After relinquishing his Greek and Danish titles, the newly renamed  Lt. Philip Mountbatten (Matt Smith), 26, marries 21-year-old Princess Elizabeth (Claire Foy) at Westminster Abbey in front of their nearest and dearest — plus 2,000 guests and 200 million BBC Radio listeners. Ever the attention seeker, former (but soon to return) prime minister Winston Churchill (John Lithgow) threatens to steal Elizabeth’s thunder by parading down the aisle just before she processes in with her father, King George VI (Jared Harris). A year later, Princess Elizabeth gives birth to Prince Charles, and nearly two years after that, her first and only daughter, Princess Anne, is born. 

On Set: teams of six people worked for six weeks at a time embroidering Elizabeth’s wedding train and dress.