She really has a depression, which she was very prone to in life, and she seeks therapy. that point, she’s told that actually she’s going to lose work and status because Prince Edward has come of age. And goes to her sister and asks for more work.
Said Bonham Carter in a late-summer press conference, “Just when she’s really floundering for some kind of identity, I think coupled with being in her mid 50s - was she? I don’t know, that’s what I am, I’m over identifying - but in the middle of her life, and having a crisis. She’s doing better than she was when her marriage was crumbling, but this latest crisis of identity comes when she enters therapy (upon Prince Charles’ suggestion) following more struggles with her mental health.īehind 'The Crown' Showdown Between Margaret Thatcher and The Queen In the seventh episode of the season, “The Hereditary Principle,” Princess Margaret (Helena Bonham Carter) is once again struggling with her identity and her place in the royal family. The Crown has spent plenty of episodes focusing on lesser-known historical events that shed light on the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, but an episode in the fourth season of the Netflix drama centered on a family scandal that the public didn’t catch wind of until the ’90s - and many Americans probably know nothing about.