Dominic West Explains Why He Didn’t Reach Out to Prince Harry for Advice About ‘The Crown’

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Keeping this one to himself. Dominic West is friends with Prince Harry, but he decided against asking his pal for advice about playing King Charles III on The Crown.“I didn’t think it was appropriate to call him up and ask him for tips,” the Wire alum, 53, joked to Entertainment Tonight at the season 5 premiere in London on Tuesday, November 8.

The U.K. native added that he actually hasn’t spoken to the Duke of Sussex, 38, in “many years,” though they were friendly in the past.“We did walk to the South Pole together with a lot of wounded soldiers, so I got to know him pretty well,” West explained, referring to a charity event the pair did together in 2013.

The duo participated in the Walking With the Wounded, joining an expedition through Antarctica with injured military service people.“He was very much part of the team,” the Tomb Raider actor said of the royal at a press conference in January 2014. “He seemed to specialize in building latrines.

He built this incredible castellated structure with blocks to keep out the wind, and it even had a [toilet] roll holder.”West is a new cast member of The Crown, making his debut as Charles, 63, in season 5, which premiered on Wednesday, November 9.