Scene from the third season of 'The Crown'
** Seville is Los Angeles .** And we believe it. Therein lies the magic of well-told fiction. And in The Crown , whose third season premiered on Sunday, we believe everything. The series is a peephole that allows us to access the private and public life of the British royal family. They, as in almost all families, love each other, hate each other, eat, dress and… move.
This is a review of some locations this season of a series that shines in every second and that, in addition, works as an inspiring travel guide. Let's adjust our crown and hit the road.
american bar
Those who have the sharp eye will see something curious in the second episode. Its titled Margaretology/Margaritamania , is dedicated to the sister of the Queen, and recreates the tour that she made in 1965 in the United States. During that trip, when they reach The Angels the princess (Helena Bonham Carter) and Lord Snowdon (Ben Daniels), her husband, stay at a hotel. Surprise: is the Alfonso XIII (A Luxury Collection Hotel) in Seville.
It is easy to distinguish from the moment marriage enters into it. Regionalist and Neo-Mudejar architecture He helps him pass through a mid-1960s Los Angeles hotel. The couple have a party at the hotel, sleep and fight, which is normal for them. It is very easy to recognize the historic elevators from the 1920s and the American Bar, where both aristocrats feel at home.
Hotel sources say that the shooting took place last October, lasted a day and a half and was very organized. The production "took care of all the details, from the photos of the bar to the anti-earthquake warning sign that they installed inside the elevators." The suite that appears is not from the hotel, but from a house in Seville's Aljarafe.
In the south of Spain places were also found that, on screen, would be California . The scenes that take place in Les Jolies Eaux , the villa where the princess spent her vacation in Mustique.
Hylands Estate, the White House from 'The Crown'
During that same American tour there is a sequence that takes place in the White House. The one we see in the series is not such. Is about a white house, but English: Hylands State. It recreates Princess Margaret's dance with President Lyndon B. Johnson in December 1965 in Washington. This mansion (Grade II) is rented for celebrations and events and you can visit one Sunday a month.
One of the most used locations in the series is ** Lancaster House ,** a residence of the royal family located in the center of London with an overwhelming art collection. Its interiors have been used to film some scenes that take place in Buckingham. This place also appears in Downton Abbey or The King's Speech; therefore, Helena Bonhan Carter is familiar. The mansion is open on occasion.
Another building used in the series is Wilton House , in Salisbury. this mansion yes can be visited throughout the year. Other locations in the series are Audley End House , in Essex, which in the series recreates the interiors of Balmoral and Belvoir Castel, which appears as Windsor. In United Kingdom They are full of palaces and mansions.
The Crown is candy for savvy travel agencies and hotels. Private companies, such as Tours International, join the momentum by proposing routes through the places where the Peter Morgan series has been filmed.
Wilton House
In France, the **hotel Royal Champagne Hotel & Spa** proposes, following the premiere of the third season, a package called 'The Royal Treatment'. This pack is offered from the day of the premiere until December 17 and adds a curious variable: champagne, which fits in well with the English Royal Family.
Upon arrival guests are greeted with a bollinger Bottle, mark to which Queen Victoria granted royal approval in 1884. They stay in the Royal Junior Suite, enjoy a private tasting of three types of Bollinger and have dinner at the restaurant of the hotel Le Royal. The pack also includes, in addition to an Afternoon Tea, a candlelight massage for two. Princess Margaret would have enjoyed.
Audley End House