In “The Crown”, a scene from the accident in Paris was recreated. “Let’s eat already”

“” returned to Netflix with new episodes. So far, the first four from the final season of the series have been published. We will have to wait another month for the next one. However, this fragment of the story can already be described as the most brutal in the entire history – although in earlier seasons we had the opportunity to see, for example, terrorist attacks or death by an avalanche, here we touch on very modern times.

Episode three ends with a tragic accident on the night of August 31, 1997, in which Princess Diana, Dodi Al-Fayed and their driver, Henri Paul, died. The creators announced that they would not skip this breakthrough event for the royal family. How are they shown?

“The Crown”. The accident scene of Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed

In the first two episodes, the creators give viewers what we have only seen in sensational press reports so far. The relationship between Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed, the son of a multimillionaire, was based mainly on paparazzi photos and “reports from the environment.” The series significantly deepens what brought them together, although their “relationship” lasted only a few weeks.

. Late in the evening on August 30, Princess Diana and her partner Dodi left one of the Paris hotels. They had to hurry – a crowd of paparazzi was already waiting for them on the street. The driver, Henri Paul, moved forward, hoping to escape the nosy photojournalists. He accelerated and accelerated. Official accident reports state that he could have been traveling at over 100 kilometers per hour when he hit one of the pillars of the Alma Tunnel. The on-site impact resulted in the death of Dodi Al-Fayed and Henri Paul, while Princess Diana was taken to hospital with numerous injuries. She died in the morning the next day.

Dodi Al-Fayed and Princess Diana Photo Netflix / The Crown / frame

The series opted for the absolute minimum. We see scenes moments before the accident – when Diana and Dodi get into the car and hurry the driver to drive away (“Let’s go,” says the increasingly impatient Dodi). You can see a crowd of paparazzi rushing to their scooters to catch up with the car. There is also a shot of a tunnel where a tragedy is about to happen. However, it was not decided to show the accident scene itself – we only get the sound effect of the collision and the car alarm that went off when it hit the pole in the tunnel.

The next episode presents information about the death of car passengers in a characteristic way. We know what royal family employees say, but strategically their voices are muted. This allows us to focus solely on the reactions of the Queen (a mixture of disbelief and shock), Prince Charles (despair) and Prince Philip (disbelief).

“The Crown” is the end of an era

All seasons of “The Crown” were full of various difficult situations that the British royal family found themselves in over the decades. However, it is the fourth episode of the final season that is truly heartbreaking. This is the ending to Diana and Dodi’s story that they both deserved. And a slight reconstruction of the image of Prince – today King – Charles, who, according to the creators, tried to convince his mother to give Diana the honor she deserved.

Queen Elizabeth’s silence after Diana’s death was symbolic. “This inability to care can have consequences,” says Dominic West (Prince Charles), watching TV reports from the safe haven of Scotland. Imelda Staunton has a difficult task – she must explain the inexplicable. And you can see him fighting with himself, taking deep breaths, looking away, covering himself with the crown. Until finally the man wins with the crown.

This last episode brings new solutions – the living talk to the dead. And it is extremely moving, especially when you remember scenes from over 20 years ago. “The Crown” does justice to the situation that has overwhelmed the royal family. And it gives us a chance for a new opening, which we will see in a month. This caesura between the two parts of the series seems to be an even better idea now than it was at the beginning.