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The 30 best and worst performances in The Crown, ranked

As Netflix’s royal saga returns for its final season, Nick Hilton looks back over the many actors who have added stardust to the show, from those who reigned supreme to those who ought to abdicate

The Independent UK

OPINION - David Cameron is back. I'm surprised he's got the nerve, but then they don’t teach shame at Eton

David Cameron returns to government and the film Saltburn, a horror version of Brideshead Revisited and its longing for aristocracy, opens to greet him. Both offer an irresistible mirage of the British class system. Both have a David Cameron at their heart.

Evening Standard

The week in TV: The Crown; A Murder at the End of the World; Bill Bailey’s Australian Adventure; The Curse – review

Diana is ever present in the fantastical final series of Peter Morgan’s royal soap; ex-Diana Emma Corrin excels as a hacker sleuth; and Emma Stone-starring The Curse is irresistibly irksome

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The Crown gets it right – every waning TV show should have a ghost in it

Netflix’s royal smash has sparked criticism for scenes involving a Princess Diana apparition sharing words of wisdom from the great beyond. But these ghost-averse detractors are missing the point, writes Adam White. So much modern, earthbound TV would be better off if they suddenly became supernatural

The Independent UK

The 30 best and worst performances in The Crown, ranked

As Netflix’s royal saga returns for its final season, Nick Hilton looks back over the many actors who have added stardust to the show, from those who reigned supreme to those who ought to abdicate

The Independent UK

‘Royally lost the plot’: how The Crown went from prestige drama to TV disaster

It was once a stately piece of landmark TV, but seven years on it’s a trashy, unwittingly comical melodrama that borders on the exploitative. How did things get so bad?

The Guardian - UK

The Crown season six: an overly detailed, unimaginative soap opera – I needed a martini to get through it

The opening scene of season six of The Crown sees a man walking his dog under the light of the Eiffel Tower. It’s 1997 and a Mercedes car speeds past and ends in a horrendous crash in a Paris tunnel. The man’s dog is being recalcitrant and refusing to take…

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The Crown creator says he’s ‘relieved’ Netflix series has ended

Peter Morgan has spent the last decade working on the fictionalised drama

The Independent UK

The Crown: what's true and what's false in season six? We unpick part one of the new series

We take a fine-tooth comb to Peter Morgan's new series to separate the real-life happenings from the artistic licence

Evening Standard

The Crown Season Six, Part One on Netflix review: the lights go down with the departure of Diana

Diana dominates the first half of the Crown's final season, just as she did in life

Evening Standard

The Crown season six cast compared to the real-life royals

Kate Middleton will be introduced for the first time in the show’s final series

The Independent UK

Elizabeth Debicki says Diana’s final moments were ‘unbearable’ to film

Australian actor will portray the late princess in her final days in new episodes of the Netflix historical drama

The Independent UK

The 30 best and worst performances in The Crown, ranked

As Netflix’s royal saga returns for its final season, Nick Hilton looks back over the many actors who have added stardust to the show, from those who reigned supreme to those who ought to abdicate

The Independent UK

The Crown’s demise is a glittering metaphor for Netflix’s downward trajectory

Peter Morgan’s sweeping royal drama has gone from being the jewel in Netflix’s crown to a symbol of the platform’s decline in popularity and quality, writes Nick Hilton. Where did it all go wrong?

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The Crown season 6: confirmed release date, trailer, cast, plot and everything we know

The Crown season 6 will be released in two parts and will feature the tragic death of Princess Diana.

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The sweet way William and Kate actors Ed McVey and Megan Bellamy bonded for The Crown

The final season of The Crown lands on Thursday

The Independent UK

The 30 best and worst performances in The Crown, ranked

As Netflix’s royal saga returns for its final season, Nick Hilton looks back over the many actors who have added stardust to the show, from those who reigned supreme to those who ought to abdicate

The Guardian - UK

There goes the knighthood! How The Crown blew the palace doors off

A deluge of royal dramas is now being unleashed on screen and stage – with scant regard for accuracy. Is this The Crown’s legacy? As the lavish hit returns, we look at how it finally destroyed deference

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The Crown actor says events leading to Diana’s death must have been ‘unbearable’

Elizabeth Debicki has spoken about filming car chase through Paris that led to Diana’s death for final season of royal drama

The Independent UK

The 30 best and worst performances in The Crown, ranked

As Netflix’s royal saga returns for its final season, Nick Hilton looks back over the many actors who have added stardust to the show, from those who reigned supreme to those who ought to abdicate

The Guardian - UK

As The Crown ends a gap arises. A tragi-comedy on a dysfunctional family, anyone?

The daily lives of the current crop of liberal-minded royals could prove a prime target for the right writer

The Independent UK

The Crown star recalls ‘unbearable’ paparazzi scenes during Princess Diana’s final moments

Australian actor will portray the late princess in her final days in new episodes of the Netflix historical drama

The Conversation

The Crown: Queen Elizabeth's popularity at her death could lead to a favourable depiction of her least flattering moment

As the 20th century drew to a close, support for the royal family was at a low ebb. This decline was precipitated by the separation of Prince Charles and Princess Diana in December 1992. That year also saw the publication of Andrew Morton’s Diana: Her True Story.

The Independent UK

The Crown season 6 trailer shows Princess Diana’s final weeks before Paris trip

Late Princess of Wales, played by Elizabeth Debicki, is shown preparing for her trip to Paris

The Guardian - UK

Critics of The Crown must feel ‘rather stupid’ after watching, says creator

Peter Morgan says writing about royals is ‘a minefield’ but that most criticism happens before show has aired

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