Filming on the sixth and final season of The crown is underway, with actors Ed McVey and Meg Bellamy pictured this week as Prince William and the former Kate Middleton in St. Andrews, Scotland.
Cameras rolled as the Emmy-winning show recreated the early part of the royals’ relationship, which began in the early 2000s when they both attended the University of St Andrews.
McVey and Bellamy were filmed together on the street and separately as young Will and Kate.
When they were cast in September, Netflix said both actors made their screen debuts in the high-profile parts. The company noted that Bellamy submitted her audition tape in response to a social media casting call.
Students who saw the cameras quickly alerted TikTok, which the actors didn’t seem to mind at all.
In season 5, the lavish Netflix drama focused on the marriage breakdown between Prince Charles (now King Charles III) and Princess Diana, who is played by Emma Corrin and Elizabeth Debicki. (The former earned an Emmy nomination for her work.) But when we last saw the royal family, Charles and Diana’s sons, William and Harry, were still kids. In its sixth season, the show takes a closer look at Diana’s tragic death in 1997, its aftermath and the toll it took on the entire royal family.
Fans are used to seeing new cast members. Since The crown began at the beginning of the reign of the late Queen Elizabeth II in 1952, Claire Foy, Olivia Colman and Imelda Staunton have all portrayed her, with the rest of the actors swapped as well. Even in the upcoming season, William and Kate will be played by McVey and Bellamy, yes, but also by two younger actors.
While the show is clearly not a documentary, the UK government’s culture secretary asked for a disclaimer in 2020, noting that it was fictional. The show declined, though the trailer for the fifth season that came out afterward noted that the series is a “fictional dramatization.”
While the story of William’s younger brother, Prince Harry, and his wife, Meghan Markle’s troubled relationships within the royal family appears to be rife with stories for a seventh season, creator and executive producer Peter Morgan has said that this sixth season will be the final will be. . The premiere is expected at the end of 2023.
