The Crown has seen a renewed interest following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, and the Netflix show is about to enter the monarchy’s worst decade.
Netflix’s royal drama series The crown will return with its penultimate fifth season on November 9, as revealed at the streamer’s annual TUDUM event this weekend. The announcement was made via a very simple yet symbolic poster with the show’s title against a wall with a long, single crack in it, which, given the time period the series has been on, is a sign of the UK’s crumbling reputation. monarchy during the 1990s.
The first look at The crown new season previously promised an “all-out war” between then Prince Charles and Princess Diana. There are also a number of cast changes coming up, with Imelda Staunton now taking on the role of Olivia Colman’s late Queen Elizabeth II, with Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip. In addition, Dominic West plays Prince Charles, Elizabeth Debicki is Princess Diana, Lesley Manville is Princess Margaret and Jonny Lee Miller makes his surprising appearance as Prime Minister John Major.
Very few specific details have been revealed about the final season, and there have been enough castings to reveal what this season’s main storyline will be. Naturally based on the real events surrounding the British monarchy, and the show that has already been confirmed to cover the most difficult years of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign, the season will lead to Diana’s death towards the end of the decade and the resulting decline in public opinion of the royal family.
The death of Queen Elizabeth II has sparked a huge surge in interest in the crown
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The crown has always been one of Netflix’s crown jewels, but after the death of Queen Elizabeth II earlier this month, there was a huge spike in viewership. According to data released by Whip Media, UK viewership numbers for: The crown week over week up by more than 800%. This is no doubt coming from audiences who haven’t seen the series before and now want to learn more about the life of the second longest reigning monarch in history, albeit a partially fictional one.
With season five coming in just over a month, Netflix expects a lot of interest in the show, which has already been announced as the penultimate. The story of Queen Elizabeth II has now come to an end in real life and that has already raised the question of whether the final season of The crown will complete the story that Peter Morgan wanted to tell. Although it was already decided that the sixth season would be the series’ last, it seems there is no way it can end without somehow linking it to the death of Queen Elizabeth II, who has always been the most important the show’s focus has been. .
The first four seasons of The crown are available now on Netflix, with season five set to release on November 9.