![]() There’s a lunar module cake and they have like astronaut helmets and space banners and rocket party hats. I wish I could find ANY screenshots of it to share here. It looks like a really amazing rocket launch party. However, they go to Windsor Castle most weekends, spend each August and September at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, and head off to Sandringham House in Norfolk every Christmas.” So it makes sense that they’re at Windsor most of the time, since most of this episode seems to take place on Sundays (Apollo 11 launched on a Wednesday and the moon landing took place on a Sunday). As this Harper’s Bazaar article on the royal residences states, “Buckingham Palace is the Queen’s working residence during the week when she and the Duke of Edinburgh are based in London. I was curious as to why they seem to be at Windsor for most if not all of this episode and looked it up. The practice polo cage Philip uses in one scene to outrace His Demons is so fucking ridiculous looking. He’s been her private secretary for 16 years as of the time of this episode (which is partially why it’s so unbelievable/funny when Philip can’t remember Michael’s name in a few episodes after he retires) and they clearly known each other very well at this point. I enjoy how Michael Adeane ever so subtly pokes the driest of humor at the queen here in his use of many many synonyms to describe what she wants in the new dean. Someone with a bit of oomph, I think so.” Private Secretary Michael Adeane: “We could discreetly start the search for a replacement.” Queen: “Is it possible, do you think, the dean, might have reached, how can i put this kindly, the moment of his own obsolescence? I noticed one or two people struggling to stay awake.” (maybe the most British way of saying this ever) Philip-ism about the old Dean of Windsor, as he says that he’s not coming back to church again: “It’s not a sermon, it’s a general anesthetic.” Anne, behind her father, shows a little more restraint and doesn’t cross her arms like he does, but her face still shows how annoying and boring she finds the Dean (like father, like daughter). The queen wears a purple hat and just a ridiculously gorgeous coat to church. “They have ears, but they hear not” speech is hilariously on point for Philip. This exchange starts off a theme of Philip finding people or events in his life boring throughout the entire episode. Philip: “That may make him loyal, but it does not make him interesting.” ![]() Queen: “ has been with us for nearly 20 years.” I love how grumpy Philip is when he’s walking up to the church with his wife. May this endeavor increase the knowledge and well-being of mankind? ![]() “On behalf of the British people, i salute the skill and courage that have brought man to the moon. Here’s the text of the note the Queen sent to the Moon. The queen (also in green) comes in to join him and mentions that she’s sending a message to the moon, which will be inscribed with other messages on a disc and left on the moon along with an olive branch “for the little green men to wave about.” I haven’t noticed much of a color story in this episode, but I do love that they’re both wearing some sort of green while she’s joking about the “little green men.” ![]() He’s one of my favorite characters and reminds me very much of my own husband, who often says hilariously inappropriate things and is also tall and slim like Philip.Īt the start of the episode, Prince Philip is watching the astronauts talk on television while wearing blue and dull green. ![]() This may be a particularly quote heavy blog post, as I find Philip absolutely hilarious (if sometimes ridiculously inappropriate). ![]()
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