‘The Crown’ Season 6 First Look: Will and Kate Cast

April 28, 2023

Newcomers Ed McVey and Meg Bellamy play the royal party in the final episode of Peter Morgan’s Queen Elizabeth II series.

The “crown” fell into the present. Netflix published the popular Queen Elizabeth II. the first images of the 6th season of his biographical series, which focus on presenting the romance of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

According to Netflix’s diary for the season, the new episodes will follow Prince William as he “starts at St Andrew’s University and is determined to live as normal a life as possible while he still can. Kate Middleton from Berkshire is also starting her life as a university student. As the pair meet for the first time in college, a new romance and a new future begins for ‘The Crown’.

Created by Peter Morgan and released in 2016, “The Crown” follows the reign of the late Elizabeth since her coronation as Queen of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth in 1947, with a cast of actors portraying the royal family. different periods. In Season 5, Senan West played Prince William as a child; in season 6, the role will be played by Rufus Kampa as a teenager and Ed McVey as an adult. 19-year-old Meg Bellamy plays Kate. The show will be the professional screen debut for both McVey and Bellamy.

As Morgan has said multiple times, Season 6 will be the show’s final season. It’s unclear exactly where in the timeline of Elizabeth’s reign the show will end, but early episodes cover the 1997 death of Princess Diana (Elizabeth Debicki), and the season will likely cover the 2005 marriage of now-King Charles (Dominic West). ) and Camilla (Olivia Williams).

Two events that the series will definitely not get to before the finale: the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2018 – and the subsequent royal feud between the couple and the rest of the family – and Elizabeth’s death at the age of 96 last September . The Queen’s death caused some backlash against the series; Royal insiders reportedly called the then-upcoming season 5 “exploitative” and celebrities such as Judi Dench referred to the series as “a hurtful account of the royal family”. Production will pause filming for a few days on season six out of respect for the queen.

“The Crown” Season 5 premiered last November; that season, which covered the period from 1991 to 1997 and the divorce of Charles and Diana, featured Imelda Staunton as Elizabeth, taking over from Olivia Colman and Claire Foy after the two played the Queen for two seasons each. Series finalists also include Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip, Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret, Claudia Harrison as Princess Anne, Luther Ford as Prince Harry, Bertie Carvel as Prime Minister Tony Blair, Salim Daw as Mohamed Al Fayed and Khalid Abdalla. like Dodi Fayed.

Season 6 of “The Crown” will premiere on Netflix sometime this year. Morgan, who writes every episode, executive produces the series with Suzanne Mackie, Andy Harries, Stephen Daldry, Matthew Byam Shaw and Robert Fox. Check out McVey and Bellamy’s first look photos in the series below.