The Crown – Queen Elizabeth II

For the past weeks, my obsession with the tv show called “The Crown” has manifested into a love/hate relationship for the royal family. Hence, it is only natural that I choose Queen Elizabeth II cast by Olivia Colman who brings life to the character as the person that I will be conducting my intersectional analysis on.
This show is based in the 1900s portraying a fictional rein-action of the royal family, their history, and follows the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign and the events that shaped the second half of the twentieth century.
She plays the main character in the show as a straight cis woman, pale white in complexion. Christian upbringing deeply rooted in the Protestant faith, and the highest only observed as God alone being above her. Privilege does not elude her as she is the pinnacle of wealth and familiarity. Furthermore, her caste status as well as her race has played quite a role in her power over colonies for more than five decades and continues to now as a strong leader many years later.
Queen Elizabeth II continued to struggle in the first season with wanting to be invisible because she is a shy person and coming to terms with the fact that she was not properly groomed for society educationally but rather just to be a queen. As the queen, she has no true influence over governing the country nor can be bias or intrusive on some matters such as religious discord. For example in one of the episodes, her sister wanted to marry a man who was once divorced but could not go ahead above the church and faith. Needless to say, her power has some limits. One can assume that she is an asset both to her family and country. And also, has orchestrated the division and destruction of many colonies her regime has oppressed over the decades.
To conclude, though this is a fictional depiction of the royal family and historical events the show does a great job at grasping your interest and being informative to those who may not be familiar.