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Brogan-Leigh Hurst

Netflix's The Crown sweeps board at Critics' Choice Awards amid Meghan and Harry bombshell

A British royal drama seeped in controversy caused shockwaves over in LA on Sunday night... as The Crown won four categories at the Critics’ Choice Awards.

The Netflix royals (no, not those two) reigned victorious in two TV acting categories, with Emma Corrin, 25, and Josh O’Connor, 30 – who play Princess Diana and Prince Charles – named Best Actress and Best Actor in a Drama Series.

Emma pipped Olivia Colman, who plays The Queen in the series, for the win.

Gillian Anderson, 52, was named Best Supporting Actress for her role as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and The Crown was named Best Drama.

Emma Corrin plays Princess Diana in The Crown (@willwaterworth)

There was more success for British stars, with John Boyega, 28, named Best Actor in a Miniseries for his role in Red, White And Blue, part of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series, in which he played a founding member of the Black Police Association.

Pals on the set of upcoming film, They Cloned Tyrone, decorated John’s trailer with balloons to celebrate.

Daniel Kaluuya, 32, was named Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Chicago Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton in Judas And The Black Messiah.

Daisy Edgar Jones from Normal People (Instagram)
Anna Taylor-Joy from The Queen's Gambit (Instagram)

Normal People’s Daisy Edgar-Jones, 22, and I May Destroy You’s Michaela Coel, 33, lost out to Anya Taylor-Joy, named Best Actress in a Limited
Series for chess drama The Queen’s Gambit.

Anya, 24, celebrated at her London home until 4am, with a “quarantine afterparty”, throwing a bear outfit over her purple Dior frock and dancing the night away.

Gillian Anderson (@itsfilipkartous)

Hannah Wad­­dingham, 46, scooped the Best Supporting Actress In A Comedy win for her role in Ted Lasso, while in the film categories, Carey Mulligan, 35, won Best Actress for her performance in Promising Young Woman.

So all in all, Brits were the toast of Hollywood. In some parts, anyway.

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