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Fans of the hit Netflix series The Crown won’t have to wait too much longer for the final season now. Airing next month, the series will conclude its recreation of the royal’s family most significant events. Dealing with decades of history, people have wondered when exactly creator Peter Morgan will close off Buckingham Palace to its viewers. Now, there has been some more information about what the show’s final episodes will cover. According to The Daily Telegraph, a source close to the production has stated when the final season of the show will end.
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Originally, most people thought that the series would end with the wedding of King Charles (then Prince of Wales) and Queen Camilla (the soon-to-be Duchess of Cornwall) in 2005. However, the source confirmed that it will bring the show to the present day. The person in question said ‘People are always asking Peter [Morgan] if he’s going to write a sequel. He doesn’t need to because those last five or six episodes bring you right up to the present day. You’re actually watching this rehabilitated Queen Camilla figure.’ This means that the series may deal with some of the more recent drama with the royal family, though there is no further information on whether it will. That being said, it seems likely that the relationship between the future King and Queen will be a vital plot point in the final season.
The final season will be split up into two halves. The first four episodes, which stream on the 16 November will focus on the death of Princess Diana. The last six episodes, which air on the 14 December will showcase the aftermath.
The show has garnered much critical acclaim during its run, winning multiple awards, rave reviews and high viewing figures. Beginning in 2016, the series takes a look at the lives of Queen Elizabeth II and many other members of the royal family over the 20th and 21st centuries.
Though the series has a devoted fanbase, it has attracted some controversy over its historical accuracy. In a letter last year, Oscar winner Dame Judi Dench criticised the series for its portrayal of certain figures. In a letter to The Times, she stated ‘I wonder what the spokeswoman for Netflix would feel if there were broadcast worldwide “a fictional dramatisation imagining what could have happened behind closed doors” of her own household. Would she rely on viewers to see it as fiction or might she see it as an unwarranted intrusion and misrepresentation?’
