Josh O'Connor plays the Prince of Wales in Netflix's blockbuster royal drama The Crown with a stoop meant to signify the weight of the world on his character's shoulders.
"He's going to inherit the throne," O'Connor told ABC Radio Brisbane presenter Katherine Feeney.
"And in order for that to happen, in order for his life to begin to take meaning, he has to wait for his mother to die.
"That's a kind of concept that's pretty screwed up."
'I'm a republican': O'Connor
Yet, portraying the next in line to the British throne, the same throne occupied by the present Queen, has endeared the real-life royal family to the young English actor's heart.
"I'm a republican," he said, speaking ahead of the launch of the latest season.
"But I love the royal family as individuals, and the things they represent.
And there's plenty of that in the latest series of The Crown: Margaret Thatcher is elected; the Queen faces a crisis of the Commonwealth; the United Kingdom goes to war with Argentina; and Diana makes her entrance, stalling Australia's shift to republicanism almost indefinitely.
At least that's the brutal assessment of Australian prime minister Bob Hawke, played by Richard Roxburgh, in the episode Terra Nullius, which follows the relatively newly wed Charles and Diana on their 1983 tour of Australia.
According to the script, Roxburgh's Hawke has been looking forward to this moment, as he believes it could prove an opportunity to stoke the flames of republicanism already burning Down Under.
But then the pair arrive with their bouncing baby boy, Prince William, and despite a rocky start, the tide appears to turn.
"She's a superstar," Roxburgh's Hawke plainly states to O'Connor's Charles, as the pair watch their wives stroll amongst sprinklers on a clipped green lawn.
"No offence."
The episode shows Charles conceding the point, and begrudgingly chalking it up as a win for his future; the couple had been told that this tour was intended to put republicanism to rest, and it appears as though Diana has done it.
It might not be far from the truth.
An editorial in the March 24, 1983, edition of the Canberra Times declared that "even for committed republicans, and for the many migrants who have no special reason for caring for the British Royal Family, this visit has a reassuring significance".
"This time there cannot be any speculation of a Royal Governor-General; Prince Charles is now obviously too close to accession to the throne.
"This means that during this tour the community can enjoy the spectacle, think a little on the value of a Head of State totally removed from government and political life, and generally be rather more relaxed than at any time since 1975 about considering whether now it wants change."
Diana the 'Sloane Ranger'
Emma Corrin, the relatively unknown English actress selected for the part of Diana, admits she was surprised upon reading through The Crown's treatment of this chapter in Australian and UK relations.
"I hadn't really had that much awareness of it," Corrin said.
"It was insane to learn that she maybe had an effect on the country that then altered the political landscape going forward.
"That's quite an immense thing."
The 1983 tour of Australia is often regarded as the birth of Dianamania, and series creator Peter Morgan has won accolades for historical accuracy. But The Crown is a Netflix drama, not a documentary or official biography, and creative licences are taken.
Scenes depicting Australia were filmed in Spain, and as Corrin explains, only some members of the cast portraying Australians were Australian, giving rise to curious accents, and amusing moments on-set, including a scene where actors portraying Australian journalists hurl questions about Prince Harry — a baby who wouldn't arrive until the following year.
As for her own approach to historical accuracy and Diana's distinctive manner, Corrin credits Peaky Blinders and Victoria dialect coach William Conacher with helping her find the signature Princess of Wales sound.
"Diana was what was referred to as a Sloane Ranger back in those days," Corrin said, referring to a British descriptor for an upper-class person.
"Sort of like a Chelsea Girl equivalent — they had this thing where they dropped their jaws a lot, all of their vowels were really long.
"It really sounded like — well, I think she did — [she] cared, and was listening."
The Crown is streaming on Netflix from November 15.
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