The Crown - Season 05 [Blu-ray]

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It is unknown if he will make his first appearance in the fifth season. The Crown season 5 timeline

October 1994 – Prince Philip attends a ceremony in Israel where his late mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, is honoured for sheltering Jewish families from the Nazis during World War II. Dominic West stars alongside his son Senan West, who plays Prince William (Image credit: Keith Bernstein/Netflix) The Shakespearean actor will play the role of The Queen's Private Secretary who in real life served her in this position from 1990 to 1999.

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After the death of her young daughter to cancer, Penny Knatchbull is encouraged by the Duke of Edinburgh to take up carriage driving as a way of coping with her grief. At the same time, Princess Diana is dealing with her own kind of grief - being trapped in a loveless marriage - and so when approached via an intermediary to cooperate with journalist, Andrew Morton, on a book exposing the truth about her marriage, she agrees. But knowing how explosive the book will be, Diana must have total deniability regarding any involvement. The final scene saw the Royal Family gather for a Christmas family portrait, but Diana stood isolated and emotional in the final shot of the season.

Story: With The Crown season 4 ending in Christmas 1990, this next season explores the end of Charles and Diana's marriage, John Major's time as Prime Minister, and the Queen's annus horribilis in 1992. I'd say our version of that famous line is as close as possible to the original," says Elizabeth. "It's a very profound sentence that she uttered, it is laden with so much meaning. It's very interesting doing any kind of recreation of these things, because people bring their memories to it when they hear it again. It’s a fascinating thing as an actor, to be aware of that process happening. Let’s just say I listened to it a lot. I couldn't even tell you how many times!" Dominic West will play Prince CharlesNovember 1992 – Prime Minister John Major announces that the Queen is to be taxed from 1993 onwards, marking the end of 60 tax-free years for the monarchy.