Netflix’s “The Crown” isn’t Uptight, It’s a Return to Decency

3 Lessons from the Royals that can make us all more decent human beings.

Nichee Kay
7 min readDec 10, 2020

So I binged all 4 seasons of “The Crown” last week.

And. It. Was. Delicious.

Image from Netflix

My favourite character is by far Princess Margaret, which is kind of ironic for the title of this article. Nevertheless, I believe she is still far more decent than 80% of the human race right now. I also believe we, as a collective human race, is in deadly need of a refresher course on decency.

Naturally, one feels quite self-restrained after watching the series, with all the uptight protocols, excessive etiquettes and HRHs.

But not in a bad way...

In fact, I think it has made me a more effective communicator at work, a more tactful friend and just a more decent human being all around.

Since I quite like myself this way, I thought I should share how I came to become like this through the 3 lessons I’ve learnt from “The Crown”:

#1 Have Faith until the End

From Season 3, Episode 4 “Bubbikins”

In one of the most moving scenes of Season 3, Princess Alice said to Prince Philip:

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Nichee Kay

Entrepreneur 🕯 | Writer 📝: All about Authenticity💯 & Self-love❤️