'The Crown' finale season to cap off with King Charles and Camilla's wedding
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Netflix has clarified that 'The Crown' will end with the sixth season, and will feature King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla's wedding. Originally, the show was intended to air for six seasons, but the makers decided that they could end the story in five seasons. However, as they began to discuss plotlines for season five in 2020, they realized that perhaps the original six-season time frame was the most effective for portraying the royal family's story which includes a lot of characters and complex storylines. The final season will take the series from the late 90s to early 2000s.
Ending ‘The Crown’ with King Charles and Camilla's wedding can be interpreted as the makers’ attempt to mollify the backlash that followed their plans to dramatize the car crash in Paris's Pont de l'Alma tunnel that killed Princess Diana and the funeral that followed for season six. The change in plans were also triggered by the massive massive backlash from viewers as well as critics for portraying a melancholy Princess Diana in season five, which focused on Diana and Charles' divorce and ended with Diana heading to a holiday in St Tropez with Mohamed Al-Fayed.
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Writer Peter Morgan understands that their efforts to replicate Diana's death scene and funeral may cause discomfort to the royal family, and that dispute may follow as the episodes air. Portraying Charles and Camilla's wedding in the finale season may be seen as their desperate bid to bring an end to the show's criticism. The makers were also rebuked for recreating the infamous Panorama interview of Princess Diana with Martin Bashir, which the BBC previously stated they would never broadcast.
In the final season of 'The Crown,' Olivia Williams will play Queen Camilla, and Dominic West will play Prince Charles and their wedding will be filmed at York Minster rather than St George's Chapel in Windsor, where the royal couple married in 2005. The makers are eager to give the viewers one last hurrah before the series concludes, striving to leave them with a warm and happy feeling rather than the outraged feeling that would have been elicited with late Princess Diana's death on-screen.
Charles and Camilla's wedding will be a true celebration in 'The Crown’
According to a source, the show's creators realized that viewers weren't too keen on an explicit portrayal of Diana's death scene as it would seem the show was badgering the public with a sickening recounting of the princess's unfortunate death in a coldhearted manner, which is why Prince William and Prince Harry were upset.
The decision to depict Charles and Camilla's wedding in the final season was also made to ensure that the audience understands that the series is not being done or filmed with ill will. As a result, the wedding can be seen as a true celebration of love and happiness in royal history, and it coincides perfectly with King Charles' coronation. Some have pointed out that the wedding arc appears to be a cynical move by the creators, almost as if they want to whitewash their blunder with the death scene.
A memorial to the late Queen Elizabeth II
The final season of 'The Crown' is also expected to pay tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II, who died in September, and filming of the final season was halted to pay their respect to the late sovereign. The audience can expect a lot of flashbacks to the Queen in 'The Crown,' which writer Peter Morgan describes as a love letter to her. Three different actresses, Claire Foy, Olivia Colman, and Imelda Staunton, whose reign is set to begin on Netflix in November, have played the Queen on 'The Crown'.
Release date for season six of 'The Crown' is yet to be announced, but it is expected to premiere in November 2023. Ed McVey as Prince William and Meg Bellamy as Kate Middleton will also be seen in the season six.