‘The Crown’ Season 5: Netflix Finally Released a Trailer and It Looks So So Good

According to Entertainment Tonight, The Crown season five is set to start in the early 1990s, which is defined as the “most visual” era within the British royal family. The season four finale ended with Margaret Thatcher's resignation in 1990, season five will continue with her successor, John Major (who will be played by Jonny Lee Miller).

Major served as Prime Minister of the U.K. from 1990 to 1997, which proved to be a pretty scandalous time period for Charles and Diana. In that time, the late princess's biographer, Andrew Morton, published his controversial book, Diana: Her True Story. We also know that the princess divorced King Charles and moved on to date a heart surgeon named Dr. Hasnat Khan (portrayed by Humayun Saeed) before her tragic death in 1997.

Not to mention, Variety pointed out that Salim Daw was cast as billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed, while Amir El-Masry was cast as the younger Al-Fayed, which indicates there will be flashback scenes. Also, Khalid Abdalla will portray Al-Fayed’s son, Dodi, who died in the same car crash that killed Princess Diana in 1997. So, we will likely see that tragedy play out this season as well.

In short, fans can expect to see quite a bit of drama unfold in season five.

The season five cast will look quite different because it will feature older versions of the royal family.

Emma Corrin will be passing the mantle on to Elizabeth Debicki, who will star as the new Princess Diana, and Dominic West will be filling Prince Charles's shoes, instead of Josh O'Connor.

Meanwhile, Harry Potter actress Imelda Staunton will follow Olivia Colman in the role of Queen Elizabeth, Lesley Manville will succeed Helena Bonham Carter as her sister, Princess Margaret, and Jonathan Pryce will succeed Tobias Menzies as the queen's husband Prince Philip.

In an interview with Deadline, series creator Peter Morgan said, "I’m absolutely thrilled to confirm Imelda Staunton as Her Majesty The Queen. Imelda is an astonishing talent and will be a fantastic successor to Claire Foy and Olivia Colman."

After the casting news was announced, Staunton said in a statement, "I have loved watching The Crown from the very start. As an actor it was a joy to see how both Claire Foy and Olivia Colman brought something special and unique to Peter Morgan’s scripts. I am genuinely honoured to be joining such an exceptional creative team and to be taking The Crown to its conclusion."

However, if previous seasons are any indication, there is always the possibility that we might get a cameo from former cast members.

Though Morgan initially announced that the series would end after five seasons, Netflix confirmed in July 2021 that the creator had a change of heart.

Morgan explained, “As we started to discuss the storylines for Series 5, it soon became clear that in order to do justice to the richness and complexity of the story we should go back to the original plan and do six seasons. To be clear, Series 6 will not bring us any closer to present-day—it will simply enable us to cover the same period in greater detail.”

Not much is known about the plot, but it's already been confirmed that the cast for season five will return. And as for the time period, season six will possibly be taking place in the early 2000s (so no, we probably won't see Meghan Markle enter the picture).

Still, it looks like royal enthusiasts have quite a lot to look forward to!