The final season of “The Crown” will trace the beginnings of the romance between William and Kate. And the actors who will play the royal couple are already known.
The royal family will make their final bow, in streaming at least. The Crown, a series which traces the reign of Elizabeth II from her coronation to the 2000s, will end on Netflix. Season 6 will be broadcast in two parts, with the first episodes to be discovered on November 16, before the finale scheduled for December 14.
After depicting the moods of Elizabeth II and her sister, Princess Margaret, the frustrations of Prince Philip or the failed marriage of Charles and Diana, it’s time for the new generation. In this final season, viewers will be able to discover the heirs to the British crown: Prince William and the woman who will become his wife, Kate Middleton.
Kate and William in The Crown
To play the royal couple at the start of their romance, the production chose two actors unknown to the public: Meg Bellamy, 20, who did theater at her school and has no professional experience, plays the Princess of Wales, while the heir to the crown is played by Ed McVey.
This 23-year-old actor graduated from the Drama Center in London, but is finding his first big role on television here. Here is their first official photo as William and Kate. Rather similar, no? Your turn to judge !
The consequences of Diana’s death
In season 6 of The Crown, we will therefore discover the couple formed by William and Kate during their years of study at the University of St Andrews, in Scotland. It was there, in 2001, that they met.
Before arriving at this temporal period, the faithful of The Crown will discover the death of Princess Diana in the accident which cost her her life in 1997. The series will analyze the consequences of this death within the family, and the impact it will have on her two children, William and Harry.
In the casting, fans of the series will also find faces from the last season, namely Imelda Staunton (Elizabeth II), Jonathan Pryce (Prince Philip), Dominic West (Prince Charles) or even Elizabeth Debicki (Diana) and Olivia Williams ( Camilla Parker Bowles).
In the meantime, the five seasons of The Crown are already available for streaming on Netflix.