Finally, Netflix has released a full trailer for the upcoming season of the hit royal drama, The Crown. Check it out below.
The Crown season 5will be broadcast live on 9 November, will explore the highly publicized end of Charles and Diana’s marriage, John Major’s time as Prime Minister and the Queen’s reign in 1992.
Imelda Staunton will inherit the role of the late Queen Elizabeth II from Olivia Colman in the new episodes of The Crown, while Jonathan Pryce plays Prince Philip. Dominic West and Elizabeth Debicki play Charles and Diana, respectively.
Lesley Manville will take on the role of Princess Margaret, and Jonny Lee Miller is cast as John Major. All six characters are present and correct in the show’s first trailer – set to an ominous rendition of The Verve’s Bitter Sweet Symphony – and you can watch it all through Details about the rest of the cast in the upcoming season in our column center.
As the video above shows, things didn’t exactly go smoothly at Buckingham Palace in The Crown season 5. In 1992, the Queen’s daughter, Princess Anne, divorced her husband, and Windsor Castle caught fire and the remainder of the year. The argument began – the first time in years – against the royals. However, the main plot of Season 5 will be the breakdown in the marriage of Charles and Diana.
“This particular part of history, a lot of terrible things happened,” Staunton said in a recent interview with Weekly entertainment. “There’s been a lot of turmoil, it’s impossible to make up – these things have happened. I think there’s a lot going on for people around this time.” And judging by the first season 5 trailer, she’s not exaggerating.
Fans’ waits for The Crown’s return have been longer than usual – but not surprisingly, because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Instead, the show was scheduled to last a year before the virus began to present the entertainment world with numerous production challenges.
As for the future of the series after season 5, we know that The Crown season 6 – which will be the last of the show – has already begun filming. Filming was temporarily put on hold following the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September, but presenter Peter Morgan has since confirmed that production of new episodes is underway again.
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