers the Prime Minister such comforts; establishing both his tradition-bound nature, his stubborn refusal to act like he's the same man he was in his GloryDays, and establishing his authority over and dominance of the Queen. In this episode, at his last audience, we find him sitting in an armchair with a cup of tea beside him, having come to accept that he's too old (and ill) to go on and it's time to retire (and by extension, heralding some modernising changes).
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Both Winston Churchill and Grahamaccuses Sutherland have been through this, and turned to art as a form at several points of release; Churchill identifies one of Sutherland's paintings (done, as it turns out, shortly after the death of his son) as being particularly bleak, while a "socialist". Nevertheless, Sutherland links Churchill's bereavement with his seeming obsession with trying sincerely claims to paint have accepted the perfect picture of commission because he admires Churchill, and the pond at Chartwell.two men end up finding some points of commonality and friendship. This is partly why Churchill reacts so poorly to the portrait that Sutherland ends up painting; he views it as a personal betrayal as well as political sabotage.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Both Winston Churchill and Graham
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* FriendlyEnemy: Sutherland is a modernist, something that gets Churchill's back up, and he accuses Sutherland at several points of being a "socialist". Nevertheless, Sutherland sincerely claims to have accepted the commission because he admires Churchill, and the two men end up finding some points of commonality and friendship. This is partly why Churchill reacts so poorly to the portrait that Sutherland ends up painting; he views it as a personal betrayal as well as political sabotage.
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* MeaningfulEcho: To Churchill's first audience with the Queen back in episode 3. There, he is flustered and appalled when the Queen politely offers him a chair and a drink, insisting that according to tradition the Sovereign never offers the Prime Minister such comforts; establishing both his tradition-bound nature, his stubborn refusal to act like he's the same man he was in his GloryDays, and establishing his authority over and dominance of the Queen. In this episode, at his last audience, we find him sitting in an armchair with a cup of tea beside him, having come to accept that he's too old (and ill) to go on and it's time to retire (and by extension, heralding some modernising changes).
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* InVinoVeritas: Margaret says that she knows that Porchey still holds a torch for Elizabeth because he said so when he was drunk. Elizabeth doesn't believe it because, as she points out, drinking's "when the nonsense comes out".
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* OneSteveLimit: Defied; Porchey's father is a also nicknamed "Porchey". The nickname derives from Baron Porchester, the courtesy title to the Earldom of Carnarvon.
* WartsAndAll: What Churchill dislikes about his portrait by Sutherland, as he wanted the portrait to show him as a Prime Minister and Statesmen, not as a tired, 80-year-old man. After arguing with Sutherland about the portrait, he admits privately to his wife that the portrait is the truth, and he can do nothing about it.
* WartsAndAll: What Churchill dislikes about his portrait by Sutherland, as he wanted the portrait to show him as a Prime Minister and Statesmen, not as a tired, 80-year-old man. After arguing with Sutherland about the portrait, he admits privately to his wife that the portrait is the truth, and he can do nothing about it.
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* OneSteveLimit: Defied; Porchey's father is a also nicknamed "Porchey". The nickname derives from Baron Porchester, the courtesy title to the Earldom of Carnarvon.
Carnarvon. Porchey senior was Lord Porchester until he became the sixth Earl of Carnarvon in 1923, and the Porchey shown here succeeded to the title as the seventh Earl in 1987.
* ReallyGetsAround: Porchey's father, according to Philip.
* WartsAndAll: What Churchill dislikes about his portrait by Sutherland, as he wanted the portrait to show him as aPrime Minister and Statesmen, distinguished elder statesman, not as a tired, 80-year-old tired old man. After arguing with Sutherland about the portrait, he admits privately to his wife Clemmie that the portrait is the truth, and he can do nothing about it.
* ReallyGetsAround: Porchey's father, according to Philip.
