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Netflix has shared its first official look at Charles, Diana, William and Harry as a family in season five of The Crown.
The photos, posted to the show’s official social media pages, showed the now king, played by Dominic West in the series, along with his late wife, played by Elizabeth Debicki, and their children Prince William (Timothee Samborand) and Harry (Teddy Hawley.)
In the snap, the on-screen family can be seen smiling as they board a boat. The scene is said to depict the couple’s 1997 vacation to Italy with their children.
The family vacation in Italy will be part of the series, despite their ailing marriage, in 1991 Charles and Diana took William and Harry hunting together
Charles and Diana took a ‘second honeymoon’ with their two children in 1991 before splitting up and eventually divorcing in 1996
Timothee will play Prince William, while Teddy, age seven, has been cast as his younger brother Harry, after reports show bosses struggled to find red-haired actors.
According to The sunsaid a source: ‘Netflix bosses wanted to make sure they had the right actors for the part, since the young royals are so well known and in the public eye at that age.
“They didn’t rush and found Teddy and Timothee who they hope will be warmly received. They are about to become household names themselves.”
Harry was previously played by Arran Tinker in the fourth series, but only briefly while William was played by Lucas Barber Grant. MailOnline has reached out to a Netflix spokesperson for comment.
Timothee Samborand plays a young Prince William in the show, like the Prince he is an avid footballer
Teddy Hawley will play a young Prince Harry, according to The Sun, bosses considered dyeing a child actor’s hair red so he resembles the Duke of Sussex enough until they found Teddy.
Like the Prince he plays, Timothee is believed to be an avid footballer and plays for Rockslane Chiswick U11s. He is also a talented writer and received an honorable mention in the Year 5 category for a poem he wrote during the lockdown last year in the Chiswick Book Festival’s 10th Young People’s Poetry Competition.
It was previously said that there was a shortage of red-haired actors to play Prince Harry when casting agents went hunting earlier this year.
The new series also shows Camilla and Charles wooing after the divorce, in this image released by Netflix, the couple watch a fireworks show together
According to The Sun, bosses considered dyeing a child actor’s hair red so that he resembles the Duke of Sussex enough.
The last two series of The Crown deal with the history of the royal family in the 1990s and up to 2003, but it is not yet known which moments will be shown.
Princess Diana and Prince Charles actors Elizabeth Debicki and Dominic West were seen on Tuesday while filming new scenes for The Crown series 5 in Palma de Mallorca.
Elizabeth, 31, was joined on location by Dominic, 51, as they boarded the prestigious Christina O yacht off the coast of the Balearic Islands, in scenes recreating the royal couple’s family trip to Italy in 1991 – which took place a years before the couple divorced.
The Crown, Series Five Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II (left) and Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (right) the Queen called 1992 her ‘annus horribilis’ after the Windsor Castle fire and divorce news
In the 1990s, Princess Diana and Prince Charles had taken a vacation with their children Prince William and Harry, then eight and six, reuniting the family for a cruise on Charles’ beloved Alexandra yacht, despite the pair being only months away. had called off their marriage.
There are several poignant moments that could be used in the upcoming series, including the Queen giving a speech on her 40th anniversary of her accession in 1992, calling the year an “annus horriblis.”
She referred to the failure of three of her children’s marriages; The separation of Prince Andrew, Princess Anne and Prince Charles from Princess Diana.
Other notable events during the period included a fire at Windsor Castle, her 1997 golden wedding anniversary and the deaths of Princess Margaret, the Queen Mother and the Princess of Wales.