The crown season 4 portrays a fraught but relatively accurate relationship between margaret thatcher and queen elizabeth.

Margaret thatcher and the queen relationship. The queen and margaret thatcher were very different women with dissimilar backgrounds who had to unite during what is now seen as one of recent historys most turbulent periods. The crown season 4 is now streaming on netflix. Thatcher promptly curtsies.

Margaret thatcher became the first female prime minister in britains history in 1979. Gillian anderson who plays margaret thatcher in season 4 of the crown spoke to tv guide about playing the foil to olivia colmans queen elizabeth ii. Did the queen like margaret thatcher.

The queen had some most amusing and well observed lines about thatcher says a family friend. Season four of the crown covers the rule of margaret thatcher gillian anderson from start to finish through the lens of her relationship with the queen olivia colman. Many former politicians civil servants and courtiers who observed at first hand the queens relationship with margaret thatcher agree it was a rather difficult one.

Born margaret hilda roberts in grantham england on october 13 1925 thatcher was just six months older than princess elizabeth alexandra mary who was born in london on april 21 1926. Starting in 1979 and. The true story of the relationship at the heart of the crown season 4 the hotly anticipated fourth season of the crown premiered on netflix last night much.

Much is reported about thatchers relationship with our monarch though not so much is confirmed.