The Crown: parents' guide

Mostly restrained: war footage, an IRA bomb that kills a man and his grandson, bloody surgery, and hunts with wounded animals. A drawn-out season 5 flashback graphically shows the Romanov family, children included, shot and bayoneted. Diana's crash happens offscreen.

Mostly mild British words like 'bloody' and misused religious names. Stronger words are rare: a c-word in a crude joke in the first episode, an occasional s-word, and the odd f-word.

Affairs and romances drive many plots. One season 2 episode has a lengthy sex scene without explicit nudity, and there are brief bare breasts and buttocks, some in a tribal setting, plus suggestive photo shoots and sexual innuendo.

Cigarettes and cigars are constant, and a king's lung cancer is tied to smoking. Social drinking is routine with occasional drunkenness, a prime minister relies on prescription pills, and one man uses cocaine in season 5.

Emotionally heavy: a coal-tip collapse that buries a school full of children, Diana's bulimia and suicide attempts, Princess Margaret's overdose, a king's fatal illness, a young prince bullied at school, and Diana's death in season 6.