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Golden Globes 2021: The Crown and British stars are big winners - as Chadwick Boseman honoured posthumously

Big moments at the Golden Globes 2021 included Chadwick Boseman being honoured posthumously, and Chloe Zhao's best director win.

Emma Corrin as Princess Diana in first-look pic from upcoming new series of The Crown. Pic: Netflix
Image: Emma Corrin and Josh O'Connor as Charles and Diana in The Crown. Pic: Netflix
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The Crown reigned with several awards at this year's Golden Globes, as other British stars including Sacha Baron Cohen and John Boyega were also big winners.

On the night the ceremony went virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chloe Zhao became only the second woman to win the best director prize, for Nomadland, while the late Chadwick Boseman was honoured posthumously for his final on-screen performance in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

There had been controversy ahead of the awards, with accusations that votes can easily be influenced and criticism over the lack of diversity in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organisation behind the ceremony. This was addressed during the show, both in a jokey opening monologue by hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, but also seriously by HFPA members who went on stage and promised to put things right.

When it came to the awards, British stars dominated the ceremony. Josh O'Connor and newcomer Emma Corrin, who play Prince Charles and Diana in The Crown, were named best actor and actress in a TV drama, and the royal series won the gong for best drama overall.

Corrin, who beat co-star and previous winner Olivia Colman, who plays the Queen, seemed shocked as her name was read out.

She referred to O'Connor as "my prince charming" and paid tribute to Diana in her speech, saying: "Thank you so much to Diana, you have taught me compassion and empathy beyond anything I could ever imagine."

O'Connor said he had the "time of my life" working on the show and described Corrin as "extraordinarily talented, funny and a brilliant player of rock, paper, scissors".