The Once and Future King

an independent charles windsor from the crown. extremely canon divergent and fictional. 

[thegreatestkingweveeverhad]

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[the-world-turned-upsidedown]

“Here is the stuff of which fairy tales are made. But fairy tales usually end at this point with the simple phrase, ‘They lived happily ever after.’ This may be because fairy tales regard marriage as an anticlimax after the romance of courtship.”

–The Crown, Season 4, Episode 3, “Fairytale.”

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tcket​:

The woman was already furious, and her husbands relaxed manner towards the incident only angered her further. “Just because the man didn’t get to you Charles, doesn’t mean he wasn’t close.” Sybil had spent the day pacing after seeing the news, and even now she continued to do so. playing with the ring on her finger. She stopped all movements though once she felt her husbands hand on her own and the woman took in a deep breath before she turned her gaze on the man. “You may not have been scared, but I was terrified. And I had to find out through the news of all things.”

“I almost felt sorry for him.” Charles deadpanned without thinking, and then shook his head. “Really, Sybil, I wasn’t in any danger. The policemen said that they were blanks anyway.” He hadn’t felt the slightest bit of panic when the man rushed the podium, firing shots at him. Not even hours afterwards, when the adrenaline was probably gone, was he able to feel any pent-up anxiety regarding the situation. But he tried to stop himself from being flippant for Sybil’s sake, as now he could see that this had clearly frightened her. “I know. I’m sorry—I didn’t mean to make light of what you felt.” At her comment about having to find out from the news, he lowered his gaze. “I didn’t want to worry you because nothing had happened.”

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lilfiore​:

“𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆— just hara.” a dramatic placed hand to her chest like a clutched-pearls reaction to being addressed as something so formal. she hardly hears her last name; which is just as well considering she feels no connection towards it. “well, if i’m being honest i’ve mostly slept since arriving. but i have no compliments.. 𝒚𝒆𝒕. if i did, would i send them to you?” she’s already been given instruction by her manger not to offend but she only has lighthearted intent. playful by nature on a good day and she’s obviously in a good mood today. “are you having fun?”

“Hara.” Charles corrected himself with a smile at Hara’s urging, somewhat glad to have dropped at least part of the formality—at least on his end. Formality was something he was just accustomed to, by nature of what he was. He was comfortable with it, because he was used to it, but that didn’t mean he liked it. But for much of his life he had simply done what he was told, for the Crown, for the country, and for the Commonwealth, and for now that meant retaining some of the trappings of formality at a concert. He had enjoyed selecting the musical acts himself, and taking an active role in the planning in the event. He was proud of the charity and his work, and he hoped that it would pay off. He chuckled at Hara’s answer to his question, and then nodded. “Absolutely. I’ll deal with them personally.” he answered teasingly. Nodding again at her question, he smiled, responding, “Very much. It’s not often I get to see such a wide range of entertainers and artists all in one concert. I’m very excited.”

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 “He was nowhere near me, Sybil—they tackled him before he could get to me, and he was a terrible shot.” Charles recounted calmly, unfazed by the assassination attempt just that day. He was used to this sort of thing, and even when it was happening, he didn’t feel the slightest hint of fear—not because he considered himself to be particularly brave, but he supposed it was just a subconscious reaction from years of not showing his emotions. “It’s really nothing to be worried about, honestly. I’m fine.” he reassured his wife again, laying his hand over hers.

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@ofhumanvoice continued from here

 Charles hadn’t bothered speaking with his parents, or even his grandmother, for weeks since learning that Camilla had married. He knew that they had interfered; he just knew it. He may not have had any proof, but it was just the thing they would do. They didn’t find her suitable enough, and had engineered this, somehow, to keep them apart. And he was devastated.

 The one person, besides Anne, that he felt would understand was his aunt. He knew about her relationship with Group Captain Townsend, which was why he hoped she would sympathize. He was relieved to know she did. “I don’t know how.” he whispered, his voice shaking as he rubbed his eyes. “I just don’t understand why…how they could be so cruel.”

