The Crown......again!

The John Betjeman poem is basically a list of non-U behaviours.

Do people say non-U any more? It was used quite lot in my youth.

Anniebach

She has coped for 40 years poor woman, so many lies about her and so many believe them.

Which lies Anniebach ?

Jane10 - sorry to be dim but what’s ‘HKLP’?

Oh dear MIF is another HKLP! So many secret social cues.
My Dad told me that in the war he was sent to a special weekend location in a big country house where among other things his table manners and general knowledge of how things should be done and said were secretly scrutinised. He must have done OK as he was sent for officer training after that.

Love the poem. I read recently that another abbreviation like NOC is MIF
- milk in first!!

She has coped for 40 years poor woman, so many lies about her and so many believe them.

I was thinking that any ground that Camilla has made with public opinion over the past years will have been lost. With probably not much time to regain it.

Apparently Camilla is getting a lot of abuse on line including death threats.

Here it is. John Betjeman mercilessly skewering 1950s middle class pretensions.

How To Get On In Society

Phone for the fish knives, Norman
As cook is a little unnerved;
You kiddies have crumpled the serviettes
And I must have things daintily served.

Are the requisites all in the toilet?
The frills round the cutlets can wait
Till the girl has replenished the cruets
And switched on the logs in the grate.

It's ever so close in the lounge dear,
But the vestibule's comfy for tea
And Howard is riding on horseback
So do come and take some with me

Now here is a fork for your pastries
And do use the couch for your feet;
I know that I wanted to ask you-
Is trifle sufficient for sweet?

Milk and then just as it comes dear?
I'm afraid the preserve's full of stones;
Beg pardon, I'm soiling the doileys
With afternoon tea-cakes and scones.

Dreams or ambitions , a 19 years old can have both.

Iam64 Hear hear!

Jane10, Well remembered.
“ Phone for the fish knives Norman”
Fish eaters are considered common, I doubt they are used in Royal households.

PollyDolly, if your major concern about accuracy in this series of the Crown is the lack of fish knives and Diana crossing her legs, I'd relax.
It's a fictionalised drama based loosely on our national history, told through the RF. It's great tv for lock down but suspend belief. Enjoy the scenery, the dogs, the horses, the clothes and the clipped accents in The Crine. Don't expect a true reflection of history and all will be well.
Just to add, I find it helpful to watch with sympathy for the RF. What a job the key members have from cradle to grave. All their mistakes captured on film or in the memories of a "source close to the RF" who is willing to sell their soul for a bit of cash or publicity.
My natural sympathy was for the 19 year old whose dreams fell apart. Doesn't mean I don't feel for every one involved in that drama.

The series should come with a ‘this is Fiction based on some true events ‘ preferably in large letters at the beginning of each episode.

Have you read the John Betjeman poem that mentions fish knives...?

I think this series is particularly cruel. I know it's a drama and not factual but so many people believe what is shown on the screen.

I remember getting a set of fish knives and forks as a wedding present PollyDolly don't think anyone uses them now, mine were sold a long time ago.

I checked google images. Plenty of pictures of Diana with her legs crossed. So I guess they do?

No idea about the salmon. Are fish knives just for fish with bones in? I use ordinary cutlery on my salmon steaks.

Many many details are not correct in The Crown, PollyDolly, and many so-called facts are wrong too !!