Explain to me why Peter Morgan was attending a Women’s awards show in the first place – and don’t say it was because Harpers Bazaar was promoting The Crown. There’s no proof of that whatsoever. There was literally no benefit to him or the series by him attending the awards, especially as he wasn’t even photographed and we only found out he was even there because of a short BTS video.

If you don’t want me to say that HB is The Crown’s marketing partner, what else do you expect me to answer? You can’t send me an ask and tell what not to say. How is that supposed to be a discussion? But if you think I have no proof and what I say is bullshit, I encourage you to do your own research. Open your laptop. Go on Google. Tape Harper Bazaar + The Crown and see for yourself.
Marketing partnerships are easy to find. It’s when a magazine (or a Tv network, or a website, or whatever you want) has an exclusivity on a tv show (or a movie, or a play, or whatever you want).
HB announced that the show was in production in exclusivity, they announced the casting, the date of release in exclusivity, they had exclusive interviews with Peter Morgan, exclusive photoshoot with the casts, they released the first pictures in exclusivity and the first trailer. They promoted it in every country it would air on Netflix, on Facebook and Twitter from all their international accounts.
Now how much do you bet Gillian’s participation in The Crown will be announced sooner or later in Harper’s Bazaar magazine?