The Crown season 3
third season of the British-American web television series The Crown
The third season of The Crown follows the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II. It consists of ten episodes and was released by Netflix on 17 November 2019.
Olivia Colman stars as Elizabeth, along with main cast members Tobias Menzies, Helena Bonham Carter, Ben Daniels, Jason Watkins, Marion Bailey, Erin Doherty, Jane Lapotaire, Charles Dance, Josh O'Connor, Geraldine Chaplin, Michael Maloney, Emerald Fennell, and Andrew Buchan. John Lithgow and Pip Torrens return in cameo appearances.
Premise
The Crown traces the life of Queen Elizabeth II from her wedding in 1947 through to the early 2000s.
Season three covers the time period between 1964 and 1977, beginning with Harold Wilson's election as prime minister and ending with the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II. Events depicted include the unmasking of the Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures, Sir Anthony Blunt as a Soviet spy, Harold Wilson and Edward Heath's respective terms as prime minister, the Aberfan disaster, the Apollo 11 Moon landing, the 1969 Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales, the death of the Duke of Windsor (the queen's uncle and the former king Edward VIII), the death and state funeral of Winston Churchill, and Princess Margaret's affair with Roddy Llewellyn that leads to divorce from Tony Armstrong-Jones. US president Lyndon B. Johnson and Camilla Shand also feature.
Cast
Main
Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II
Tobias Menzies as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Elizabeth's husband
Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, Elizabeth's younger sister
Ben Daniels as Antony Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon, known as Lord Snowdon; Princess Margaret's husband
Jason Watkins as Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Marion Bailey as Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, King George VI's widow and Elizabeth II's mother
Erin Doherty as Princess Anne, Elizabeth and Philip's second child and only daughter
Charles Dance as Lord Mountbatten, Philip's ambitious uncle and brother of Princess Alice of Battenberg
Josh O'Connor as Charles, Prince of Wales, Elizabeth and Philip's eldest child and the heir apparent
Featured
The following actors are credited in the opening titles of up to two episodes:
John Lithgow as Sir Winston Churchill, former prime minister of the United Kingdom
Clancy Brown as Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States
Jane Lapotaire as Princess Alice, Philip's mother
Mark Lewis Jones as Edward Millward, Prince Charles's Welsh tutor
Tim McMullan as Robin Woods, Dean of Windsor
Derek Jacobi as Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII, who abdicated
Geraldine Chaplin as Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, the Duke of Windsor's American wife
Michael Maloney as Edward Heath, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Emerald Fennell as Camilla Shand, Charles's love interest
Andrew Buchan as Andrew Parker Bowles, Anne's love interest; later Camilla's husband
Harry Treadaway as Roddy Llewellyn, Margaret's lover
Recurring
Notable guests
Episodes
Production
Development
By October 2017, early production had begun on an anticipated third and fourth season, and by the following January, Netflix confirmed the series had been renewed for a third and fourth season.
Casting
The producers recast some roles with older actors every two seasons, as the characters age. In October 2017, Olivia Colman was cast as Queen Elizabeth II for the third and fourth seasons. By January 2018, Helena Bonham Carter and Paul Bettany were in negotiations to portray Princess Margaret and Prince Philip, respectively, for these seasons.
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