“The Crown” has come to its dramatic end with the last six episodes premiering on Netflix Thursday.
With the royal family finally brought into the modern age, viewers were anxiously waiting to see how the beloved drama would portray teenage Prince Harry and Prince William as they enter the 21st century.
In the fifth episode of Season 6 titled “Willsmania,” Harry (Luther Ford) gifts his older brother Willy (Ed McVey) a pack of flavored condoms during a birthday party for another member of the Firm.
In the bizarre scene, the now-Duke of Sussex hands William the contraceptive and says, “Since you’ll be flying the nest soon. And because accidents do happen. You’ll all be thanking me later.”
Queen Elizabeth (Imelda Staunton) then perks up and asks “What is it?”
As dad Prince Charles (Dominic West) notices what it is, he interjects: “Oh, for God’s sake Harry.”
The Queen then asks sister Princess Margaret (Lesley Manville): “What are they? Sweeties?”
Harry leans over and tells William: “Putting them in your mouth is optional … just a bit of advice!”
In another scene, Harry chatted with William on the phone where the latter discusses his school life at the University of St. Andrews.
The Invictus Games founder scoffed at his sibling — labeling him as a “frigid weirdo” — for not being interested in women and intercourse.
“University is just sex — with books,” Harry advised the now-Duke of Cambridge.
Harry continued: “Sire some illegitimate bastards and alter the lines of succession. Or swallow some hallucinogenic mushrooms and have a fistfight with the locals. Anything. Just promise me you’ll try not to be so repressed, responsible and boring.”
He went on: “If you want to be treated like everyone else — you’ve got to act like everyone else. What are you so scared of? Go mad!”
The final episodes featured several significant historical events from the late 1990s and into the mid-2000s.
The conclusion also showed the faithful meeting of William and his future wife, Kate Middleton (Meg Bellamy), while at school during a fashion show.
Among the other historical events added into the mix was portraying Harry’s infamous Nazi costume debacle of 2005, the deaths of both Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother in 2002, and the premiership of Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Netflix’s description of the final episodes read that William “tries to integrate back into life at Eton in the wake of his mother’s death as the monarchy has to ride the wave of public opinion. As she reaches her Golden Jubilee, [Queen Elizabeth] reflects on the future of the monarchy with the marriage of Charles [and] Camilla … and the beginnings of a new Royal fairy tale in William and Kate.”
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