In the news, Thatcher reminds journalists that she’s also a mother. Thatcher’s son has been found, and the Prime Minister is elated. She then diverts her attention to Diane how she’s always compared to her in the media. Her daughter talks about her lack of privacy wherever she goes. A picnic with AnneĮlizabeth has a picnic with Princess Anne. Her outburst is soon after receiving little updates on her son - she seems to be struggling to be Prime Minister and a mother at the same time in an insightful chapter into her character. They want to reroute the HMS Endurance to avoid unnecessary conflict and solve it diplomatically, but Thatcher does not want to “do nothing”.
While receiving an update on her son, the foreign secretary tells Thatcher that the Argentine junta has responded by sending its own ice patrol ship and two missile-carrying corvettes to protect its citizens. He describes how students make fun of his braces, and he suffers many pranks from the other students. He explains that because he’s third in line to the throne, he is bullied. Sitting with Prince EdwardĮlizabeth sits with her son Prince Edward.
The series is suggesting that her response to the Falklands was influenced at the time by her worry of Mark. Thatcher is despondent as her son is clearly on her mind. Thatcher is then asked permission to grant an ice-breaking vessel, HMS Endurance, to be sent from Port Stanley to the Island of South Georgia to evict a group of Argentine scrap metalworkers. Meanwhile, Margaret Thatcher learns that there has been a sighting of her son however, he’s not been found. “Favourites” is showing the start of the trigger for the Falklands War.Įlizabeth wants to see her children, in private, one at a time. They need to report it to the governor of the Falkland Islands as the Argentinians refuse to leave. The scientists tell the men to take their flag away and leave immediately as it is not their land. In their survey centre, a group of Argentinian men have taken over. A group of British scientists are hiking on an expedition. “Favourites” then flits to South Georgia, Falkland Islands Territory, South Atlantic. However, Elizabeth is not convinced she knows who her favourite child is. Philip says his favourite child is Anne and that everyone knows who hers is. Later on, Elizabeth is intrigued about Thatcher’s claims to having a “favourite child”. He hasn’t been sighted since a checkpoint in Algeria. She states he has been competing in the Paris-Dakar car rally which leads to the Sahara desert. Thatcher brings up that her favourite child Mark has gone missing. The Crown appears to be choosing a more sympathetic route for Thatcher, especially in “Favourites”. Elizabeth explains that she isn’t the first Prime Minister to break down in this palace and offers her a whiskey. Thatcher breaks down in tears and apologises. Thatcher responds that there is no magic button and that she would love to fix the inflation faster, but she has Parliament to contend with. Elizabeth criticises her for inflation, unemployment and civil unrest. It then flits back to Buckingham Palace, and Prime Minister Thatcher is visiting.