Hugo Vickers on the Monarch, the Mad Beauty and the Making of ‘The Crown’

LONDON — There is no doubt the past 12 months have been yet another annus horribilis for Queen Elizabeth II, with Harry and Meghan quitting royal life, Prince Andrew entangled in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, and the monarch’s 98-year-old husband Prince Philip in and out of the hospital. Then there’s the coronavirus, which has driven top members of the royal family into self-isolation at various castles and estates across the U.K: the Queen and Prince Philip to Windsor, Prince Charles and Camilla to Balmoral in Scotland, and Prince William and his family to their country home on the Queen’s Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England. While daunting, the next months could mark the start of an annus mirabilis for the monarch, who is lifting spirits across Britain with gusto: Last week she urged the public to unite in the face of the COVID-19 threat, saying that “my family and I stand ready to play our part” in helping to keep Britons safe and the virus from spreading. British media organizations have been hanging on her words, sometimes before those words are even spoken. On Monday, The Times of London reported on its front page that Queen Elizabeth is planning to make a televised address

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