“Yes,” Edward replies without hesitation.
In a different flashback, we see George talking to his young daughters Elizabeth and Margaret.
“I want you to promise me one thing,” he says.
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“That you will never put anyone or anything before one another.
Above all else, you must never let one other down.”
It seems like they have strayed from that promise, especially over Margaret’s relationship with Peter Townsend.
Great, so he’s not a good husband, or a good father.
She thinks Philip still hasn’t adjusted to palace life.
Elizabeth defends him for some reason.
He knows he’s being sent away in hopes that he’ll get things together while away.
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Elizabeth questions Eden about Margaret’s marriage.
He says he’ll see what he can do.
And Margaret seems to want to do it.
This is starting to sound as harsh as Edward’s abdication.
Is wanting to marry someone you love really deserving of being exiled from your own family?
Elizabeth brings up the childhood promise from the beginning of the episode to Eden.
She also makes the point that there are four divorced men on Cabinet, including him.
Eden promises to do his best.
Of course, he doesn’t really mean it.
Elizabeth calls the one person who understands this situation: Edward.
And he tells her to put the kingdom first.
This is coming from the man who gave up the throne for love?
Could the man with no regrets have some regrets after all?
Elizabeth eventually has to give in to what everyone else wants, like she does every time.
It’s a waste of her time and energy.
Maybe if she stops trying, this job will get easier.
Margaret brings up how Elizabeth went against convention by marrying Philip, but she dismisses the comparison.
Peter heads back to his position in Brussels, perhaps because he can’t bear to be in England.
Moments later, Elizabeth must get her portrait taken.
She tries to smile and pretend everything is fine.