* WartsAndAll: What Churchill dislikes about his portrait by Sutherland, as he wanted the portrait to show him as a
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->''If you're engaged in a fight with something, then it is not with me. It's with your own blindness.''
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* ArtisticLicenceHistory: Winston Churchill actually stepped down as Prime Minister several months after his eightieth birthday, not just after the unveiling of Sutherland's portrait as this episode seems to imply. While the portrait was indeed destroyed, evidence indicates that this was done by an employee of the Churchill family, not Clemmie herself (although she approved of this act, and is known to have destroyed other pictures of her husband which depicted him in an unflattering way).
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* EatingTheEyeCandy: Clemmie seems very taken with Graham Sutherland, and does not deny it when her husband calls her out on it.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Both Winston Churchill and Graham Sutherland have been through this, and turned to art as a form of release; Churchill identifies one of Sutherland's paintings (done, as it turns out, shortly after the death of his son) as being particularly bleak, while Sutherland links Churchill's bereavement with his seeming obsession with trying to paint the perfect picture of the pond at Chartwell.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: The series implies, albeit gently, that Porchey harbours feelings for the Queen (of whom he is a childhood friend) — much to Philip's frustration and fury.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Philip becomes jealous of Porchey because he spends so much time with Elizabeth. She even insists on having a direct line to him installed at the palace, which Philip resents as he had a similar request turned down regarding his friend Mike.
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* HappilyMarried: The Churchills. She may have to do a fair bit of ParentingTheHusband, but Clemmie is clearly devoted to Winston, and he knows that he couldn't have achieved what he did without her.
* FriendlyEnemy: Sutherland is a modernist, something that gets Churchill's back up, and he accuses Sutherland at several points of being a "socialist." Nevertheless, Sutherland sincerely claims to have accepted the commission because he admires Churchill, and the two men end up finding some points of commonality and friendship. This is partly why Churchill reacts so poorly to the portrait that Sutherland ends up painting; he views it as a personal betrayal as well as political sabotage.
* FriendlyEnemy: Sutherland is a modernist, something that gets Churchill's back up, and he accuses Sutherland at several points of being a "socialist." Nevertheless, Sutherland sincerely claims to have accepted the commission because he admires Churchill, and the two men end up finding some points of commonality and friendship. This is partly why Churchill reacts so poorly to the portrait that Sutherland ends up painting; he views it as a personal betrayal as well as political sabotage.
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* HappilyMarried: The Churchills. She may have to do a fair bit of ParentingTheHusband, but Clemmie is clearly devoted to Winston, and he knows that he couldn't have achieved what he did without her.
her. The Edens seem to conform to this trope too, as Clarissa seems to have played a key role in making sure that Anthony convalesced abroad (and thus away from the pressures of work) after his operation.
* FriendlyEnemy: Sutherland is a modernist, something that gets Churchill's back up, and he accuses Sutherland at several points of being a"socialist." "socialist". Nevertheless, Sutherland sincerely claims to have accepted the commission because he admires Churchill, and the two men end up finding some points of commonality and friendship. This is partly why Churchill reacts so poorly to the portrait that Sutherland ends up painting; he views it as a personal betrayal as well as political sabotage.sabotage.
* NiceGuy: Porchey — in contrast to Philip.
* OneSteveLimit: Defied; Porchey's father is a also nicknamed "Porchey". The nickname derives from Baron Porchester, the courtesy title to the Earldom of Carnarvon.
* FriendlyEnemy: Sutherland is a modernist, something that gets Churchill's back up, and he accuses Sutherland at several points of being a
* NiceGuy: Porchey — in contrast to Philip.
* OneSteveLimit: Defied; Porchey's father is a also nicknamed "Porchey". The nickname derives from Baron Porchester, the courtesy title to the Earldom of Carnarvon.
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* BirdsOfAFeather: Porchey and the Queen share a passionate interest in horse breeding, racing, and husbandry.
