The Crown’s final season may be ending up years before Queen Elizabeth’s reign ends, but fresh photographs from the set appear to reveal scenes showing King Charles’ ascension to the throne.
Since its debut in 2016, the Netflix drama has chronicled the late Queen’s role as monarchy’s leader, with Imelda Staunton set to reprise her role in the sixth season.
Although the makers have previously established that the final episodes would end in the 1990s, it looks that certain sequences will feature a flash-forward in which Elizabeth watches on as her son takes control after her death.
The Queen is expected to stroll across a Union Jack-adorned street while revellers rush around her as if she is not there.
She looks to be glum when a portrait-style sign at The Queen’s Head bar is removed and replaced with one of King Charles, and the tavern is renamed The King’s Head.
Students at the London School of Economics caught Imelda, 67, as she captured the scenario near their university building in Central London, and the footage of the sure-to-be emotional moments went viral.
The series’ actors and crew have been spotted filming across London in recent weeks, with one scene last week recreating an important period in the Royal Family’s history.
Imelda, Jonathan Pryce (King Charles), Dominic West (Prince Charles), and Lesley Manville (Princess Margaret) were among the notable cast members seen, as were the two actors playing Princes William and Harry as they filmed scenes set during the Queen’s Thanksgiving service for her 50th wedding anniversary in 1997.
In other set images, the Duke of Edinburgh was seen waving to the photographers as the Queen, who was dressed in a beautiful blue gown, smiled.
The family occasion was filmed in Greenwich, with additional cast members present, including Claudia Harrison, who plays Princess Anne, and Marcia Warren, who plays the Queen Mother.
The event on November 20 1997 marked the first time the Royal Family had appeared at the Westminster Abbey in London since the funeral of Princess Diana two months earlier.
Diana’s death will also be included in the upcoming season; however, the writers have come under criticism for recording ‘distressing’ sequences that show her covered in blood in hospital and in an open coffin following her death.
Nevertheless, Elizabeth Debicki, who plays the late Princess, has previously stated that the entire cast and crew were doing ‘their hardest to actually approach things with such care, honesty, and complexity’.
The Crown is streaming on Netflix.
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