The Crown: Netflix releases new first-look images for the final royal season

Last Updated on November 3, 2023

The big streamer, Netflix, is celebrating the upcoming release of the last season of their hit show, The Crown. Recently, the teaser trailer was unveiled and took us through the memories of seasons past with the earlier incarnations of Queen Elizabeth portrayed by actresses Claire Foy and Olivia Coleman. The trailer and poster give us a poignant and haunting look at the Queen’s reflection on her legacy and a symbol of her exit. It was also revealed that the series’ last season is an epic that will have two premieres. The first part will make its way onto Netflix on November 16, and part 2 will be premiering on December 14.

Netflix has now revealed a series of new images that show audiences what’s to come with the upcoming season. Elizabeth Debicki stars in the season as Princess Diana and talks about her role, “I think it’s a really unique challenge as an actor, to portray those days. I really just trusted in Peter’s emotional blueprint that he created for us to follow. It’s his interpretation and I think it made emotional sense to me, so I clung to that. Because, obviously, it’s devastating and it’s fraught and we can never know.”

Dominic West steps back into the shoes of Prince Charles and talks about the ease of slipping into the role, “I think he’s got real sadness to him and real compassion and what’s great about The Crown is that you see these public figures in private. I suspect in private he’s quite emotional, well that’s the way I played him anyway… I think, hopefully, what comes out is compassionate but relatively well-balanced. I talked to a lot of people who have met him because he’s met a lot of people, he’s met probably more than anyone except the Queen and Prince Philip. Almost everyone has extremely warm, kind things to say about him.” Ismelda Staunton also expressed her thoughts on becoming Queen Elizabeth again, “I’ve been living with her for a long time so, if anything, I felt more comfortable this time. I love her stillness and her ability to not be thrown by everything that must have constantly – throughout her whole life – gone on around her.”

Meanwhile, Salim Daw expresses his strong feelings about portraying Mohamed Al Fayed, “I adore this character. I love him so much and I enjoy portraying him because I love him. In this huge series, he is so human and he’s so colourful. He’s hard sometimes, very hard, funny, like a child – with his son he’s sometimes very, very hard but he has plenty of love for his son and the audience will see that and will feel exactly what I’m talking about.” Khalid Abdalla, plays his son, Dodi, and told Netflix, “It’s been the honour of my life to be part of this project, to be part of The Crown, and to play Dodi”

You can take a look at the new images below.