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The Crown’s best quotes: ‘I’m darling or cabbage, sweetie is someone else’

Source: Robert Viglasky/Netflix

When viewers settle into an episode of The Crown, they expect Royal doppelgangers, scandalous secrets from the Firm that have never seen the light of day, and occasionally, a smidgeon of historical accuracy. 

What often passes us by, though, is the quality of ’s scripts. It’s no mean feat to take real-life moments and weave imagined dialogue throughout

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