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* FriendlyEnemy: Sutherland is a modernist, something that gets Churchill's back up, and he accuses Sutherland at several points of being a "socialist." Nevertheless, Sutherland sincerely claims to have accepted the commission because he admires Churchill, and the two men end up finding some points of commonality and friendship. This is partly why Churchill reacts so poorly to the portrait that Sutherland ends up painting; he views it as a personal betrayal as well as political sabotage.
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* HappilyMarried: The Churchills. She may have to do a fair bit of ParentingTheHusband, but Clemmie is clearly devoted to Winston, and he knows that he couldn't have achieved what he did without her.her.
* WartsAndAll: What Churchill dislikes about his portrait by Sutherland, as he wanted the portrait to show him as a Prime Minister and Statesmen, not as a tired, 80-year-old man. After arguing with Sutherland about the portrait, he admits privately to his wife that the portrait is the truth, and he can do nothing about it.
* WartsAndAll: What Churchill dislikes about his portrait by Sutherland, as he wanted the portrait to show him as a Prime Minister and Statesmen, not as a tired, 80-year-old man. After arguing with Sutherland about the portrait, he admits privately to his wife that the portrait is the truth, and he can do nothing about it.
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Philip begins spending more time away from the Palace, while Elizabeth spends more time with her horse-racing manager and friend Lord "Porchey" Porchester. Tension escalates after Elizabeth orders a direct line to be installed for Porchey. Elizabeth later tells Philip that he is the only man she has ever loved, prompting him to mouth an apology after she makes a speech at Churchill's eightieth birthday dinner. Churchill, meanwhile, meets with artist Graham Sutherland after Parliament commissions him to paint a birthday portrait. The two seem to bond, but upon receiving the portrait, Churchill is horrified by the way he is depicted. He confronts Sutherland about its accuracy, eventually admitting his pain at what ageing has done to him. Churchill resigns and requests that Eden replace him as Prime Minister, while Clementine orders that the portrait be destroyed.
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Philip begins spending more time away from the Palace, while Elizabeth spends more time with her horse-racing manager and friend Lord "Porchey" Porchester. Tension escalates after Elizabeth orders a direct line to be installed for Porchey. Elizabeth later tells Philip that he is the only man she has ever loved, prompting him to mouth an apology after she makes a speech at Churchill's eightieth birthday dinner. Churchill, meanwhile, meets with artist Graham Sutherland after Parliament commissions him to paint a birthday portrait. The two seem to bond, but upon receiving the portrait, Churchill is horrified by the way he is depicted. He confronts Sutherland about its accuracy, eventually admitting his pain at what ageing has done to him. Churchill resigns and requests that Eden replace him as Prime Minister, while Clementine orders that the portrait be destroyed.destroyed.
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* HappilyMarried: The Churchills. She may have to do a fair bit of ParentingTheHusband, but Clemmie is clearly devoted to Winston, and he knows that he couldn't have achieved what he did without her.
!!This episode contains examples of:
* HappilyMarried: The Churchills. She may have to do a fair bit of ParentingTheHusband, but Clemmie is clearly devoted to Winston, and he knows that he couldn't have achieved what he did without her.
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Philip begins spending more time away from the Palace, while Elizabeth spends more time with her horse-racing manager and friend Lord "Porchey" Porchester. Tension escalates after Elizabeth orders a direct line to be installed for Porchey. Elizabeth later tells Philip that he is the only man she has ever loved, prompting him to mouth an apology after she makes a speech at Churchill's eightieth birthday dinner. Churchill, meanwhile, meets with artist Graham Sutherland after Parliament commissions him to paint a birthday portrait. The two seem to bond, but upon receiving the portrait, Churchill is horrified by the way he is depicted. He confronts Sutherland about its accuracy, eventually admitting his pain at what ageing has done to him. Churchill resigns and requests that Eden replace him as Prime Minister, while Clementine orders that the portrait be destroyed.
