What did Shakespeare ever do for the Royals?
Heavy lies the head: Josh O’Connor as Prince Charles in The Crown Credit: Des Willie / Netflix In season three of The Crown, a student Prince Charles (played by Josh O’Connor), voices one of the most melancholy speeches in Richard II: “Within the hollow crown that rounds the mortal temples of a king/ keeps Death his court...” He invests Richard’s words, which reflect on the human vulnerability of every monarch, with a poignant sense of premature personal understanding. We know that the heir apparent is still keen on Shakespeare, not least because he’s president of the RSC, in w...