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Charles sat on the floor, listening intently to his grandfather as he described what he wanted for Christmas. He blinked in surprise at the answer—gloves? He didn’t think he would be happy with gloves himself, and he would have thought that his grandfather would have wanted something more—well, fun.

Christmas was his favorite holiday. Any time he got to see Grandpapa and Grandmama was wonderful, but he particularly enjoyed spending the holiday with them, and of course receiving presents. His eyes lit up at his question, and he too paused in thought. “I’d really like a pony.”

Albert’s eyebrows went up at the request for a pony, he smiled and while he tried to give nothing away, he supposed that it was about time that his grandson learned to ride as his daughters had. He was of the right age and it would do the lad good to get out with the family on a trustworthy little pony.

“Well, I am -sure that is a -perfectly wonderful idea.” He hummed as if it was thoughtful, “But you -do of -course understand that a -pony is a -big -commitment, they require much more -attention and -time -learning -together than a -horse.” All of his own horses were retired police horses, calm and controlled, that would not be the case with a pony. “You will -have -to work with them -for many years.”

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“But horses are so big and they…sometimes they scare me.” Charles admitted. He knew that Mummy loved horses, but every time he went near one he was afraid of falling off and getting trampled. At least with a pony, he would be closer to the ground. “I know, Grandpapa.” He nodded when the King told him that a pony would be more work. “But I know I can do it—I promise.”

 He thought that maybe if he learned to ride a pony, then one day he could learn to ride horses too, and then maybe his mother would be proud of him. “Were you ever afraid of horses, Grandpapa?” he asked, looking up at him. “I don’t know what’s wrong with me. Everyone else likes them so much.”

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“Miss Ora, thank you for coming.” Charles greeted the actress with a smile as he shook her hand. He had arranged the charity concert for The Prince’s Trust over months of planning and had tried to invite as many up-and-coming as well as big names as possible. He had met Hara at a premiere during his last tour to the United States, and had naturally thought to ask her as well. “How are you finding London?”

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The Crown (2016-) dir. Peter Morgan

[divineandmajesticinone]

THE CROWN (2016-)

“Let’s give them a show, shall we?”

[tveitz]

DIANA x “CHAMPAGNE PROBLEMS” - And on the same honeymoon a photograph of her falls out of your diary, and then later in the year I find your love letters, page after page with a passion I’m not getting from you!

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“All I want is to be loved” - Emma Corrin as Lady Diana Spencer in The Crown Season 4 ❤

[thecrownnetflixuk]

Awards season has officially begun!

Emma Corrin & Olivia Colman will compete as Best Actress,  Josh O’Connor as Best Actor, Gillian Anderson, Helena Bonham Carter (& more) as Best Supporting Actress, Tobias Menzies as Best Supporting Actor and the entire cast in Best Drama Series | FYSEE The Crown promo booklet 2021

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The first and last shot of Princess Diana in The Crown season 4

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SEASON 4, EPISODE 10 THE CROWN (2016– )

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* (  EVERMORE ALBUM BY TAYLOR SWIFT /  SENTENCE PROMPTS.

These may have been edited for clarity or length or to better apply for roleplaying.

willow

❛ The more that you say the less I know ❜

❛ Wherever you stray I will follow ❜

❛ I’m begging for you to take my hand ❜

❛ I come back stronger than a 90’s trend ❜

❛ Wait for the signal and I’ll meet you after dark ❜

❛ Show me the places where the others gave you scars ❜

❛ I should’ve known from the look on your face ❜

❛ Every bait and switch was a work of art ❜

❛ That’s my man ❜

champagne problems

❛ Your heart was glass, and I dropped it ❜

❛ I dropped your hand while dancing left you out there standing ❜

❛ Now no one’s celebrating ❜

❛ I can’t give you a reason ❜

❛ This dorm was once a madhouse ❜

❛ I never was ready, so I watch you go ❜

❛ Sometimes you just don’t know the answer till someone’s on their knees and asks you. ❜

