Season 3 of Netflix series The Crown is in production. No release date has been set, but the season is expected to premiere in 2019.[1] This season will explore the middle years of the Queen's reign, and will feature a new cast playing the Royal Family, featuring Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II. Unlike the end of Season 1 and the beginning of Season 2, there will be a time jump between the end of Season 2 and the beginning of this season.
Season 3 will cover the mid 1960s into the early 1970s, including the break-up of Princess Margaret's marriage, the young adulthood of Prince Charles and Princess Anne, and Harold Wilson's two terms as Prime Minister.[2]
Cast
The Royal Family
Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II
The confirmed cast for Season 3 and 4 thus far includes:
- Olivia Colman[3] as Queen Elizabeth II
- Tobias Menzies[3] as Prince Philip
- Helena Bonham Carter[3] as Princess Margaret
- Ben Daniels[3] as Antony Armstrong-Jones
- Erin Doherty[4] as Princess Anne
- Josh O'Connor as Prince Charles
- Marion Bailey as The Queen Mother[5]
Government
Notes
- This season will cover the two terms of Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Wilson's first term ran from 16 October 1964 – 19 June 1970; following the Labour Party defeat in 1970, he served as Leader of the Opposition until 4 March 1974, when a Labour Party victory restored him to the role of Prime Minister. His second term ran from 4 March 1974 – 5 April 1976, when he resigned and was succeeded by James Callaghan.
- A young Camilla Shand will be introduced this season. Lady Diana Spencer will not appear until Season 4.[6]
Episodes
| # | Image | Title | Writer(s) | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | 
|
“Olding” | Peter Morgan | Benjamin Caron |
| The royal family mourns the passing of Winston Churchill. The United Kingdom ushers in a new prime minister, the Labour Party's Harold Wilson whom Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth hear might be a Soviet spy. | ||||
| 302 | 
|
“Margaretology” | Peter Morgan | Benjamin Caron |
| While Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon visit the USA, the queen, at the bidding of Harold Wilson, asks them to make a side trip to Washington, D.C. to ask President Johnson for financial assistance for the United Kingdom. | ||||
| 303 | 
|
“Aberfan” | Peter Morgan | Benjamin Caron |
| A horrible disaster in the Welsh town of Aberfan leaves scores of children dead, but when the Queen takes a week to decide to visit the town to offer solace to its people, she must confront her reasons for postponing the trip. | ||||
| 304 | 
|
“Bubbikins” | Peter Morgan | Benjamin Caron |
| Left without a home by a political coup in Athens, Philip's eccentric mother, Princess Alice of Greece, is invited to live in Buckingham Palace by the Queen. | ||||
| 305 | 
|
“Coup” | Peter Morgan | Christian Schwochow |
| While the Queen travels abroad to learn about horse training, unhappiness among the British elite with the devaluation of the pound involves Lord Mountbatten in a plan to oust Harold Wilson. | ||||
| 306 | 
|
“Tywysog Cymru” | James Graham & Peter Morgan | Christian Schwochow |
| Prince Charles is sent to Aberystwyth to learn Welsh from an ardent nationalist in preparation for the ceremony for his investiture as Prince of Wales. | ||||
| 307 | 
|
“Moondust” | Peter Morgan | Jessica Hobbs |
| The 1969 moon landing occasions a mid-life crisis in Prince Philip, who thinks of the adventures he has missed as the Queen's consort. | ||||
| 308 | 
|
“Dangling Man” | David Hancock & Peter Morgan | Samuel Donovan |
| While Princess Anne dates her elder brother's polo rival Andrew Parker Bowles, Prince Charles falls deeply in love with Camilla Shand causing the Queen Mother and Lord Mountbatten to interfere. | ||||
| 309 | 
|
“Imbroglio” | Peter Morgan | Samuel Donovan |
| Charles visits the exiled Duke of Windsor in his Paris chateau, only to find him very ill. But will the Queen make peace with her uncle before he dies? | ||||
| 310 | 
|
“Cri de Coeur” | Peter Morgan | Jessica Hobbs |
| As her marriage falls apart, Princess Margaret finds solace in the arms of a much younger landscape gardener. The Queen and the nation celebrate Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee. | ||||
Gallery
Notes and references
- ↑ The Crown Season 3: Everything you need to know (June 2018)
- ↑ The Crown: Ben Daniels to Play Lord Snowdon in Time-Jumped Season 3 (June 2018)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 The Crown Tweet. (April 2018)
- ↑ 'The Crown' Casts Its Princess Anne (Exclusive) (June 2018)
- ↑ Hollywood Reporter
- ↑ The Crown Season 3: New Clues About Casting Charles, Camilla, and Anne (February 2018)