The Crown season 3: Netflix UK release date, cast, latest news
THE CROWN season 3 is set to be starting to production now that the second run has hit Netflix, but when will it air? Here is everything you need to know about third series including its release date, cast, plot and more.
When is The Crown season 3 released on Netflix?
Netflix has not yet released an air date for The Crown season three, however judging by previous runs it looks likely to be at the end of 2018.
Season one dropped on Netflix on November 4, 2016 while the follow up aired on December 8, 2017.
Like the previous seasons of The Crown, season three will probably be dropped on Netflix all in one go.
There are also likely to be 10 episodes in total in season three, again much like its predecessors.
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What will happen in The Crown season 3?
Season two wrapped up in 1964 with the birth of the Queen’s fourth and final child Prince Edward.
So the third season will pick up after this point as fans meet an older version of the monarch.
It seems likely that the Queen and Prince Philip’s marriage will be explored as it was in the first two seasons.
However, it looks like the Queen’s children will start to play more of a role in The Crown as they get older and particularly Prince Charles.
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The Crown producer Suzanne Mackie confirmed earlier this year the Radio Times & BFI TV Festival that viewers will meet a young Camilla Parker Bowles.
"Peter is already talking about the most wonderful things. We start meeting Camilla Parker Bowles in season three,” the executive explained.
She went on to say: "We have to be honest, season three and four are being mapped out and the closer the history comes – I now can say, ‘God, I know exactly what I was feeling when that happened, I remember that and I remember this.’ That’s so exciting.
“But there’s a responsibility to it that you ought to do it properly and there’s where the weight comes, not from seven years but we’ve got to keep being great."
Season three also looks set to tackle Princess Margaret’s acrimonious divorce following her marriage to Lord Snowdon (played by Matthew Goode) in the second cycle.
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Who will be in The Crown season 3?
Broadchurch actress Olivia Colman will be taking on the role of Queen Elizabeth II from Claire Foy as the show tells the third chapter in the house of Windsor.
There is no word yet on who will be stepping into Matt Smith’s shoes as an older Prince Philip.
However the 35-year-old Doctor Who actor recently said on his replacement: “Well, I don’t know, I maybe know. I don’t know if I know. I’m not meant to know, but I maybe know.”
He added on the Seth Myers show: “If it’s the person that it could be I was just totally flattered. I thought, ‘Oh I’m flattered’.”
The Crown season 2 is available to watch on Netflix now.