❛ She would’ve made such a lovely bride, what a shame she’s stuck in her head. ❜

❛ You won’t remember all my champagne problems ❜

gold rush

❛ I don’t like a gold rush ❜

❛ I don’t like anticipating my face in a red flush ❜

❛ I don’t like that anyone would die to feel your touch ❜

❛ Everybody wants you ❜

❛ Everybody wonders what it would be like to love you ❜

❛ I don’t like slow motion double vision in rose blush ❜

❛ I don’t like that falling feels like flying till the bone crush ❜

❛ What must it be like to grow up that beautiful? ❜

❛ The coastal town we wandered round had never seen a love as pure as it ❜

❛ You know it could never be ❜

❛ My mind turns your life into folklore ❜

❛ I can’t dare to dream about you anymore ❜

❛ At dinner parties I won’t call you out on your contrarian wit ❜

‘tis the damn season

❛ If I wanted to know who you were hanging with while I was gone, I would’ve asked you. ❜

❛ So we could call it even ❜

❛ You could call me “babe” for the weekend ❜

❛ The road not taken looks real good now ❜

❛ The holidays linger like bad perfume ❜

❛ You can run but only so far ❜

❛ I escaped it too, remember how you watched me leave ❜

❛ But if it’s okay with you, it’s okay with me ❜

❛ I’m missing your smile ❜

❛ We could just ride around ❜

❛ Sleep in half the day, just for old times’ sake ❜

❛ I won’t ask you to wait, if you don’t ask me to stay ❜

❛ The heart I know I’m breaking is my own ❜

❛ It always leads to you and my hometown ❜

❛ You could call me “babe” for the weekend ‘tis the damn season ❜

tolerate it

❛ I notice everything you do or don’t do ❜

❛ If it’s all in my head tell me now ❜

❛ Tell me I’ve got it wrong somehow ❜

❛ I know my love should be celebrated, but you tolerate it ❜

❛ I take your indiscretions all in good fun ❜

❛ I polish plates until they gleam and glisten ❜

❛ While you were out building other worlds, where was I? ❜

❛ Now I’m begging for footnotes in the story of your life ❜

❛ I’m always taking up too much space or time ❜

❛ You assume I’m fine ❜

no body, no crime

❛ We meet up every Tuesday night for dinner and a glass of wine ❜

❛ It smells like infidelity ❜

❛ No, there ain’t no doubt ❜

❛ I think I’m gonna call him out ❜

❛ I think he did it but I just can’t prove it ❜

❛ No body, no crime ❜

❛ I ain’t letting up until the day I die ❜

❛ I’ve cleaned enough houses to know how to cover up a scene ❜

❛ They think I did it but they just can’t prove it ❜

❛ I wasn’t letting up until the day he died ❜

happiness

❛ I see this for what it is ❜

❛ I was dancing when the music stopped ❜

❛ In the disbelief I can’t face reinvention ❜

❛ I haven’t met the new me yet ❜

❛ There’ll be happiness after you ❜

❛ I would’ve loved you for a lifetime ❜

❛ When did your winning smile begin to look like a smirk? ❜

❛ When did all our lessons start to look like weapons pointed at my deepest hurt? ❜

❛ I can’t see facts through all of my fury ❜

❛ You haven’t met the new me yet ❜

❛ There’ll be happiness after me ❜

❛ There is happiness in our history ❜

❛ I can’t make it go away by making you a villain ❜

❛ I pulled your body into mine every goddamn night now I get fake niceties ❜

❛ No one teaches you what to do when a good man hurts you, and you know you hurt him too ❜

dorothea

❛ Do you ever stop and think about me? ❜

❛ I got nothing but well wishes for ya ❜

❛ This place is the same as it ever was ❜

❛ It’s never too late to come back to my side ❜

❛ Are you still the same soul? ❜

❛ Are you still the same soul? I met under the bleachers ❜

❛ They all wanna be ya ❜

coney island

❛ If I can’t relate to you anymore then who am I related to? ❜

❛ Did I close my fist around something delicate? ❜

❛ Did I shatter you? ❜

❛ Sorry for not making you my centerfold ❜

❛ Lost again with no surprises ❜

❛ It gets colder and colder when the sun goes down ❜

❛ What’s a lifetime of achievement? ❜

❛ I pushed you to the edge but you were too polite to leave me ❜

❛ Do you miss the rogue who coaxed you into paradise and left you there? ❜

❛ Will you forgive my soul? ❜

❛ Will you forgive my soul when you’re too wise to trust me and too old to care? ❜

