在看這部劇的時(shí)候正直美國大選開(kāi)票,川普在美帝人民的震驚、咒罵、絕望中成功登頂白宮寶座。我院的一位教授說(shuō):“We are witnessing the history”。是啊,我們正在見(jiàn)證歷史,2016年注定會(huì )是不平凡的一年,美劇《我們愛(ài)撕逼》已經(jīng)落幕,韓劇《我和我的閨蜜》還在上演。當我閱讀歷史的時(shí)候,總會(huì )感到自身的渺小。當時(shí)間回到二戰剛剛結束的20世紀40年代后期,你會(huì )發(fā)現這是一段波云詭譎的傳奇歲月,縱使是高貴優(yōu)雅的英國王室也不可阻擋時(shí)代的大潮。

英國王室不像中國古代的皇室權力滔天,在君主立憲制的制度下,英國王室受到了來(lái)自議會(huì )、教會(huì )、人民的各種約束。王室不是為所欲為的代名詞,而是榮譽(yù)、高貴和純潔的象征,他們承載著(zhù)國民的希望與幻想,他們必須完美無(wú)瑕。但他們也是人,也有人性,這一頂王冠更像一把鐐銬禁錮著(zhù)他們,這就是所謂的“欲戴王冠,必承其重”吧!就像伊麗莎白的祖母給她的信中所說(shuō)的:
最親愛(ài)的莉莉貝特:
我知道你深?lèi)?ài)著(zhù)你的父親,
我的孩子,
我也知道你和我一樣,對他突然地逝去悲痛不已,
但是你現在必須將這些情緒暫時(shí)放下,
因為你的使命(for duty calls),
喪父之痛,刻骨銘心,
你的人民需要你的堅強和領(lǐng)導,
我親眼目睹了三代偉大的君王,
因不能劃清私人牽絆和使命的界限而潰敗,
你一定不能重蹈覆轍,
在你悼念你父親的同時(shí),你也要悼念另一個(gè)人,
伊麗莎白·蒙巴頓,
因為她已經(jīng)被另一個(gè)人所代替,伊麗莎白女王,
這兩個(gè)伊麗莎白會(huì )經(jīng)常起沖突,
事實(shí)是,王權必須勝利,必須永遠勝利。(The Crown must win,must always win.)

本劇的開(kāi)場(chǎng)是喬治六世為伊麗莎白公主的未婚夫菲利普王子授勛儀式。菲利普王子是希臘國王喬治一世的孫子,也是希臘的王儲之一,由于伊麗莎白公主是英國王室的準繼承人,為了確保她未來(lái)繼承王位后不會(huì )再繼任另一個(gè)國家,所以菲利普王子必須放棄希臘王位繼承權才能與伊麗莎白公主結婚,但在菲利普王子這個(gè)頭銜之前他沒(méi)有其他頭銜,只是一名海軍上尉,于是喬治六世冊封他為愛(ài)丁堡公爵,以便他能迎娶伊麗莎白公主。這樁婚事除了這個(gè)波折之外也并非一帆風(fēng)順,比如菲利普不忠的流言,以及伊麗莎白祖母和父母對菲利普四個(gè)姐姐都是德國籍王妃的猜忌。

1947年11月20日,菲利普與其表妹伊麗莎白結婚,兩人都是“歐洲的祖母”維多利亞女王的玄孫。在伊麗莎白繼承王位后,他的頭銜并不是女王的Husband而是:菲利普親王殿下,愛(ài)丁堡公爵,梅里奧尼斯伯爵,格林威治男爵,最高貴嘉德勛章的皇家騎士,最古老和最高貴薊花勛章騎士,大英帝國勛章的高貴主人和首席騎士,功績(jì)勛章成員,澳大利亞勛章伴隨,女王服務(wù)勛章額外伴隨,天堂鳥(niǎo)勛章的皇家首領(lǐng),加拿大武裝力量獎?wù)?,女王陛下最尊敬的樞密院大臣,女王的加拿大樞密院大臣,女王陛下的私人侍從武官。很繞對不對。

第二集中公主瑪格麗特和國王合唱的那首歌叫Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered,出自1940年的音樂(lè )劇《好友喬伊》(Pal Joy),全文歌詞是:
I'm wild again, beguiled again
A simpering, whimpering child again
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I
Hmm...
Could not sleep, would not sleep
'Til love came and told me I should not sleep
Bothered and bewildered am I
Lost my heart, so what of it?
He was cold, I agree,
He can laugh and I love it
Although the laugh's on me.
I'll sing to him, each spring to him
And long for the day when
I'll cling to him, the war
Bewitched, bothered so bewildered am I

丘吉爾的悼念詞寫(xiě)得太棒了,貼出來(lái)分享一下:
When the death of the king was announced to us yesterday morning,there struck a deep and somber note in our lives,which resounded far and wide,stilled the clatter and traffic of 20th century life,and made countless millions of human beings around the world pause and look around them.The King was greatly loved by all his peoples.The greatest shocks ever felt by this isl and fell upon us in his feign.Never,in our long history ,were we exposed to greater perils of invasion and destruction.The late King,who assumed the heavy burden of the Crown when he succeeded his brother,lived through every minute of struggle with a heart that never quavered and a spirit undaunted.In the end,death came as a friend.And after a happy day of sunshine and sport,and after a goodnight to those who loved him best,he fell asleep,as every man or woman who strives to fear God and nothing else in the world may hope to do.Now,I must leave the treasures of the past and turn to the future.Famous have been the reigns of our queens.Some of the greatest periods in our history have unfolded under their scepters.Queen Elizabeth II,like her namesake,Queen Elizabeth I,did not pass her childhood in any certain expectation of the Crown.This new Elizabethan age comes at a time when mankind stands uncertainly poised on the edge of catastrophe.I,whose youth was passed in the august,unchallenged and tranquil glories of the Victoria era,may well feel the thrill in invoking once more,the prayer and the anthem,God Save the Queen.
另外扮演丘吉爾的是美國演員約翰·利特高(John Lithgow),他還演了《星際穿越》中馬修·麥康納的岳父
關(guān)于喬治六世口吃的故事大家可以參考:國王的演講

關(guān)于愛(ài)德華八世愛(ài)美人不愛(ài)江山的故事大家可以參考:W.E.
關(guān)于瑪格麗特公主:1960年5月6日,瑪格麗特在西敏寺大教堂與一位攝影師-安東尼·阿姆斯壯-瓊斯成婚。據說(shuō),在瑪格麗特接受了阿姆斯壯-瓊斯求婚的前一日,彼得·湯森對她說(shuō):打算娶一位比利時(shí)籍女子。
本劇的配樂(lè )是魯伯特·格雷格森·威廉斯(Rupert Gregson-Williams),原聲帶在這:The Crown: Season One
to be continued...