Queen Elizabeth’s favourite TV shows, from Downton Abbey to Doctor Who – but what does the British monarch really think of Netflix’s The Crown?
- Queen Elizabeth asked the BBC for Doctor Who and Downton Abbey DVD box sets and binges on classic British soaps Emmerdale, Coronation Street and EastEnders
- However she was reportedly upset about Netflix’s portrayal of her husband Prince Philip in The Crown
Like most of the world, Queen Elizabeth has been in lockdown at home with her husband Prince Philip for much of the past year. And although her home, Windsor Castle, has around 1,000 rooms to roam around in, the British monarch is still known to hunker down in front of the tube to watch her favourite television shows like the rest of us. Which prompts the big question: which shows does the queen finds most binge-worthy of all?
The other inevitable question is: has the queen ordered a box set of Netflix’s The Crown ? Apparently not, but she did grab Doctor Who and Downton Abbey. But a palace insider told the Daily Express late last year that she had at least watched The Crown.
The queen also thinks that some depictions of events have been too heavily dramatised, says the source.
Some reports however say she loves the series along with her younger son Prince Edward and his wife Sophie, who had a long-standing pre-Covid-19 arrangement to Windsor Castle at weekends for a light supper and family catch-up with their favourite television and films.
She is also a fan of Downton Abbey and, according to The Telegraph, she would “point out things they have got wrong, partly because she is familiar with Highclere Castle, where it is filmed”.
The queen is also a long-time fan of Doctor Who, dating back to the 1960s when the programme first aired. Her sons used to watch it when they were young too.