Six historical facts The Crown got seriously wrong - Illness, flings, war and timelines

Netflix’s The Crown, poised to drop Season 5 on November 6, is irrefutable proof of America’s continuing fascination with England’s royal family. The series opens with Elizabeth’s wedding to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in 1947 and Season 4 wraps with the resignation of longtime Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Netflix has put out a last-minute call for an actor to play Prince Harry in season six of The Crown, with filming scheduled to start in November. Anyone who looks like Prince Harry (or knows someone who does) is being urged to come forward – and no acting experience is necessary.There is a two-week deadline and entrants need to send a short video of themselves doing “something they love” by email and whoever the future star will be has been promised “a great deal of support”.The call-out sheet reads: “Robert Sterne, Casting Director of the Netflix series THE CROWN, is searching for an exceptional young actor to play Prince Harry in the next series." It continues: “It is a significant role in this award winning drama and we are looking for a strong physical resemblance.

Queen's granddaughter, Zara Tindall has admitted she hopes her life doesn't feature on The Crown, which is set to return to streaming service Netflix later this year.Zara, 41, has previously featured on the Netflix hit as a small child enjoying Christmas on the Sandringham Estate – played by an unnamed actress.However, King Charles' niece hopes the programme will draw a line and won't continue into her life as she became older.READ MORE: Buckingham Palace 'moves to protect' King Charles from 'exploitative' The CrownSo far, viewers have seen The Coronation of the late Queen Elizabeth, the wedding of the then Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, the assassination of Lord Mountbatten and the death of King George, as well as the abdication.Speaking previously on the House of Rugby podcast, mum-of-three Zara said: "I hope to God they don't go that far," before her husband Mike Tindall joked that Jason Statham would play him in series 35.Discussing who she would like to see take on the role of playing her, Mike interrupted saying: "Charlize Theron maybe," to which Zara added: "Yeah, or my God, I've gone total blank with me," before host Alex Payne suggested Aussie beauty, Margot Robbie."Or Margot, that's a good one, or Justin Timberlake's wife, Jessica Biel, obviously I look very similar to all of them."Mike has previously admitted that he has seen The Crown, while other members of The Royal Family have remained relatively quiet about the series which has raised some eyebrows.Speaking on his The Good, The Bad & The Rugby podcast, about series four the rugby ace said: "Yeah, well it's getting to more things that people know about, isn't it, and have opinions about so, that's where it gets difficult."Remember everyone, it is a

King Charles' staff are said to "fear The Crown will dent his popularity" as the new series will shine a spotlight on his affair with Camilla, who is now Queen Consort. A trailer for the new season confirms the Netflix show will focus on the early nineties and the breakdown of the marriage between a then-Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana.The pair married in 1981 and the world thought it was witnessing a fairytale.

Buckingham Palace is reportedly making the move to protect King Charles ahead of the latest season of “The Crown”.

With the release of Netflix’s fifth season of The Crown in a matter of weeks, sources close to the new King suggest the palace is moving to protect the monarchy from the dramatisation. Over the weekend, streaming giant Netflix released a trailer for the upcoming fifth season of The Crown, which showed Princess Diana and Prince Charles preparing for TV interviews about their relationship.

a certain amount of historical accuracy, today brings good news. Netflix has confirmed that season five of The Crown will debut in November. The streamer made the announcement at its Tudum global fan event this weekend.

The latest series of The Crown will premiere on November 9, Netflix has revealed. The fifth series of the hit show, which dramatises the lives of the Royal Family, will feature storylines surrounding the lives of the then Prince Charles and Princess Diana.

“The Crown” is finally back. Peter Morgan’s acclaimed Netflix series chronicling the royal family returns with season 5 on Nov. 9, the streaming platform revealed during Tudum: A Netflix Global Fan Event. The news of its return comes just over two weeks after Queen Elizabeth II’s death at the age of 96 when production on the new episodes was briefly suspended out of respect.

is finally back. Peter Morgan’s acclaimed Netflix series chronicling the royal family returns with season 5 on Nov. 9, the streaming platform revealed during Tudum: A Netflix Global Fan Event.

Netflix have confirmed when the fifth series of The Crown will return.Fans don't have long to wait to the latest instalment of the Royal Family-inspired television series.A post shared on The Crown's official Twitter account revealed season five will drop on November 9.READ MORE: Six historical facts The Crown got seriously wrong - Illness, flings, war and timelinesThe announcement comes less than a week after Queen Elizabeth II was laid to rest.Her Majesty passed away peacefully on September 8, Buckingham Palace confirmed at the time.A state funeral was held for the Queen on Monday, September 19 and was watched by billions of people across the world.The fifth series of The Crown will follow the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II.Imelda Staunton will star as Elizabeth, along with main cast members Jonathan Pryce, Lesley Manville, Jonny Lee Miller, Dominic West and Elizabeth Debicki. All cast members are new to the series.Season five marks The Crown's second wholesale recasting, following the ensembles led by Claire Foy and Olivia Colman.

