An official synopsis of the 10-episode final season reads: “As The Crown enters a new decade, Prince William starts at university in St. Andrew’s, determined to lead as normal a life as possible while he still can. Also beginning life as a university student is Kate Middleton from Berkshire. As the pair meet for the first time on campus, a new romance and a new future for The Crown begins.”
In addition to royal romance, new episodes will portray Diana’s tragic 1997 death, as well as other key historical events that may include 9/11; the queen’s Golden Jubilee, celebrating her 50 years on the throne; and the deaths of Princess Margaret and the Queen Mum in 2002.
Returning royal family cast members include Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth, Jonathan Pryce as Prince Phillip, Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana, Dominic West as Prince Charles, Olivia Williams as Camilla Parker-Bowles, Claudia Harrison as Princess Anne, and Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret. Joining the ensemble are Bertie Carvel as Prime Minister Tony Blair, Salim Daw as Mohamed Al Fayed, and Khalid Abdalla as Dodi Fayed, who was dating Princess Diana and died with her in that fatal Paris crash.
The final season will also chronicle much of Prince William and Prince Harry’s adolescence. Luther Ford will play the adult iteration of Harry, while Flynn Edwards has been cast as the younger version. Meanwhile, Rufus Kampa will take on Prince William in earlier episodes.
The Crown’s final season will be released following a consequential year for the monarchy, including the coronation of Prince Charles, Harry’s scorched-earth memoir Spare and the death of Queen Elizabeth II. When the monarch died, the series paused production in honor of her.
Now, The Crown viewers look to the future by delving back into the past. “In Season 6, the arrival of William and Kate and Harry just blows the doors off,” series creator Peter Morgan said last November. “You want to see them. It happened in the read through. You could just see everyone was looking up and looking at each other across the room. And every time William spoke, it was like, ‘Oh my God, this is just riveting.’”
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