‘He started breakdancing. I couldn’t believe it!’ Your verdicts on The Crown

The series left me with a bad taste in my mouth. The praise of Charles, contrasted with the criticism of Diana, felt almost like the result of a negotiation between our new king and the showrunners. I found myself laughing out loud at several moments, but the most iconic moment for me was episode five, The Way Ahead. It is naturally critical of Charles vis-a-vis “Tampongate”, but ends with effectively an advert for the monarchy: Charles giving a speech at the Prince’s Trust, waxing lyrical about how he, too, has been the subject of criticism. The narrative standstill for the sake of fluffing one man’s reputation is laughable, and I thought it couldn’t get any better. Then he started breakdancing. I couldn’t believe it. Breakdancing! I like to think that King Charles sent a letter to the writers stipulating “you can say whatever you like about that phone call, but make sure to end with a post-credit scene about the one-point-whatever billion pounds my trust raised. Then show me breakdancing.” Benjamin, 24, PhD student, Bristol