The sixth
and final season of The Crown is coming. Watch Part 1 from November 16th, Part
2 from December 14th.
The sixth
and final season of The Crown, which follows the life and reign of Queen
Elizabeth II, is in production and will be released by Netflix in two
installments: the first four episodes being released on 16 November 2023, and
the remaining six on 14 December 2023. It is the only season of the series to
be produced following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on 8 September 2022.
Premise
The Crown
traces the reign of Queen Elizabeth II from her wedding in 1947 to the early
21st century.
The sixth
season is expected to be set between 1997 and 2005 and will depict the
premiership of Tony Blair, the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, the early
relationship of Prince William and Kate Middleton, and the wedding of Prince
Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles.
Cast
Imelda
Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II
Viola
Prettejohn as young Princess Elizabeth
Jonathan
Pryce as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Elizabeth's husband
Lesley
Manville as Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, Elizabeth's younger sister
Beau
Gadsdon as young Princess Margaret
Dominic
West as Charles, Prince of Wales, Elizabeth and Philip's eldest child and the
heir apparent
Elizabeth
Debicki as Diana, Princess of Wales, Charles' ex-wife
Olivia
Williams as Camilla Parker Bowles, Charles' long-time lover
Khalid
Abdalla as Dodi Fayed, Diana's lover who died alongside her in the 1997 car
crash
Salim Daw
as Mohamed Al-Fayed, Dodi Fayed's father
Bertie
Carvel as Tony Blair, Prime Minister 1997–2007
Lydia
Leonard as Cherie Blair, Tony Blair's wife
Andrew
Havill as Robert Fellowes, the Queen's private secretary and brother-in-law of
Princess Diana
Marcia
Warren as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, widow of King George VI, mother of
Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret
Claudia
Harrison as Anne, Princess Royal, Elizabeth and Philip's second child and only
daughter
Theo Fraser
Steele as Timothy Laurence, Princess Anne's husband
James
Murray as Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Elizabeth and Philip's third child
Sam Woolf
as Prince Edward, Elizabeth and Philip's youngest child
Ed McVey as
Prince William of Wales, Charles and Diana's elder son and the second-in-line
for the British throne
Rufus Kampa
as young Prince William of Wales
Meg Bellamy
as Catherine Middleton, a classmate of Prince William
Luther Ford
as Prince Harry of Wales, Charles and Diana's younger son and the third-in-line
to the British throne
Will Powell
as young Prince Harry of Wales
Richard
Rycroft as George Carey, the Archbishop of Canterbury
Production
Development
Though the
series was initially planned to run for six seasons, in January 2020 creator
Peter Morgan announced that the series would instead conclude with the fifth
season.[19] In July 2020, Morgan reversed his decision and announced that the
series would end with a sixth season as originally planned, saying, "As we
started to discuss the storylines for Season 5, it soon became clear that in
order to do justice to the richness and complexity of the story we should go
back to the original plan and do six seasons. To be clear, Season 6 will not
bring us any closer to present-day — it will simply enable us to cover the same
period in greater detail."
Casting
In January
2020, Imelda Staunton was announced as succeeding Colman as the Queen in the
fifth season, and her role in the final sixth season was reported in July. Also
in July 2020, Lesley Manville was announced as portraying Princess Margaret,
and the following month, Jonathan Pryce and Elizabeth Debicki had been cast as
Prince Philip and Diana, Princess of Wales, respectively. In October 2020,
Dominic West was in talks to play Prince Charles and was officially confirmed
as part of the cast in April 2021.In June 2021, Olivia Williams announced that
she would portray Camilla Parker Bowles.In September 2022, Rufus Kampa and Ed
McVey were cast as Prince William, while Meg Bellamy was cast as Kate
Middleton.Viola Prettejohn was cast as young Elizabeth, while Beau Gadsdon
reprised her role as young Margaret, for flashback scenes set on Victory in
Europe Day.
Filming
Filming for
the season began in early September 2022, but was paused following the death of
Queen Elizabeth II on 8 September 2022.Filming resumed the following week, but
paused again on the day of the Queen's funeral on 19 September 2022.Filming
wrapped on 21 April 2023.
"Ghost of Diana" controversy
Shortly
after releasing the teaser for season 6 on 9 October 2023, Netflix came under
controversy after an insider from the show described a scene from the new
season, detailing how Princess Diana would be coming back as a ghost to appear
in front of her ex-husband, Charles, and Queen Elizabeth II following her death
in a 1997 car crash in Paris. After backlash, a Netflix spokesperson spoke to
media, claiming "These sensitive and thoughtful imagined conversations
seek to bring to life the depth of emotion that was felt after such a seismic
tragedy struck at the heart of the family."
Release
The season
is scheduled to premiere in two installments: the first four episodes will be
released on 16 November 2023, and the remaining six on 14 December 2023.
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