Crown shared a fresh look at the upcoming sixth season of the hit royal drama – but fans were left “dejected” for the same reason.
Taking to its official accounts, the show shared a photo of the wedding order of the then Duke and Duchess of Cornwall following their wedding in April 2005 – but confirmed speculation that the sixth season would be the last of its kind.
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A clip from the new season suggests that the wedding of then-Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles, now king and queen, could be the Crown decides to finish his story.
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The headline read: “After six seasons, seven years and three casts, Crown ends later this year. We’ll be back with more soon, but here’s a hint of what’s to come in our final season.”
Fans rushed to the comments section to share their dismay at the news. One person summed it up by writing: “Loved every scene, minute and second of this series. I can hardly say goodbye.
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“Emotionally I’m not ready. But I’m also ready. All I’m going to say is that I hope Peter Morgan is really considering that predecessor so we can see even more history from previous reigning monarchs.”
Another echoed that, adding: “I’m sorry to see the show end, but I enjoyed it. A big thank you to everyone involved in bringing The Crown to us.”
A third commented: “There is no way, no way this series is ending. Two more seasons could cover the end of Elizabeth’s reign until 2022.” Meanwhile, a fourth simply said, “A crown should last forever!!”
© NetflixElizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana and Dominic West as Prince Charles in The Crown
Peter Morgan, the creator of the Emmy Award-winning series, has maintained throughout his writing that he intended to end the fictional drama in the early 2000s after previously stating that he did not want to write about royal families in the present day.
He previously told The Hollywood Reporter, “I’m much more comfortable writing about things that happened at least 20 years ago. I kind of have a 20-year rule in my head. That’s enough time and enough distance to really understand something, understand his role, understand its position, understand its relevance.”
© Netflix Meg Bellamy and Ed McVey play Kate Middleton and Prince William in the sixth season of The Crown
He added: “I think when enough time passes, history becomes less partisan. So I’d really like to wait until there are enough gray people around who remember it as part of their childhood to kind of actually make a drama about it.”
Returning for the sixth season are Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II, Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Dominic West as Prince Charles, Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana, and Lesley Manville and Princess Margaret.
© Photo credit: Keith Bernstein Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown
Meanwhile, fans can look forward to meeting some new cast members in the final season, including Ed McVey as a young Prince William and Meg Bellamy as a young Kate Middleton.
The ten episodes will document the tragic death of Princess Diana in August 1997, the turn of the millennium, Prince William and Kate’s university days and the wedding of Charles and Camilla. A release date has not yet been confirmed, but the fifth season was released in November. Here’s hoping season six follows suit.
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