The highly anticipated Season 5 trailer of “The Crown” has arrived just weeks before its November 9 premiere.
The new season of the award-winning Netflix drama will see a whole new cast – the third generation of actors in the show’s history – ascend into the British royal family. Imelda Staunton plays Olivia Colman’s Emmy-winning role of Queen Elizabeth II, Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip, and Leslie Manville as Princess Margaret, with Dominic West as Prince Charles and Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana.
The new season finds the monarchy on the verge of a personal and political crisis in the early 1990s. The trailer begins with various news reports speculating whether or not the royal family will survive the ongoing storm surrounding the increasingly public breakdown of Diana and Charles’ marriage.
“The House of Windsor should bind the nation together, setting an example of ideal family life,” one man’s voice says as newspaper headlines and tense shots of Charles, Diana, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip appear. “This is a situation that cannot help but affect the stability of the country.”
The grieving couple’s pursuit of divorce – an unprecedented event in British royal history – intensifies conflict between the Queen and her son. Meanwhile, Diana struggles with loneliness and relentless media scrutiny as Charles continues to see Camilla Parker-Bowles (Olivia Williams). “People will never understand how this has really been for me,” Diana says.
Like their estranged husband and mother-in-law, Diana and Prince Charles are ahead of joy versus duty. “Remember one condition, one rule: You remain faithful to this family,” Charles tells Diana. “You mean silent?” She counters, to which he replies: “It’s a system, for better or worse. We’re all stuck in it.”
The trailer also reveals the first footage of Diana’s iconic “revenge dress,” previously seen in photos from set. Signs of political unrest and the monarchy’s weak grip on its empire are made through flashes of violence and destruction. “How did it come to this?” The queen asks.
Season 5 also stars Claudia Harrison as Princess Anne, Johnny Lee Miller as John Major, Salim Dr as Mohamed Al Fayed, and Khalid Abdullah as Dodi Fayed.
Producer Peter Morgan directed all 10 episodes and executive produced with Susan Mackie, Andy Harries, Stephen Daldry, Matthew Byam Shaw, Robert Fox and Jessica Hobbs.
watch the trailer above or Here.
