Elizabeth and Margaret: Love and Loyalty

Should be about 45 minutes, not 80. Interviewees make duplicate comments and bring the narrative to a halt. This needs serious editing. It also assumes we have not watched The Crown, and that we know nothing about the events already. Some good comments about Phillip, Jones, and Llewelyn. Some interesting clips of the very early years. But way short on content.

Quite a decent documentary with some original footage, photos and experts who actually knew them for years. We saw reputable sources such as doctors weigh on the relationship of the two sisters.

I found it quite informative and interesting in parts. Margo and Elizabeth have such a complicated life together. It's funny to think how their lives turned out so different. Fate made Elizabeth the Queen and caused Margo to lose her sister and best friend. But even putting fate aside, Margo's life sadly took such wrong turns, she picked the wrong men and made some bad decisions. She also could have taken better care of her health which saw her pass away before her own mother and sister. A tragic life for Margaret and a tough relationship to manage when your sister is the Queen. As Elizabeth's life took off and she set into being Queen, Margaret's life fell backwards. Margaret remains one of the tragic figures in the history of the royal family.

I didn't learn anything new about Elizabeth and Margaret. Their relationship is well documented as is every detail of Margaret's life. What I found interesting is how much the royal family has changed throughout Elizabeth's reign. The next in line to the throne is a divorced man who will become the first monarch to take the throne after being divorced (since Henry VIII I think). The dynamic between the sisters is playing out again with her grandsons. The second son married a divorced American not unlike Edward who abdicated as a result of it. But the seriousness we see in Elizabeth is now visible in William and the devil-may-care attitude is now obvious in Harry. The more things change, the more they stay the same and life moves on. Elizabeth was really smart to have more than two kids so Andrew wouldn't feel isolated. Too bad Charles didn't learn that from her.

...as it's mostly about Margaret. Didn't learn much new. Still it was entertaining enough. A little too long.