'The Crown' Creator Says He Changed the Show's Ending After Queen's Death

The Crown is set to hit our screens once again on Thursday (November 16) and will focus on the life and reign of the late Queen Elizabeth II. It’s the final series of the popular royal-based drama show, and will include key events like the early stage of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s relationship, as well as the death of William’s mum, Princess Diana, reigniting everyone’s love of the late Princess of Wales.

BreAnna Bell When tackling the final season of Netflix’s popular royal drama, creator Peter Morgan took extra care to handle certain stories — namely, Princess Diana‘s tragic death — with a sensitive touch. After previously revealing to Variety in his Oct.

portraying the final days of the Princess of Wales.“An immense, immense responsibility,” Debicki, 33, told “Entertainment Tonight” during the red carpet premiere of the show’s final season on Sunday. “It’s difficult to describe, it was something that we thought about, that we carried with us, that woke us up in the night.” The “Great Gatsby” actress assured fans and critics of the show that they tried to tell Diana’s story right.

The Crown season six, part one will focus on Princess Diana (played by Elizabeth Debicki) and Prince Charles (Dominic West) as they navigate their first Summer as a divorced couple. The pair share very different holidays with their sons William (Rufus Kampa) and Harry (Fflyn Edwards). Diana is being courted by the Fayeds in the South of France, giving the young Princes a taste of luxury yachts, video games and movie nights.

Elizabeth Debicki, who portrays Princess Diana in Seasons 5 and 6 of Netflix’s The Crown, was a nine-year girl in Australia when Diana died tragically in 1997 in a Paris car crash. She carried that childhood memory with her as she recreated the Princess’ final days on the Netflix drama.

The stars of The Crown are hitting the red carpet.

never shied away from tackling the British Royal family’s most memorable moments — and gorgeous fashion. The Netflix series’ upcoming sixth and final season will hit the streamer in two parts.The first four episodes of the concluding season will air on Nov.

broken up into two parts — with the first turn dropping Nov. 16 and the second premiering a month later.The last segment will take viewers into the modern era of the British royal family, beginning with Princess Diana’s untimely death in 1997 and ending in the mid-2000s.While there has been controversy over how Netflix would portray the late Princess of Wales’ passing from a Parisian car crash alongside her lover, Egyptian billionaire Dodi Fayed, the event will still be played out in some form on screen.It was reported last month that the series wouldn’t show the actual tragic event and wouldn’t even present a dead body to those who tune in.“We did film Diana, but very respectfully — not in a big close-up,” director Christian Schwochow told Deadline, adding that the historical moment was shot with enormous sensitivity.

K.J. Yossman “The Crown” star Elizabeth Debicki has said it felt “incredibly invasive” to deal with fake paparazzi while playing Princess Diana in the Netflix series. Debicki, who returns as Diana in the sixth and final season of the Netflix show about the British royal family, portrays the princess in the last weeks of her life.

The Crown star Elizabeth Debicki has described shooting the scenes in the lead-up to Princess Diana‘s death as “competely unbearable.”

With its intimate portrayal of the world’s most famous family, The Crown has been compulsive viewing across the globe since Claire Foy’s young Princess Elizabeth wed Matt Smith’s caddish Prince Philip in season one. Now, the final instalment is about to broadcast, a year after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Imelda Staunton reprises her role as the late Queen and reveals the monarch’s death last year had an impact on everyone on the show.

told Deadline that he handled it with extreme sensitivity.“We did film Diana, but very respectfully — not in a big close-up,” he said. “This enabled Dominic West to perform his scenes as her former husband Prince Charles at the hospital…It was very, very clear to us that we don’t want to see her dead body. I actually think that it was not a discussion.

EXCLUSIVE: The director of Netflix drama The Crown‘s episodes re-creating Princess Diana’s death in Paris 26 years ago has revealed the extraordinary efforts that went into ensuring it was handled with tact.

sixth and final season will debut in two parts later this year on Netflix and the first slice’s full-length trailer has finally dropped.Of course, the central focus of the last few episodes is the untimely death of Princess Diana (Elizabeth Debicki), the chaotic aftermath and its effect on the royal family for years to come. “I don’t understand how I ended up here,” a sad Diana sighs.“Dashing around and loosing sight of myself in the process. That has been the story of my whole life,” she says in a voiceover.Over haunting music, the Princess of Wales’ passing in a Parisian car crash in 1997 casts a dark shadow over the teaser, as other characters ponder what the future holds following the tragic accident.

The Crown is set to delve deep into the events surrounding Princess Diana's death and the aftermath in the Royal Family in season six, as a brand new trailer has been released.The final season of the Emmy and BAFTA award-winning period drama has been highly anticipated for the last year, as fans gear up to watch Peter Morgan's groundbreaking show finally explore the last days of the Royal Family's most iconic and beloved princess of all time. But it's not been without its controversies.The trailer, set against a backdrop of a haunting rendition of Gary Jules' hit track Mad World, sees things come to a head for Diana as she becomes more and more hounded by the paparazzi.

Peter Morgan‘s “The Crown” has been one of Netflix‘s most popular and critically acclaimed series for seven years. But reviews dipped a bit for last year’s Season 5, which means all eyes will be on how the show’s sixth and final season does as it premieres.

Jaden Thompson Netflix has released the trailer for Part 1 of the sixth and final season of “The Crown,” slated for release on Nov. 16. The final season will be split into two parts, with the first four episodes exploring the new relationship between Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed before their tragic car accident.

sixth and final season of “The Crown” will include a portrayal of Princess Diana’s historic landmine walk in Africa.Netflix released images Wednesday of actress Elizabeth Debicki as the Princess of Wales, embarking on the famous moment when Diana walked across a minefield in Huambo, central Angola.Diana made the trip — just months before her death — to meet with landmine survivors to raise awareness of the work being done to clear landmines worldwide.It was one of her last and most notable acts of service in her lifetime. The Princess died tragically on August 31, 1997.In the new photos, Debicki wears a nearly-exact replica of Diana’s gold earrings, swept blonde hair, protective face mask, and a white collared shirt.

sixth and final season.The last episodes of the hit Netflix drama will take viewers into the modern era of the royal family, including Princess Diana’s 1997 death and King (then Prince) Charles’ 2005 wedding to wife Queen Camilla. Creator Peter Morgan got candid in a new profile with Variety about if the late Princess of Wales’ ghost will actually appear to Charles, 74, in the finale.The Daily Mail infamously claimed earlier this year that the scene in question would occur, and Morgan gave his take on the rumors.The outlet alleged that a deceased Diana (played by Elizabeth Debicki) would appear to Charles (Dominic West) on a plane as well as pop up in her phantasmic glory to an aging Queen Elizabeth (Imelda Staunton).“I never imagined it as Diana’s ‘ghost’ in the traditional sense,” Morgan said.

bestselling memoir, “Spare,” despite Morgan’s focus on the royal family in his Emmy winning Netflix show. “I’ve not read a word of it,” Morgan told Variety.“Not that I wouldn’t be interested. But I didn’t want his voice to inhabit my thinking too much.