Joining the chorus of universal praise for The Crown (season 4)

 I will join in the praise of Season 4 of Peter Morgan's monumental series, The Crown. The series deserves commendation on every level and aspect, starting perhaps w/ the look of the spare-no-expense sets and settings for the royal family, all reconstructed and resurrected it seems in perfect period detail, both big (the airplanes, the cars, the equestrian stuff and hunting) and small (the many object d'art and portraiture in every interior). The series is of course centered on the disintegrating relationship between Charles and Diana w/ the side story being the tension between Thatcher and just about every else during her ten year reign of austerity; several of the episodes concern moments in British history in the 1980s not well known to American viewers - the disappearance of Thatcher's son during an African road rally, an intruder in Buckingham Palace - others are much better known, e.g., the Falklands War, the role of the UK in re apartheid. The lead actors are all terrific, perfectly cast and totally credible in their roles, with Olivia Colman at the top but also standouts for a # of others whom I have to look up: Josh O'Connor as Charles, Emma Corrin as Diana, Tobias Menzies as Prince Phillip, Erin Dohherty as Princess Anne, and Helena Bojnham Carter as Princess Margaret (and note that all of the minor roles are equally well cast and played). Highest praise to Morgan, as the writing (and direction for that matter) is incredibly smart, as well are constantly surprised at the twists and turns of the dialog and feel both sympathy and loathing, at various moments and degrees, for all of the royals, even Charles: How can we not pity him, even when he's at his most brutal, when we see the family he came from, the complete and total lack of affection? he's perfectly cast in this series, but miscast in life.