❛ Sorry for not winning you an arcade ring ❜

❛ Close your eyes ❜

❛ Did I leave you hanging every single day? ❜

❛ Did I paint your bluest skies the darkest gray? ❜

❛ When I got into the accident the sight that flashed before me was your face ❜

❛ The sight that flashed before me was your face when the sun goes down ❜

ivy

❛ Your touch brought forth an incandescent glow ❜

❛ My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand ❜

❛ Your opal eyes are all I wish to see ❜

❛ I’d live and die for moments that we stole ❜

❛ It’s a violent blaze in the dark and you started it ❜

❛ It’s the fiercest fight of my life and you started it ❜

❛ You started it ❜

cowboy like me

❛ Dancing is a dangerous game ❜

❛ I’m never gonna love again ❜

❛ I’ve got some tricks up my sleeve ❜

❛ Takes one to know one ❜

❛ Never wanted love, just a fancy car ❜

❛ I could be the way forward ❜

❛ You’re a bandit like me ❜

❛ Never thought I’d meet you here ❜

❛ It could be love ❜

❛ You’re a cowboy like me ❜

❛ I know I’ll pay for it ❜

❛ Forever is the sweetest con ❜

long story short

❛ I tried to pick my battles til the battle picked me ❜

❛ I fell from the pedestal ❜

❛ Long story short, it was a bad time ❜

❛ Long story short, it was the wrong guy ❜

❛ Now I’m all about you ❜

❛ I’m all about you ❜

❛ I always felt I must look better in the rear view ❜

❛ When I dropped my sword, I threw it in the bushes and knocked on your door ❜

❛ But if someone comes at us, this time I’m ready ❜

❛ No more keeping score ❜

❛ I just know there’s more ❜

❛ I wanna tell you not to get lost in these petty things ❜

❛ He feels like home ❜

❛ Long story short, I survived ❜

marjorie

❛ Never be so kind, you forget to be clever ❜

❛ Never be so clever, you forget to be kind ❜

❛ What died didn’t stay dead ❜

❛ Never be so polite, you forget your power ❜

❛ Never wield such power, you forget to be polite ❜

❛ The autumn chill that wakes me up ❜

closure

❛ It’s been a long time ❜

❛ Seeing the shape of your name still spells out pain ❜

❛ It wasn’t right the way it all went down ❜

❛ Yes, I got your letter ❜

❛ Yes, I’m doing better ❜

❛ It cut deep to know ya, right to the bone ❜

❛ I know that it’s over ❜

❛ I don’t need your “closure” ❜

❛ Don’t treat me like some situation that needs to be handled ❜

❛ I’m fine with my spite ❜

❛ I know I’m just a wrinkle in your new life ❜

❛ You’re reaching out across the sea that you put between you and me ❜ but it’s fake and it’s so unnecessary ❜

evermore

❛ I’ve been down since July ❜

❛ I replay my footsteps on each stepping stone trying to find the one where I went wrong. ❜

❛ I was catching my breath, staring out an open window ❜

❛ I had a feeling so peculiar that this pain would be for evermore ❜

❛ I can’t remember what I used to fight for ❜

❛ Can’t think of all the cost and all the things that will be lost now ❜

❛ When I was shipwrecked I thought of you ❜

❛ In the cracks of light I dreamed of you ❜

❛ In the cracks of light I dreamed of you and it was real enough to get me through ❜

❛ I had a feeling so peculiar that this pain wouldn’t be for evermore ❜

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Showing their child love and affection: Charles vs Diana

The Crown Season 4 Episode 10: War