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    QUEEN & COUNTRY

    Jan 03, 2020 5 minutes

    Never believe everything you watch on TV. Whoever first said this old adage probably wasn’t thinking about season three of at the time, but it certainly applies. The popular Netflix TV historical drama series traces the life of Queen Elizabeth II from her marriage to Prince Phillip in 1947 through to the present day. So far, the first season took us up to Prince Margaret’s engagement in 1955, and the second season charts the Queen’s reaction to the Suez Crisis and the birth of Prince Edward. The third series covers the period 1964 to 1977 and hit our screens in November to rave reviews with Oscar -winning British actress Olivia Colman taking over the role of Her Majesty from Claire Foy. And while we’ll never know for sure how

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