As the mental ward prays for the Princess, one patient named Katherine (Trudie Emery) is prepping for her birthday. The world, as well as the psychiatric patients in the hospital, learn of Margaret’s illness on the news when it is reported that the Princess is in the hospital for exploratory surgery. It gets darker when she has a coughing fit at the table and a trickle of blood lands on her napkin. As the night winds down Dazzle tells Margaret this will have to be their last night together as he is taking his vows and becoming a priest! The next morning at the breakfast table Margaret tells her sister that she has fallen in love with Derek, which shocks the Queen because she assumed Dazzle was “a friend of Dorothy’s.” Falling for a gay priest is never going to work out, but Derek’s absence in Margaret’s life has her in dark mood. Its not long before we find out what Margaret was getting ready for when her flirtatious “friend with benefits” Derek “Dazzle” Jennings (Tom Burke) shows up for a night of drinking, dancing and an all-around thrasher of a good time. In the meantime, we watch as Margaret is still trying to figure out what her purpose is in the family and in her own life. Its not immediately clear who these people are, but two things are certain: they adore the royal family and they must be somehow tied to the plot. On the television we see Elizabeth (Olivia Colman) is attending an Entertainment Benevolent Fund and that quickly segues to patients in a psychiatric hospital who are also watching their Queen live and in color. Dazzling the PrincessĮpisode seven opens on Princess-Party-All-The-Time Margaret (Helena Bonham Carter) smoking a cigarette and putting her face on for what we can only assume is a night out. In the process of self-discovery the Princess uncovers a secret that has plagued their bloodline for decades. After an illness puts the breaks on her good times, the Princess spirals down a hole that she needs a professional to help her climb out of. For Princess Margaret her struggles have always manifested in depression and destructive behaviors. Jennings sadly would die early.When it comes to mental and emotional issues, the Royal family could fill a library of magazine racks. He'd go on to keep quite a famous group of friends from Sir Alec Guinness to, of course, Princess Margaret. Once he'd graduated, he served in Camden and Chiswick before finally becoming the chaplain for Roman Catholic students at King's College London. In real life, this was right before he travelled to Rome to become a Catholic priest. Derek Jennings and Princess Margaret did maintain a friendship in real life (Provider: Netflix) This is the moment we meet him in the show. Who was Derek 'Dazzle' Jennings? Jennings was a senior civil servant in the British Government's Department of the Environment who, to the surprise of his friends, decided to become a priest at age 38. We've pulled together the important parts of the information right here. But how true is this story? Was Dazzle a real man? Did he have a friendship, possibly even more with the princess? Advertisement Advertisement It's a fascinating story, and one worth knowing about. The two grow close before finding out a terrible secret hidden by the Royal Family – a number of hidden family members with mental health issues that had been declared dead to protect the crown. In it, Princess Margaret leans on and becomes infatuated with a catholic priest-in-training named Derek 'Dazzle' Jennings (played by Tom Burke). In episode seven, a curious side story takes the focus of the series. Tom Burke plays the short but pivotal role of Derek 'Dazzle' Jennings in The Crown season 4 (Provider: Netflix) The fascinating story of Father Derek 'Dazzle' Jennings, Princess Margaret's friend, is well worth knowing – and is told in part during The Crown season 4.
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