The Crown, created by Peter Morgan, follows Queen Elizabeth through the late 1950s and early '60s as she struggles to navigate a world that's changing around her. She must face the challenges of a new era, from the Suez Canal crisis to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, while preserving both the monarchy and her marriage.

A purchaser's review:

"Season 2 of The Crown takes the young Queen Elizabeth II through the late 1950s into the early 1960s, a time of incident and change for her realms and for her own family. As with Season 1, it is easy to get swept up into the drama of the episodes and mistake them for actual history. While the writers and developers of the series have done an admirable job of researching the period, no one will ever know whether some private conversations between the Queen and her ministers or family members as depicted in The Crown bear much if any resemblance to what must have really occurred. In other words, enjoy The Crown, but remember, it's drama.

The drama starts off with a roar in Episode 1, which deals with the Suez Crisis of 1956 and with what is depicted as the continuing strained relationship between the queen and her husband. Successive episodes deal with a partial resolution of those strains, more difficulties involving the Queen's sister Princess Margaret, and with the Queen's adjustments to the monarchy's role in a rapidly changing world. The careers of the two Prime Ministers who served in those years, Anthony Eden and Harold Macmillan, are well depicted, along with their personal and family issues.

The episodes I enjoyed most are "Vergangenheit," which deals with the Queen and her Government's discovery of the truth behind some of the Duke of Windsor's activities before and during World War II, "Dear Mrs. Kennedy," depicting the visit of President and Mrs. Kennedy to the Queen in 1962 as well as the Queen's own dealings with the new leader of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, "Paterfamilias," a sad and painful look at Prince Charles' rough initiation into the world of schoolboys at Gordonstoun, with flashbacks to Prince Philip's own difficult years there, and "Mystery Man," covering the Profumo Scandal of 1962 which brought down the Macmillan Government and (according to the writers) led to more strains in the Queen's marriage.

While the accuracy of The Crown's depiction of the relationship between the Queen and her husband can never be known by anyone outside their close circle, the series continues to be well-written and beautifully depicted. "