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The Crown's depiction of Thatcher is grotesque

22 November 2020

6:31 PM

22 November 2020

6:31 PM

My favourite The Crown blooper so far was the one recently spotted by a Telegraph reader: ‘As Head of the Armed Forces and Colonel-in-Chief of four Scottish regiments, the Queen would not choose The Atholl Highlanders with which to pipe her guests into dinner […] It is inconceivable that the Queen’s Piper would play any incorrect notes – nor would he march to a 6:8 time signature while playing at the speed of a slow air.

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