Netflix has unveiled a brand new trailer for The Crown season 5. The series, which dramatizes the life of the United Kingdom's longest-reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth II, spends every two seasons covering a different stage of her life. When the show premiered in 2016 with Claire Foy in the lead, it followed the Queen as she began her reign. Seasons 3 and 4, which starred two-time Oscar winner Olivia Colman, followed a period of great change in the UK at the beginning of the Thatcher era, with Margaret Thatcher stepping onto the national stage, as portrayed by The X-Files' Gillian Anderson.The Crown seasons 5 and 6 will be the final two seasons of the show, with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix star Imelda Staunton stepping into the lead role. The seasons will cover slightly more contemporary royal issues, spanning from the fraught relationship between Charles and Diana to the burgeoning romance between their son Prince William and Kate Middleton. This season boasts a brand-new cast, including Jonathan Pryce as Prince Phillip, Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret, and Dominic West as Prince Charles. Princess Diana, who was previously portrayed by Emma Corrin, will now be played by Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Tenet star Elizabeth Debicki.Today, as part of their global fan event TUDUM, Netflix shared a new trailer for The Crown season 5 highlighting the friction between Prince Charles and Princess Diana. It is a brief clip, showing both of the iconic royal figures preparing for what is presumably a series of press conferences. So much of the strife between Charles and Diana was played out on the global stage, and The Crown is implying that it is prepared to show the inner workings of that dynamic. Check it out below:
The Crown Season 5 Gets Closer To The Present Day
As The Crown jumps in time yet again, it is beginning to cover events that are more and more recent. This will naturally include the tragic death of Princess Diana following her divorce from Prince Charles. The life of Diana has been covered in quite a few different projects recently, including the Pablo Larraín biographical drama Spencer and the Netflix recorded production of Diana: The Musical, but The Crown seems prepared to provide their inimitable spin on the material.
In the wake of the recent news of Queen Elizabeth II's death, many have wondered if The Crown will run all the way to the end of its main character's life. However, the creator has already stated that the series will be staying away from current events, including the wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and all the royal infighting that followed. The series is getting more modern than it has ever been, but it will still be remaining firmly in the past as it reaches its conclusion.
Source: Netflix