Ruritania

Episode aired Dec 14, 2023
TV-MA
48m

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

2.4K

YOUR RATING

Biography Drama History

Eager to improve the monarchy's public image, the Queen seeks out savvy statesman Tony Blair--but the Prime Minister's advice defies royal protocol.Eager to improve the monarchy's public image, the Queen seeks out savvy statesman Tony Blair--but the Prime Minister's advice defies royal protocol.Eager to improve the monarchy's public image, the Queen seeks out savvy statesman Tony Blair--but the Prime Minister's advice defies royal protocol.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

2.4K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Photos2

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
The title, 'Ruritania', refers to an imaginary kingdom of central Europe that was the setting of several novels by English novelist Anthony Hope, especially The Prisoner of Zenda (1894).

Goofs
When Elizabeth imagines Tony Blair's coronation, the royal cypher on his chair reads "TIR" (or Tony Rex I). A royal cypher, as Elizabeth would surely know, would never include a Roman numeral I because British monarchs don't receive an ordinal until a second monarch takes the same name, so his cypher should only read "TR" (similar to the last unnumbered monarch Queen Victoria, whose cypher was VR).

User reviews7

Featured review

10/10

Get better

I have missed the spirit of the good old episodes of The Crown. Jumping out of the long row of episodes about Charles and Diana, finally we have a strong story about social problems and human values - with all allegorical mighty the show is proudly known for.

What if you were in the queen shoes? It's hard to ignore that people have strong doubts in your role and your institution as a whole. Imagine that you truly want to fix it, starting right from this day. Is it possible to get things better? Why do you need the watcher of swans? Should all things have rational meanings?

This episode raises a lot of questions and has very interesting dialogues. Also you can watch it as a separate movie - like the best episodes of The Crown too.