In 1952, Elizabeth (Victoria Hamilton) bought the remote Castle of Mey (also known for a time as Barrogill Castle), on the north coast of Scotland. The castle was probably built between 1566 and 1572 by George Sinclair, 4th Earl of Caithness. The Queen Mother oversaw its restoration, which included installing electricity and water for the first time, and used it as a "get away from everything" place for three weeks in August and ten days in October each year.
On the 1953 seven-month round-the-world tour, the Queen and Prince Philip visited 12 countries or territories (Bermuda, Jamaica, Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand, Australia, Cocos Islands, Ceylon, Aden, Uganda, Malta and Gibraltar), covering more than 40,000 miles (64.374 km) by land, sea, and air. An estimated three-quarters of the Australian population saw them.
The tiara that Margaret tries on is a similar replica to the Queen Mary's Diamond Bandeau Tiara worn by former actress Meghan Markle (now the Duchess of Sussex) at her wedding to Prince Harry, the Queen's real life grandson. The character of Margaret also refers to the Cambridge Lover's Knot Tiara occasionally worn by Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales.
George VI's statue, unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II (Claire Foy) in 1955, was the work of Scottish sculptor William McMillan. In 2009, the Queen would return to Carlton Gardens (central London), to unveil the addition of the Queen Mother's (Victoria Hamilton) statue by another Scottish sculptor, Philip Jackson, depicting her at the time that she became widowed, aged 51.
Princess Margaret (Vanessa Kirby) represented the Crown several times during the 1950s. Her tour aboard Britannia to the British colonies in the Caribbean in 1955 created a sensation throughout the West Indies, and calypsos were dedicated to her. She also toured East Africa and Mauritius in 1956.