The Crown: trailer

The official trailer for Part 1 of the final series of The Crown was released today, to debut on Netflix in November.

The cast includes Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II, Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip, Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret, Dominic West as Prince Charles, Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana, Claudia Harrison as Princess Anne, Olivia Williams as Camilla Parker Bowles, Bertie Carvel as Tony Blair, Salim Daw as Mohamed Al Fayed, Khalid Abdalla as Dodi Fayed plus Rufus Kampa as Prince William and Fflyn Edwards  as Prince Harry.

These first four episodes from the new season depict a relationship blossoming between Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed before a fateful car journey has devastating consequences.

In their first Summer as a divorced couple, Prince Charles and Princess Diana share very different holidays with their sons. Diana is being courted by the Fayeds in the South of France, giving the young Princes a taste of luxury yachts, video games and movie nights. Charles is sticking to tradition in Balmoral. The comparisons play out in the press, fuelled by a fervent paparazzi, and some of the Royal press team.

As yacht life and the constant media scrutiny loses its appeal, Diana longs to return to see her boys, who are back in Balmoral. A diversion to Paris sees matters come to a head – against the backdrop of an intensified and aggressive media pursuit.

After the news breaks of Diana and Dodi’s fatal car accident, a vast outpouring of public grief catches the Queen off-guard. With shockwaves resonating through the Palace, Al Fayed is also processing the loss of his cherished son. Hoping that the news will bring him and the Royal Family together in shared grief; he instead finds himself increasingly shunned.

Part 2 – Ed McVey (Prince William), Luther Ford (Prince Harry) and Meg Bellamy (Kate Middleton)

Created and Written by: Peter Morgan

Executive Producers: Peter Morgan, Suzanne Mackie, Andy Harries, Stephen Daldry, Matthew Byam Shaw and Robert Fox.

Eps 1-4 Thursday 16th November on Netflix (part 2 Eps 5- 10 Dec 14).