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The Crown · Season 1, Episode 15

A scene from “Unfinished Business”

Prince William: I hate it. All the screaming and the shouting and all the attention. It's as if they think because I look like her, I'm like her.

Prince Philip: You're not remotely like her. I know that. So, is it possible you're angry with her for having been all the things you're not? Comfortable in the spotlight. Confident in front of an adoring crowd, which you think you now have to be.

Prince William: And hate.

Prince Philip: And is it possible you're angry with her because, well, because of her leaving you? And leaving you to deal with that legacy? Except, what son can ever be angry with his mother? Especially when he's grieving for her and missing her so terribly. So you take it out on someone else. And blame him for the fact that she's gone. An accusation I'm sure he's leveled at himself a hundred times. As have we all. But it's not our fault. And it's not his fault. And one day, when you're a father and your own son is staring at you with murderous eyes, and you're praying for his forgiveness, as your father is currently praying for yours and as I have on shamefully too few occasions prayed for his, well, maybe remember this chat.

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