With fans of The Crown eagerly awaiting its return next year, many have started to wonder just who Californication actress Natasha McElhone will be playing when she takes on the role of Prince Philip’s close friend, Penny Knatchbull.
Despite being labelled the ‘second-most important woman in Prince Philips’s life’ and being one of only 30 mourners to attend the late royal’s funeral earlier this year, many are still confused about the relationship between the two.
So what exactly do we know about Philip and Penny’s friendship? Penelope ‘Penny’ Eastwood, whose official title is Countess Mountbatten of Burma, was born in London in 1953, just six weeks before Queen Elizabeth’s coronation.
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