Claire Foy (The Crown - Season 2)

The moment he realizes that she's not a little girl anymore. She's a grown woman, the monarch, and she means business. Some great acting here.

Damn, Elizabeth went from 'I'm dissapointed in you" to straight up "get the fuck out" in like a minute. Such a fantastic scene.

The way she said 'how on EARTH could you forgive YOURSELF' like damn both the indignance and the disbelief at him daring to come for her like that

Claire Foy touching divinity with her performance.

When he thinks he's giving her the last word and she rises up out of that chair. Love it.

"Questions is, 'How on earth can you forgive yourself'?" I just love how she said it! Claire Foy you rule!

I really love how The Crown portray Duke of Windsor, he's not a villain or a degenerate, but he's a asshole who blames everyone for the consequences he brought to himself, never once has he seem regretful or sorry, just resentful and petty

She protec She attac But most importantly She remembers the central tennant's of Christianity.

Claire Foy is a force of nature, her face was stone cold, but she managed to express a 10000 feeling in those 2 minutes, what an actress, what a performance, she will stay as one of the greatest performances in TV history.

This was my favourite scene of the entire series so far. Even without his Nazi connections, the Duke of Windsor was every bit as vile a human being as he was portrayed in The Crown, and his comeuppance was long overdue. Apparently, this scene really did happen in real life - the Queen did in fact read him the riot act about his prior ties to the Nazis when they first became public knowledge.

Edwards abdication was the best thing that could have happened for Great Britain and the Commonwealth. Got rid of a self absorbed slug and replaced him with a great King.

At the end of the scene , he realizes, she’s no longer little Lillibet; She is Queen Elizabeth ll.

Even without the Nazi ties, Elizabeth made the right call with Edward for his choice to abdicate, which caused a long term repercussions on her family: 1. His brother Albert was forced to take the throne in the midst of WWII. The stress of that led to more excessive smoking, which cut his life short. 2. Albert's wife Elizabeth, who denied his proposal TWICE because she didn't want royal duties, now had to take the responsibility of being a Queen and support him. This led to her having less attention on Elizabeth and Margaret, whom they left for months doing their duties. 3. Elizabeth, where to begin? She was now first in line for the throne she wasn't even supposed to have. She had to deal with the pressure early on and when her father died, rather than carry on in a peaceful life as a Naval officer's wife and mother, she had to take on so much responsibility at 25. She also had less time to spend with her children and her hobbies of caring for horses. 4. Philip-When Elizabeth became Queen, he had to give up his Navy duties that he loved to stand by her side. 5. Margaret-She was in love with Peter Townsend. While it was less acceptable to marry divorcees then, the main reason the church and parliament didn't allow this was because it was FRESH from Edward's own abdication. Edward was always referenced for Margaret's decision. Had it not been for that, the blow was likely to be softer for Margaret and less dramatic. 6. Charles-He was in love with Camilla, but couldn't just marry anybody because he had to fulfill his duties as king and find women without a past. Had it not been for duty, he would've more free to marry Camilla without the pressure of her being the perfect woman for Queen. While they had to pick up the broken pieces, Edward enjoyed his life with parties and leisure, stripping himself away from responsibilities. By living his life, he took away the freedom and livelihood of so many others. That's why the despise him. You don't need a Nazi story to tell you that.

God, the way Elizabeth stares him down when he insults her family and calls them inhuman. You can just tell that she's thinking of George, her beloved father and Edward's brother who he claimed to love dearly. And whose death he indirectly caused by placing the stress of being King on his shoulders in his pursuit for his own happiness. She's very visibly trying her hardest not to just EXPLODE on him after that and manages to succeed where he resolves to petty insults as soon as something has been denied to him. Which just goes to show how she's been able to push on for so long as a monarch.

The irony of him talking about humanity.

If this was a movie, Claire Foy absolutely already won an oscar for it.

This is class A acting! Claire Foy nailed it

This scene to me is bone chilling as this is the moment The Queen found out that her beloved Uncle Edward was a Nazi sympathizer and was responsible for the death of 1000s of British soldiers during WWII by giving British war secrets to the Germans. It was because of this scene that I started reading the book 13 Carnations by Andrew Morton (give the book a chance it's amazing) that talks all about The Duke and Duchess of Windsor's involvement with Hitler.

One brother left his country in a time of crisis to enjoy himself in sunny climates and a luxurious home, while another brother stayed with his people and did his duty in trying circumstances. yet the former kept sniping at the latter, complaining about how unfairly he was treated. There are echoes even today.

Wouldn’t it be nice to have a bell to ring when you want to send anyone packing 😁😁😁😁