The Crown Season 6: Everything we know so far
NetflixOne last hurrah is almost on its way – here’s everything we know about The Crown Season 6, including its release, cast, plot, and more.
Season 5 of The Crown dropped on Netflix on November 9, 2022, via 10 episodes that chart the life and times of the Queen Elizabeth II and her family between 1991 and 1997.
Now the upcoming Season is set to take the Royal family further into the 90s, with a focus on the new generation of the monarchy, along with the scandals and tragedy that comes with it.
But when is the new season going to come out, who is starring in it, and what exactly will the show cover? Well, read on to find out everything that is known thus far.
Has The Crown Season 6 release date been announced?
The Crown Season 6 will be split into two parts with Part 1 being released on November 16 and Part 2 being released on December 14.
The final season will be focusing on the relationship between young Prince William and Kate Middleton along with showcasing the heartbreaking death of Prince William’s mother, Princess Diana.
Season 6 will also show the wedding between Prince Charles Camilla Parker Bowles, the woman who Charles married in 2005 after his tumultuous divorce from Princess Diana.
The Crown Season 6 cast: Who is starring in the next season?
While The Crown cast is often shaken up in between seasons as the years go by, the main cast for Season 6 will mostly stay the same from Season 5. This includes:
- Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II
- Jonathan Pryce as Prince Phillip
- Dominic West as Prince Charles
- Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana
Joining them will be a supporting cast that includes both new and old faces, including:
- Rufus Kampa and Ed McVey as Prince William
- Will Powel as Prince Harry
- Meg Bellamy as Kate Middleton
- Olivia Williams as Camilla Parker Bowles
- Bertie Carvel as Tony Blair
- Lydia Leonard as Cherie Blair
- Claudia Harrison as Princess Anne
- James Murray as Prince Andrew
- Emma Laird Craig as Sarah Ferguson
- Sam Woolf as Prince Edward
- Khalid Abdalla as Dodi Fayed
- Salim Daw as Mohamed Al-Fayed
Take a look at the first official images for Season 6 below:
Has The Crown Season 6 trailer been released?
Currently, there is no trailer for The Crown Season 6, but Netflix just released a teaser promo video annoucing the final season’s premiere dates.
You can check it out below:
The Crown Season 6 plot: What will happen next season?
The Crown’s fifth season ended in 1997, with Princess Diana heading to St Tropez with Mohamed Al-Fayed after her divorce from Prince Charles, months before her tragic death in a car accident. Season 6 is set to pick up from here, covering until at least 2001.
In an article with Deadline, a source from the set of The Crown made it clear that the car crash – which killed Diana and her partner Dodi Fayed in August 1997 – would not actually be shown on screen. Instead, we will see “the car leaving The Ritz after midnight with paparazzi in pursuit and then the aftermath with the British Ambassador to France swinging into action with the Foreign Office and then the subsequent constitutional aftermath.
“While we’re calmly carrying on, it’s fair to acknowledge that there’s a certain anxiety – a palpable sense of being slightly on edge. I mean, there’s bombshell sensitivity surrounding this one.”
Said aftermath will include Prince Charles retrieving Diana’s body, and Mohamed Al-Fayed experiencing racism when claiming his son’s casket. The show will also depict how Diana’s sons handle her death, and then Prince William’s budding relationship with Kate Middleton, after the two meet at St. Andrews.
We will update this article when more information comes out.
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