Season 2 of "The Crown" is darker. We enter the heart of the subject and we access to the intimacy of the characters, without losing sight of the obligations of the royal family and History which follows its course in parallel. Episode 8 of season 2, entitled "Dear Mrs. Kennedy", aims to reconstruct the Kennedy couple's dinner at Buckingham Palace with Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh , who literally falls under the charm of the first American lady.

It was June 1961, and initially, the meeting between the two couples does not happen as planned. Arrived at the palace, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy began not to properly greet the royal couple, totally neglecting the rules of protocol of the British royal family . So, no reverence, and no "Your Royal Highness" when addressing them. A true story, perfectly staged in the series, on a humorous tone. It is only later in the evening that Queen Elizabeth II and Jackie Kennedy will find common ground, starting to isolate themselves in order to have private conservation.

However, this meeting at the palace is not such a good memory for the royal family and especially the queen. Indeed, according to the Telegraph, during this European tour, Jackie Kennedy really caused a sensation. As seen in the series, the Kennedy couple would not have been impressed by the furnishings of the palace, let alone by the performance of the queen. If Jackie Kennedy was wearing a pale blue silk dress, Elizabeth II looked old-fashioned, with her blue tulle dress and her rather old-fashioned hairstyle that was far from unanimous.

We also know that the gap between the two women went well, and that they would have evoked the difficulty of being a public figure. Lee Radziwill, Jackie's sister, is said to have written in his memoirs that during this visit Prince Philip and Jackie also exchanged status, Prince Philip saying, "You are like me, you have to walk three steps behind." One way to evoke the pain of being number 2, accompanying him.

Thanks to Netflix, we can perfectly imagine the meeting between the two couples, whose every detail has been cared for. Note that the decor of the palace is the same, as well as the women's outfits, both blue. Of course, we do not know a few points of this meeting and the creator of "The Crown", Peter Morgan, said "I think there is room to imagine creatively, based on the information we have at his disposal. subject. "