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Will Twigger

Why The Crown won't feature Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's story

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's story will not feature in Netflix hit, The Crown.

The couple recently sat down with Oprah Winfrey for a bombshell interview, after announcing in January last year that they'd be stepping back as senior royals.

But the creator of The Crown says their story won't be adapted for the series.

Peter Morgan, who's crafted the Netflix hit and works as its showrunner, has overseen the four series which so far have covered the Queen and Prince Phillip's 1947 wedding up to the late 1980s.

The show is due for one final series, with Imelda Staunton taking over from Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth.

Peter Morgan told that The Crown wouldn't cover Harry and Meghan (NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

But Peter says that it won't feature Harry and Meghan - whose story is "yet to end."

Last year he explained to The Hollywood Reporter : "I just think you get so much more interesting [over time].

"Meghan and Harry are in the middle of their journey, and I don't know what their journey is or how it will end. One wishes some happiness, but I'm much more comfortable writing about things that happened at least 20 years ago.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's story won't be told on The Crown (CBS)

"That is enough time and enough distance to really understand something, to understand its role, to understand its position, to understand its relevance."

Executive Producer Suzanne Mackie expressed doubt that The Crown would ever make it so far as to cover Harry and Meghan's relationship.

She told PA that the show wouldn't run to the present day.

Imelda will front The Crown's fifth series (PA)

And Peter told Entertainment Weekly during production for the third series in 2018: "I know how my show is going to end — but that's long before where we are now.

"I feel uncomfortable writing about events within a certain time period. I think there's a certain amount of time within which, if you write about it, what you do instantly becomes journalistic. Because it's too close to the moment."

Harry recently told James Corden on The Late Late Show that he'd seen The Crown, branding it "fictional but not strictly accurate" but commending the series for portraying the pressures of royal life.

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