EMILY PRESCOTT: Will Dominic West take the crown for another series?
Just when everyone thought The Crown was coming to an end, Netflix insiders have hinted that there may be another series of the hit Royal drama.
Officially, the streaming platform has always insisted that the sixth season, which is expected to air this fall, will be its last, covering events leading up to the late Queen’s death last year.
But at a recent wrap party to mark the end of filming those episodes, producers revealed to The Mail on Sunday that an additional series could be on the way. With a wink, an executive hinted, “Wait until next year – maybe we’ll be in production then.”
The big-budget series, which has charted the late Queen’s life since her marriage to Prince Philip in 1947, has become more controversial as the events it dramatizes – often with only a loose connection to the truth – become more contemporary. . So if a seventh series covered the reign of King Charles, it could make more headlines.
Another possibility would be a prequel focusing on the childhood and teenage years of the late Queen.
In the final episode of The Crown, Dominic West and Olivia Williams played Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles at the royal couple’s 2005 wedding
But there has been speculation that writers are working on another series that could take the story to the coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla, pictured here at their 2005 wedding in Windsor.
The final scenes of series six to be shot recreate the 2005 wedding of Charles and Camilla played by Dominic West and Olivia Williams.
Last month, the 53-year-old West was visibly emotional when filming ended in Rochester, Kent, which took the place of Windsor. But the day ended in celebration, with cast and crew dancing to a live band.
West was also the last man standing at the wrap party, leaving the bash at the Natural History Museum at 3:30 a.m. Others there included Imelda Staunton, who plays the Queen, and Jonathan Pryce, who plays Philip. Olivia Colman and Claire Foy played younger versions of Her Majesty in previous series.