With new season of The Crown, which is set to begin its production in July, the excitement level is rising with every passing day. The Crown has been a standout on Netflix with some beautiful performances from its cast. To further the world’s obsession with this Netflix original, here are 5 best-ranked episodes, according to IMDb.

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Vergangenheit – Season 1, Episode 6 (9.2)

The episode “Vergangenheit” showed us the backdrop of Queen Elizabeth’s uncle, the Duke of Windsor’s, life. The entire country hated him after abdicating from the throne to spend his remaining years with a woman who’s been divorced three times. But Elizabeth always had a soft spot for him.  The Duke of Windsor comes back into Elizabeth’s life after asking for a job. Although it was tough for her to turn him down, the Queen held her ground and told him of all the ways he let down their sacred country. This episode showed us a new side to Queen Elizabeth ll.

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Assassins – Season 1, Episode 9 (9.2)

By the end of the first season, we learn about the Queen’s close relationship with Porchey, a racing manager for horses. Although Porchey is engaged to be married, Elizabeth is drawn to spending time with him, especially with her strained marriage to Philip. Philip becomes jealous of their relationship and tensions rise.

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Dear Mrs. Kennedy – Season 2, Episode 8 (9.2)

We finally get a glimpse of Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy in The Crown. In this episode, Queen Elizabeth II is inspired by the First Lady and how she handled herself in tense situations.

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Hyde Park Corner – Season 1, Episode 2 (9.1)

Following the health issues of King Geroge VI, he asks his daughter Elizabeth to do the tour with her husband, Prince Philip, on his behalf as he is too sick to travel. After convincing Philip to come along, it ended up being a splendid Commonwealth tour and a chance to connect as a couple.

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Marionettes – Season Two, Episode 5 (9.1)

In this episode we see how the Queen’s speechwriters wrote a very dated and off-color speech for an old car factory and its workers. After which, a journalist decided to write a piece bashing the Monarchy for being so closed off and proposed some changes for them to become more likable. The Queen then went to meet with said journalist secretly and took some of his suggestions to become more liked. She even invited some of the commoners to Kensington Palace to meet them to seem more “normal.”

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