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THERE’S A MOMENT in the Netflix series The Crown where Princess Margaret, played by Vanessa Kirby, recites John Betjeman’s Blitz-time poem, In Westminster Abbey:
Think of what our Nation stands for,
Books from Boots and country lanes,
Free speech, free passes, class distinction,
Democracy and proper drains.
In the film, the quote figures as a wry tribute from privilege to provincialism, but the whole poem is a scathing condemnation of smugness, selfishness and cowardice. Its lady speaker prays for