Did the Queen's speech prove that she watches The Crown

Did the Queen's speech prove that she watches The Crown

The Queen's first ever televised Christmas message features in series two of Netflix series The Crown.

And now, royal fans believe the 91-year-old monarch referenced the popular drama in her annual speech this year - suggesting that she really has watched the programme. 

Follow this year's address, social media users questioned whether the Queen included a clip of her first televised broadcast because she'd seen actress Claire Foy re-create the historic moment on TV.

One wrote 'Do you think the queen put that wee clip in cause she watched it on #thecrown'? 

Another commented: 'Nice of the Queen to reference Claire Foy like that #TheCrown #QueensSpeech'. 

At the start of this year's address, the Queen said: 'Sixty years ago today, a young woman spoke about the speed of technological change as she presented the first television broadcast of its kind. She described the moment as a landmark.'

A clip of the monarch's first televised Christmas Day broadcast in 1957 was then shown, in which she said: 'Television has made it possible for many of you to see me in your homes on Christmas Day.

'My own family often gather round to watch television as they are at this moment, and that is how I imagine you now.' 

Moving back to the present day, the Queen joked: 'Six decades on, the presenter has 'evolved' somewhat, as has the technology she described.' 

The question of whether the monarch has watched The Crown is under debate, after it was suggested that Prince Edward and the Countess of Wessex encouraged her to watch series one of the Netflix drama.

A source told the Express at the time: 'Edward and Sophie love The Crown. It has been a longstanding arrangement that they drive to Windsor at the weekend to join the Queen for an informal supper while watching TV or a film.

'They have a Netflix account and urged her to watch it with them. Happily, she really liked it, although obviously there were some depictions of events that she found too heavily dramatised.'

Responding to the rumours, actress Claire Foy has previously said: 'I will believe it when I see it is all I'll say.'

Meanwhile, Prince Philip is not believed to have watched the drama, having reportedly told a dinner guest 'Don't be ridiculous' after being asked whether he'd seen it.