Episode 7 of The Crown Season 5’s title is “No Woman’s Land,” which is somewhat ironic considering it is exclusively about one woman.
For the first time this season, the show allows Diana (Elizabeth Debicki) to take center stage, surprising given she’s undoubtedly the main draw this year as we inch closer to her passing in the show’s timeline.
She may be in the spotlight in this episode, but it sure is a lonely one.
Peter Morgan takes great pain to show how isolated Diana finds herself in the wake of her separation from Charles (Dominic West): she swims alone, arrives at glamorous events solo, and sullenly watches TV by herself in her apartment.
Unsure what to do with herself now that she is “neither royal nor normal.”
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