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Returning as Prime Minister at age 77, Lithgow plays a man desperately clinging to power while the world changes around him. Historical Accuracy vs. Fiction Fact Check The Surgery

With a reported budget of £100 million for the season, the production design and cinematography (especially the Malta and Sandringham sequences) are cinematic in scale. "The Crown" Wolferton Splash(2016)

King George VI did have a lung removed in a makeshift operating room at Buckingham Palace in 1951. The Malta Years Returning as Prime Minister at age 77, Lithgow

The episode uses the King's illness as a metaphor for the British Empire—failing, coughing, but trying to maintain its dignity. "The Crown" Wolferton Splash(2016)

Portrayed as a devoted wife and mother who is beginning to realize the weight of her future role.