The Crown' Seasons 5 and 6: Everything to Know as the Netflix Royal Drama Plots Its Endgame
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Find out when to expect the final episodes of the Netflix hit, who will play the royal family in the last two seasons, and more information as the series draws to a close.
The Crown creator Peter Morgan announced in early 2020 that his series chronicling the reign of Queen Elizabeth II would end after five seasons rather than the six he'd originally mapped out when he pitched the series to Netflix. A few months later, however, he reversed course — after breaking storylines for the conclusion of the pricey drama, he decided that two more seasons would allow him to cover the same period of time in greater depth.
While Morgan hasn't confirmed exactly where he will end the series, he has left a few clues along the way. The main cast for the final two seasons has been locked in, and the series is set to resume filming in 2021 with new actors taking over for seasons three and four stars Olivia Colman (Queen Elizabeth II), Tobias Menzies (Prince Philip) and Helena Bonham Carter (Princess Margaret).
But when will it premiere, what will it cover, and who is in the new cast? Read on for everything there is to know about the conclusion of Netflix's crown jewel series. (And bookmark this page as THR will update it as more details become available.)
READ MORE'The Crown' Season 4: TV Review
How Many Seasons Are Left?
Peter Morgan had always envisioned a multiseason arc for the series, with his original three-season, 60-year plan that would introduce a different cast each season eventually morphing to the frequently cited six-season iteration. But as he told Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg on THR's TV's Top 5 podcast in 2019, "I don’t want you to think that I was audacious enough to go somewhere and ask for a six-season pitch. I really never imagined that, and barely imagined it getting recommissioned to even do the middle-aged, as it were, part. But it just seems to have worked out."
Initially, it seemed that each season of the series would cover about a decade of Queen Elizabeth II's reign, ending sometime in the 2000s. But Morgan announced in January 2020 that, after he'd begun breaking stories for the already-announced season five, he realized "this is the perfect time and place to stop."
Morgan would reverse that decision months later, saying in a statement, "As we started to discuss the storylines for series five, it soon became clear that in order to do justice to the richness and complexity of the story, we should go back to the original plan and do six seasons."
That doesn't mean the final season will cover more ground and end the series closer to the present day, but rather, "it will simply enable us to cover the same period in greater detail," Morgan said at the time.

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When Will It End?
Morgan's 60-year plan could conceivably take the story all the way through the Queen's 2012 Diamond Jubilee, the first celebration of its kind since Queen Victoria's in 1897. (The queen celebrated her Sapphire Jubilee with little fanfare in 2017, the first British monarch to reach that milestone.) She'll celebrate her Platinum Jubilee, and 70 years on the throne, in 2022.
A 2012 end point would mean that the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, which occurred in 2011, would make the cut, but Prince Harry's courtship and marriage to Meghan Markle (and subsequent break from the royal family) would not. If Morgan ended around the Queen's Golden Jubilee in 2002 instead, the series would include the death of Princess Margaret — which occurred days before the official anniversary (though the milestone was publicly celebrated in the warmer month of June).
"You need at least a decade, in my view, to separate yourself from the events that you’re writing about," Morgan said on the TV's Top 5 podcast. "Something has already happened that I think is the end, but you can’t ever say what the end is because things change and the minute things change historically, you begin to have to respond in some shape or form, even in your thinking. So I have an idea — but it’s only an idea."
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The Crown creator Peter Morgan announced in early 2020 that his series chronicling the reign of Queen Elizabeth II would end after five seasons rather than the six he'd originally mapped out when he pitched the series to Netflix. A few months later, however, he reversed course — after breaking storylines for the conclusion of the pricey drama, he decided that two more seasons would allow him to cover the same period of time in greater depth.
While Morgan hasn't confirmed exactly where he will end the series, he has left a few clues along the way. The main cast for the final two seasons has been locked in, and the series is set to resume filming in 2021 with new actors taking over for seasons three and four stars Olivia Colman (Queen Elizabeth II), Tobias Menzies (Prince Philip) and Helena Bonham Carter (Princess Margaret).
But when will it premiere, what will it cover, and who is in the new cast? Read on for everything there is to know about the conclusion of Netflix's crown jewel series. (And bookmark this page as THR will update it as more details become available.)
READ MORE'The Crown' Season 4: TV Review
How Many Seasons Are Left?
Peter Morgan had always envisioned a multiseason arc for the series, with his original three-season, 60-year plan that would introduce a different cast each season eventually morphing to the frequently cited six-season iteration. But as he told Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg on THR's TV's Top 5 podcast in 2019, "I don’t want you to think that I was audacious enough to go somewhere and ask for a six-season pitch. I really never imagined that, and barely imagined it getting recommissioned to even do the middle-aged, as it were, part. But it just seems to have worked out."
Initially, it seemed that each season of the series would cover about a decade of Queen Elizabeth II's reign, ending sometime in the 2000s. But Morgan announced in January 2020 that, after he'd begun breaking stories for the already-announced season five, he realized "this is the perfect time and place to stop."
Morgan would reverse that decision months later, saying in a statement, "As we started to discuss the storylines for series five, it soon became clear that in order to do justice to the richness and complexity of the story, we should go back to the original plan and do six seasons."
That doesn't mean the final season will cover more ground and end the series closer to the present day, but rather, "it will simply enable us to cover the same period in greater detail," Morgan said at the time.

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When Will It End?
Morgan's 60-year plan could conceivably take the story all the way through the Queen's 2012 Diamond Jubilee, the first celebration of its kind since Queen Victoria's in 1897. (The queen celebrated her Sapphire Jubilee with little fanfare in 2017, the first British monarch to reach that milestone.) She'll celebrate her Platinum Jubilee, and 70 years on the throne, in 2022.
A 2012 end point would mean that the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, which occurred in 2011, would make the cut, but Prince Harry's courtship and marriage to Meghan Markle (and subsequent break from the royal family) would not. If Morgan ended around the Queen's Golden Jubilee in 2002 instead, the series would include the death of Princess Margaret — which occurred days before the official anniversary (though the milestone was publicly celebrated in the warmer month of June).
"You need at least a decade, in my view, to separate yourself from the events that you’re writing about," Morgan said on the TV's Top 5 podcast. "Something has already happened that I think is the end, but you can’t ever say what the end is because things change and the minute things change historically, you begin to have to respond in some shape or form, even in your thinking. So I have an idea — but it’s only an idea."
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