K.J. Yossman Netflix has revealed the premiere date for “The Crown” Season 5 during its online Tudum fan event on Saturday. The dramatized series about the British Royal Family is set to return on Nov. 9 with an entirely new cast. Imelda Staunton (“Harry Potter”) takes over from Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II while Jonathan Pryce (“The Two Popes”) will play her husband, Prince Philip. Meanwhile Dominic West (“The Affair”) will play Prince Charles, Elizabeth Debicki (“Tenet”) will portray Princess Diana, Lesley Manville (“Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”) joins as the Queen’s sister Princess Margaret, and Jonny Lee Miller (“Elementary”) stars as Prime Minister John Major.

taking a brief hiatus following Queen Elizabeth II’s death, has resumed filming on the final two seasons of the acclaimed historical drama about the royal family. On Thursday, Elizabeth Debicki, who will make her debut as Princess Diana in season 5, was seen filming a scene with newcomer Rufus Kampa, who recently was cast as a 15-year-old Prince William. The two were seen filming on a boat in Palma, Spain, with another young actor reportedly portraying Prince Harry.

Queen Elizabeth II’s Sept. 8 death sent viewers flocking to Netflix’s The Crown, with Season 1 of the Peter Morgan drama returning to the streamer’s Top 10 at #7 for the week of Sept. 5 – Sept. 11, which included the day the news of the Queen’s passing broke and the three days that followed. For the week of Sept. 12 – Sept. 18, which coincided with UK’s period of national mourning, The Crown‘s first season rose to #3 with 40.8M hours viewed, with Season 2 also reentering the Top 10 at #7 with 16.7M hours viewed.

A majestic match. Princess Anne — the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip — married Sir Timothy Laurence in December 1992.

Queen Elizabeth II died at age 96, her eldest son, King Charles III, officially ascended the British throne and was declared sovereign. While his coronation ceremony has yet to take place, there are things that will have to be done prior to that happening, one being getting his crowns resized.The St.

Zack Sharf John Oliver said on the Sept. 19 episode of “Late Night with Seth Meyers” that it was “pretty shitty” to have his Queen Elizabeth II jokes censored by the U.K. television network Sky following the British monarch’s death. During the first episode of Oliver’s HBO show “Last Week Tonight” that aired after the queen’s passing, the host quipped that the U.K. was “reeling from the shocking death of a 96-year-old woman from natural causes.” Oliver was being sarcastic, which led Sky to censor the comment from the show. “All we said was that Britain is still mourning the shocking loss — right? — of a 96-year-old woman from natural causes. It’s literally not a joke,” Oliver told Seth Meyers about the censorship. “Scientifically, it’s not a joke. That’s just a fact with a kind of dick-ish inflection, that’s all it is. And yet they cut it out, which is pretty shitty because apparently all we’ve heard all week is the queen had this incredible sense of humor. Just nonstop. Oh, she was so funny. Seth, she was so funny. The queen, she was razor sharp.”

Queen Elizabeth II had countless duties and responsibilities throughout her life - whether it be public appearances, openings or charity events, she was always in the public eye.No doubt the constant attention would have been exhausting for our longest-reigning monarch, but how did she like to relax?According to reports, the Queen was something of a TV aficionado and loved to sit in front of a decent series after a long day.READ MORE: Queen Elizabeth's heartbreaking last birthday message to Prince Harry as he turns 38If you've ever wondered what the Queen liked to curl up in front of, keep reading to check out her favourite series on telly.Former BBC Radio 2 editor Phil Jones has previously revealed that the Queen told him her favourite television show was this BBC classic.He spoke to the New Statesman and admitted that he didn’t know what to talk to Her Majesty about while he was in her presence at Buckingham Palace.Phil said: “In the end, I alighted on: ‘What’s your favourite programme?’ Straight away she said: ‘The Kumars at No.42,’ and, even more astonishingly, proceeded to recite some of the one-liners from the grandma character, played by the brilliant Meera Syal.”The show originally ran from 2001 to 2006 and had a brief revival in 2014.The former monarch was reportedly a huge fan of the BBC One dancing competition, which is held around the festive season every year.Camilla confirmed that her mother-in-law loved a spot of Strictly and the entire royal family even voted for Rose Ayling-Ellis while she was on the show back in 2021, who went on to win with partner Giovanni Pernice.Camilla and Charles, who then went by Prince Charles, later visited the EastEnders set where they met the actress and gushed over her

The Imperial State Crown, orb and sceptre were placed on top of Queen Elizabeth II's coffin for the duration of her state funeral, and it turns out the objects were actually screwed down to prevent any mishaps. Each object was bolted to Her Majesty's coffin to ensure that they could not fall off, after her grandfather, King George VI, had his crown fall from his coffin.