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How 'The Crown' Will Reportedly Depict the Death Of Princess Diana
The Crown will air on the side of respect and good taste when depicting (or not depicting) the crash that killed Princess Diana, according to new reports. The 's fifth season hits Netflix next month, and will show the dissolution of the marriage of Charles and Diana, now played by Elizabeth Debicki, but filming is already underway for the sixth and final season, which will cover her death in a car crash in a Paris tunnel at the age of 36.Debicki will shoot the scenes over the next two weeks, reports , quoting sources that stressed the importance of sensitivity and “getting it right.” According to their reporting, the show will depict the events leading up to the crash and the aftermath, but not the crash itself, similar to how a previous season showed the events leading up to and following Diana's wedding, but not the ceremony itself.Diana, her boyfriend Dodi Al-Fayed, and their driver were all killed in 1997 when their car, speeding to evade the paparazzi, crashed into the wall of the Pont de l'Alma tunnel. Bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones was the sole survivor.