From fancy costumes and financial security, to the crown and Royalty, the Queen’s life is actually far from perfect. Just like the rest of the Royal family, Queen Elizabeth ll also had to give up her personal hopes and dreams to serve one of the last standing monarchies in the world.

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In the final episode of season four, Prince Philip told Princess Diana that everybody in their family is “a lost, lonely, irrelevant outsider apart from the one person the only person that matters,” that person being Queen Elizabeth II.

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Here are 5 saddest things about Queen Elizabeth ll:

1. The weight of the Crown is heavy

Queen Elizabeth dedicated her life to serving the Crown, and it’s clear that her private life suffered immensely for it. Because she is the Queen, she doesn’t share her bedroom with her husband, she doesn’t know her children that well, and she lives a life according to a strict schedule someone else draws up for her.

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2. She didn’t want to become a Queen

One of the saddest things about Princess Margaret is that she would have loved to be the Queen, and, if it had been up to Elizabeth, she would let her be. The older sister was much more reserved and introverted, so she wasn’t too excited about the notion of becoming the Queen one day.

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3. Torn between being a wife and a Queen

Queen Elizabeth is a woman with traditional values. Unfortunately, she couldn’t be both a submissive wife and her husband’s sovereign without some sort of conflict arising. Prince Philip had quite a fragile ego and he struggled with always coming in second, and he took out his frustrations on Queen Elizabeth, even though it wasn’t her fault.

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4. She is not charismatic

Elizabeth is not usually considered to be as likable and charming as her sister, Princess Margaret. Her lack of natural charm was the most obvious the time she met the Kennedys. There were a few times we felt truly sorry for Elizabeth, and this one was one of them.

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5. Queen’s friendship with porchey

Season three of The Crown introduced a minor character that Queen Elizabeth seemed to really like. Porchey was her friend and the horse racing manager. Their friendship even raised suspicions in Prince Philip, so Queen Elizabeth ll had to reassure him that they are just friends, “There are those who would have preferred me to marry him. Indeed, marriage with him might have been easier, might have even worked better than ours. But, to everyone%u2019s regret and frustration, the only person I have ever loved is you.”

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